7A, Adopt 2010 Operating Levy Payable in 2011 & Establish the 2010 Truth-In-Taxation Hearing Date

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vacant positions (i.e. the Community Development Director position), then only minor reductions can take place from what is in the proposed 2011 budget. These minor reductions would be in the area of not replacing all or some of the interns, the high school student worker, and the temporary/seasonal workers (mainly in street, parks, and recreation). There are no cross over expenses between the Public Safety category and the Personnel Services function as all of the Public Safety expenses are contracted services. Therefore, if most of these two budget activities are off limits for cuts, then we are looking at a total of $1,265,13 8 being available for possible reductions in the budget. Attachment A displays the above comments. Regarding specific expenditures in the budget, a few comments should be made about: TCAAP, the Professional Services line item in the Administration and Planning budgets, the Community Survey, Emergency Management, and the Transfers budget. The TC1��AP expenses and revenues are listed as a Special Revenue Fund. However, there is a problem with this budget. While the $70,000 expenditure estimate may be accurate; there is no source of revenue identified. The $70,000 in revenues is listed under the "contributions and donations" line item and maybe a developer will pay for these expenses; but it much more likely that the expenses will be financed from the General Fund within the Professional Services line item in the Administration and Planning budgets. Therefore reductions in these two General Fund line items will be difficult to recommend. The Community Survey will be pursued in either late 2010 or in early 2011. There are no funds speci� cally identified for this proj ect, so the most appropriate line item would be Professional Services in Planning if the survey takes place in 2011. The Emergency Management budget includes $10,000 for Professional Services. This is a new expenditure. I would like to present a proposal to the Council from Lance Ross, Emergency Preparedness Resource Group LLC, for an Emergency Management Services contract at a future work session. The Council deserves a great deal of credit for establishing the Transfer budget. This program of moving funds into designated capital reserves is a sound financial management practice. If these transfers were to be eliminated in an upcoming year, then it would be dif� cult to reestablish these expenditures without a corresponding increase in the tax levy. To not do the transfers may constitute a structural change in the budget.