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��S�E <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval <br />Item Description.- Adopt the 2009 Preliminary Tax Levy and Budget <br />Attachment A <br />Date.- 09/15/08 <br />Item No..- 12.d <br />City Manager Approval <br />BACKGROUND <br />State Statute requires all cities in excess of 2,500 in population, to adopt a preliminary tax levy and budget <br />by September 15th for the upcoming fiscal year. The preliminary levy is certified to the County, who in <br />turn uses the information to prepare truth -in- taxation notices for individual property owners. Once the <br />preliminaly levy is adopted it can be lowered, but not increased. The Final 2009 levy and budget is <br />scheduled to be adopted in December. <br />The 2009 City Manager Recommended Budget was presented to the Council on August 11, 2008. A copy <br />of the recommended budget is attached. The Recommended Budget acknowledged that to maintain current <br />programs and services levels, and to continue emphasis on the goals and strategies outlined in the IR2025 <br />process, the City must accommodate the following additional budget impacts.- <br />Item <br />Amount <br />* Cost of living wage adjustments (3.5%) <br />155,p000 <br />* Employee wage step increases <br />97,p000 <br />* Employee healthcare increases (10%) <br />230p000 <br />* State PERA mandated increases <br />65,p000 <br />Park System Master Plan <br />I Wp000 <br />Motor fuel / energy costs <br />90p000 <br />Legal, Elections, Dispatch, etc. <br />67,p000 <br />Information systems replacement <br />40p000 <br />Total <br />844,p000 <br />Net Increase. Some monies from the 2008 Budget have be reprogrammed <br />To accommodate these impacts while minimizing tax increases, the 2009 Recommended Budget freezes <br />virtually all other expenditures at their 2008 level. <br />Page I of 7 <br />