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Alternative Budget Spending Plans <br />As noted above, the City Manager Recommended Budget calls for a levy increase of 4.5%. <br />Pages 1-4 of your Budget Book describe what a 4.5% levy increase will provide for — and what it <br />won't provide for. As is shown in the Budget Book, and as you've wimessed during previous <br />budget presentations, the City will have a number of unme! needs despite a 4.5% levy increase. <br />In short, the City's cost inputs are outpacing inflation, and they are expected to continue <br />outpacing inflation for the foreseeable future. This leaves us with very few options if we want to <br />maintain existing programs and expected service levels. Moving forward, we hope to find new <br />efficiencies in our service delivery process. And we may decide to place greater emphasis on a <br />ranking or prioritization process to help focus our resources on those programs that matter the <br />most. Finally, while it's lil{ely the least attractive option to most, we can revisit whether the <br />existing tax burden to property owners is appropriate or not. <br />With that in mind, the following table demonstrates the additional monies that are generated with <br />a tax levy increase in excess of 4.5%, along with the annual impact on a typical household. <br />U.� °�U � � },i!�!i., � a <br />� _� rt n � � �}Q�� � <br />1_� �� � ������ � <br />�_� � ��U 0�� 10 <br />�, � °�� ���,O�l� 1 � <br />3.� °� � a��.��� � 1� <br />The table below summarizes some (but not all) of the programs, functions, or cost inputs that are <br />NOT included in the proposed budget, but have been identified by Department Heads as ur�met <br />needs or requests for new funding. They include (in no particular order): <br />Prc��i+lt Tc,� a$+J.S�1 ��:�- hot�rl3� r;�ik�• �:Lr ���id-cm-r�]L ���.E"i�.L_���� <br />f�iill� �Za�,d�r�i�`���d �re�i�h�,er tur�so�t gea� c�sts <br />�ro��i�Ti�. #icl�litiixr��3 sr„�f�ing supp�e� For Firi Ac3mini�tr�Ei�n <br />�rc�ti� id� for a�� ition� t� tla� F�1 i�e f]�e� <br />'�cin�ta� f',,lite ��vertim� � <br />Reinstate ]'�licc 3�ikc �����] <br />�►�ii�ir�n�l i�ur�di�so for r'oCi�e <br />r�, �t�_ <br />- Pr�vrd� �wi� ie�� fof �aptl�l �7al���m��rit� �t �k�#ing ��nt�e <br />Yroa��d� �dditit��s�l f�ndi�,� t�� �h� F��rk� Impr�a•em��s� Fro; <br />I�sitiat� ��'i��r M��4�r Pl�n i"r�r�Cii� f'ac�litie� <br />V��bsil�. r� <br />� <br />� ,;_i_i'�: <br />� �i,�L�C� <br />2�.�1�� <br />����i� Lf <br />��,��� <br />�,��d�(� <br />�Q,��� <br />?,3,5+�{] <br />104,��0 <br />$ 1+J�a{]�+� <br />��,��? <br />2 <br />