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City of Roseville — 2006 Budget <br />Public Safety includes the costs associated with providing police and fire protection. Overall operating <br />costs are expected to increase as a result of a new records management system, new 800 mhz radio <br />system, higher dispatching costs, and other inflationary -type costs. <br />Public Works includes engineering, street maintenance, street lighting, fleet maintenance, and building <br />maintenance functions. In addition to increasing wage and healthcare costs, additional monies have <br />been budgeted for pedestrian safety improvements. <br />Parks and Recreation includes recreation administration and programs, leisure activities, and the <br />Skating Center operation. Consistent with other programs, wage, healthcare, and energy costs have <br />placed greater pressures on overall operating costs. <br />Community Development includes planning and economic development, code enforcement, and <br />geographic information systems. Expenditures are expected to increase due to increasing personnel <br />costs and other inflationary -type costs. <br />Special Purpose functions include information technology, communications, license center, lawful <br />gambling enforcement, and parks maintenance. In addition to increasing wage and healthcare costs, the <br />budget increase is attributable to the expected addition of 2 IT support positions. These new positions <br />will be funded by new joint powers agreements approved in 2005. <br />Capital Outlay includes scheduled replacement purchases of vehicles and equipment (non - operating <br />budgets), as well as infrastructure improvements. While some vehicle capital replacements will be <br />delayed, overall spending will remain approximately the same. <br />Enterprise Operations includes water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, solid waste recycling, and the <br />municipal golf course. Added personnel costs and contractual services will place added pressure on <br />these operating budgets. This includes a projected 4% increase in costs related to the purchase of <br />wholesale water from St. Paul, a 4% increase in wastewater treatment costs through the Metropolitan <br />Council Environmental Services (MCES) Division. These added costs will be somewhat offset by a <br />reduction in improvements in the City's Stormwater system. <br />Debt Service includes the principal and interest paid on bonds used to finance infrastructure and facility <br />improvement projects. Debt service costs are expected to remain fairly constant for the next several <br />years. <br />TIF Pay -as- you -Go refers to tax increment paid to developers as specified in Tax Increment Financing <br />(TIF) agreements between the City and various developers. The decrease in TIF pay -as- you -go will <br />result due to the termination of various developer agreements for which all city obligations have been <br />met. <br />Trust Operations includes endowment funds used to offset general taxes, and to maintain a City -owned <br />Cemetery. A decrease in available funds will result due to falling interest rates, which in turn generate <br />less interest earnings. The principle endowment of these funds remains intact. <br />61 <br />