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EN <br />May 8 19 8 5 <br />TO: City, Ciounci'l, <br />FROM jam Andre"- <br />oil <br />SUBJECT': 19851 Budget Requests <br />and Approved Amounts <br />Attached re-capitulation, of 198.5 budget requests and <br />approved amounts compared with b <br />1984 approved budgets (Tale "All). <br />I <br />Table "A" provides a iclom,parision of Fire Department requests <br />and approvals (38,s6%), with other operating fund requests <br />(4o84%) and approvals (4,92%). <br />A <br />Alsio attached iis Table "B", which compares the ally <br />1 <br />requested c�apital, Atlems, With those, approved for the Fire <br />Department . <br />In,my opinion, the Fire Department's statement that they were <br />dealing wiLth a "brick wiallif everything was "cut and dry" is <br />not rieprielsented by what actually happened . <br />i I <br />The e e b <br />19�85 budgt is a restraind, Wt, as was the Prvious years! <br />budgete However, the riestraint did, not significantly lower the <br />level of services to the c*t* <br />e 1 6 4 <br />i iznsi, nor in my opinion increase the <br />safety hazards to employees or negatively affect their ability to <br />rfleirform their functions.1 <br />The concluding paragraph of thie letter of transmittal to the 1985 <br />0 <br />buidget riepiresents the reasons for the restraint as follows. <br />Furt,hermorei I <br />looking ah,eald 'to the 1986 budget preparation,, I see <br />no change in the fisca-1, environment affecting local government. <br />Therefore, unless the Council w,iishes to significantly increase <br />i #- <br />'the taxes,, the 1,9816 budg e t, process will not be unlike 1980, <br />