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Item # 5.2. <br />ver <br />TO: City Council <br />MEMORANDUM <br />FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator <br />DATE: June 9, 2009 <br />SUBJECT: Budget Discussions <br />lit Monday's woxksession we will continue our budget discussions by re~iicwing the fire, <br />emergency management, and safety budgets with Fixe Chief Bruce West, the public works <br />budgets with Public Works Director "ferry Maurer, and the finance budget with Finance <br />Director Tim Simon. Included in your packet axe scvcrai items for each of the budgets: a <br />listing of the depaxtxnent ox division's goals- for 2009; a budget worksheet showing historical <br />data as well as the proposed 2009 budget; and a detail listing of all items inchided in each <br />proposed budget At ivlonday's meetutg we will start bV reviewing the goals for each <br />department; the proposed expenditures reflect the resources needed to accomplish the <br />departtent ox division's goals. We will then go through the budgets in as much detail as the <br />Council wants. ?~1so included in the packet is a spreadsheet listing the personal service <br />requests. These tcyucsts have not been included ni the proposed budget at this time. <br />Briefl~~ outlined below are a few highlights u~d changes in the proposed budgets that we will <br />discuss on Monday. Not included in the changes listed below are items such as fuel costs <br />and inflationary increases in supplies as those arc increasing ir7 all deparhncnts. <br />First, we will review the fire depaxttnent, emergency management, and safety budgets. The <br />fire departtent budgets are consistent with last yeas with the exception of an nicrease in <br />part-time pay based on volume of fire calls. As you will note in the persormel service request <br />page, there is a reduest for additional hours for the office assistutt and reclassification of a <br />position fiom the fife marshal to assistant face chief. The emergency management and safety <br />budgets axe both proposed to decrease slightly. <br />Next Terry Maurer, public Works Director, and the division managers will be prepared to <br />discuss the public works budgets. We will start with the building maintenance budget. "1'he <br />main nicxease in this- budget is $15,000 for ovextirne. The building maintenance staff <br />maintains all of the City buildings. 'I'hexe are often emergency calls fox alarms during nights <br />and weekends that need to be addressed immediately and certain functions that cannot be <br />