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City Council: 7/2,/03 Coa��i �G1eef y You asked staff for a zero- increase budget not counting the increases re- lated to our building project. You also asked for more line-item detail. The attached budget meets troth those directions. It also includes all the charts and diagrams we usually include in a budget to illustrate what the numbers mean. Finance Director Chris biller will summarize that budget at your July 28 council meeting. In addition, I have created the following recommendations with explana- tions. City Manager's 2004-Budget Recommendations A. state_ Funds Have Been Cut Significantlyr, As you know, the state has cut its general purpose funding to Roseville by a total of $1.4 million for 2003 and 2004. In addition, I doubt the City of Roseville will see any significant amount of general purpose state funding alter 2004. By all accounts, the state governments budget crisis is deep and on- going. Even when the state's economy and the state government's budget im- prove, many deserving programs and priorities will compete for state funding. These include health care for special populations and -1 education, both of which are enormously important amd expensive. Fur- thermore, many rural cities lack a meaningful local'tax base and so have historically received substantial state aid. In addition, the urban core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have traditionally received lots of state aid, amounting to tens of millions of dollars each y ear in state subsidies because of then- statewide (and political) significance. In light of these competing needs, I don't thinly helping to fund Roseville's city government will be high on the states priority list, even when the state economy and the state budget improve. Accordingly, I present these recommendations for moving us toward a Roseville city government that operates with $7003000 less in revenue each year, reflecting the loss of state funding to Roseville.