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City of Roseville — 2007 Budget Parks and Recreation includes recreation administration and programs, leisure activities, and the Skating Center operation. Consistent with other departments, wage, healthcare, and energy costs have placed greater pressures on overall operating costs. A portion of the additional costs are offset by program fees. Community Development includes planning and economic development, code enforcement, and geographic information systems. Expenditures are expected to decrease somewhat due to lower wage costs that resulted from recent staffing changes. Special Purpose functions include information technology, communications, license center, lawful gambling enforcement, and parks maintenance. In addition to increasing wage and healthcare costs, the increase is attributable to the expected addition of one IT support position. The additional position is funded by new joint powers agreements expected to be approved in 2006 and 2007. Capital Outlay includes scheduled replacement purchases of vehicles and equipment (non - operating budgets), as well as general infrastructure improvements. Enterprise Operations includes water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, solid waste recycling, and the municipal golf course. Added wage, healthcare and contractual services will place added pressure on these operating budgets. This includes a projected 4% increase in costs related to the purchase of wholesale water from St. Paul, and a 4% increase in wastewater treatment costs through the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) Division. Debt Service includes the principal and interest paid on bonds used to finance infrastructure and facility improvement projects. Debt service costs are expected to decrease in 2007. However, the tax levy dedicated to pay for debt service is expected to remain constant until 2011. This will be necessary to pay off the internal loan that was used for early debt retirement in 2001. TIF Pay -as- you -Go refers to tax increment paid to developers as specified in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreements between the City and various developers. The increase in TIF pay -as- you -go will result due to the added value created within existing TIF districts. Trust Operations includes endowment funds used to offset general taxes, and to maintain the City - owned Roseville Lutheran Cemetery. A decrease in available funds will result due to falling interest rates, which in turn generate less interest earnings. The principle endowment of these funds remains intact. n