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Budget Worksession August 22, 2005 Page 6 of7 the Investigation Division is $4,500 for a new portable alarm system and $6,000 for two computers. . Streets.. .The increase in operating supplies is direcdy offset by a decrease in the equipment services budget for supplies. . Engineering.. .Many of these expenses are new and the personnel services has previously been discussed with the City Council. . Recreation.. .The postage amount has increased due to a direct mailing program for the City Recreation brochures versus having this brochure distributed as a Star News insert. This is a $3,850 additional expense. The contractual services are going up due to additional expenses for events in the new downtown park and for teen programs. The building rent is down $15,000 as we will no longer be renting the Boys and Girls Club Gymnasium. (The three-year agreement has ended.) Miscellaneous expenditures are down $32,000 as there is no longer an $8,000 reimbursement to Community Education for past programs and the Boys and Girls Club expense for $24,000 is not in this budget as it was in 2005. (It should be noted that there is still $12,000 in the Landfill Fund for the Boys and Girls Club programs.) Additionally, you should note that the RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) Director Charlotte Strei has requested a $7,150 contribution from the city and this also is not in the budget. Please see the attached request. . Energy City.. .There is a $20,000 increase in publishing for work on the city web site. It is the hope of city staff that we will be able to get donations to offset this expense. Approximately 75% of the general fund expenditures go towards personnel services. In a $10-11 million budget, this leaves a lot of money for other expenses. Some of these expenses are fixed while other expenses have some flexibility. Staff will be prepared to discuss these other expenditures in as much detail as desired by the City Council. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES There are a number of supplemental budget pages that the City Council annually reviews and approves as part of the budget. It is planned that these supplemental budgets will get reviewed at a later date and will not be discussed in any great detail at this upcoming worksession. These budgets include the library, ice arena, special assessments, equipment certificates, equipment reserves, surface water management, landfill, and safety. The preliminary levy sample page includes an amount for the library, special assessments, equipment certificates, and surface water management. The ice arena is not in the preliminary levy sample but does receive a general fund transfer to meet operating expenses. The equipment reserves, landfill, and safety programs have no impact on the tax levy.