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in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 201 l. ff you roll over 2006 replacement items to 2007 or some other budget year, you are doubling up our capital replacement costs in the future. That will simply increase the tax levy in whatever year you finally allow these items to be replaced. And in the meantime, we will bear higher-than-budgeted maintenance expenses, we lose trade-in value, and the community will experience some reduction in service due to the item being older and out-of-service more often. Option C: Spend Reserves. Option C shows how the budget can be balanced with a 5%levy by spending reserves. Option D: Combination of the Above. Finally, Option D shows how the budget can be balanced with a 5% tax levy through a combination of things described above: by spending $138,642 of Reserves; by delaying $180,258 of Capital Replacement items; and by cutting $236,000 of proposed new, non- inflationary spending which is mostly in the Police Department. Of course, you could mix-and-match items from Options A, B, and C in some different arrangement to achieve the same result, depending on your preferences. The combination of items I show under Option D on the attached spreadsheet reflects the following: • Not creating a new Captain's position in the Police Department, but at least upgrading the existing Lieutenant position to Captain so we don't lose a valued employee. • Similarly, not creating a new Lieutenant's position but at least upgrading an existing Sergeant's position to Lieutenant, again so we don't lose a valued employee. . Replacing at least the following capital items in 2006 as scheduled: o Warning siren o Four squad cars 0 5-Ton dump truck o Tractor trailer o Water truck • Delaying replacement of two squad cars, the Fire Marshall's vehicle, and the Holder snow machine to some future budget year. • In 2006, beginning the new citywide traffic simulation model, performance measurement, enhanced pedestrian safety, and adding the additional contribution to our insurance program. In this regard, I do recommend that we add one new position, that of Police Officer, in our tax-supported programs. We just received word from the Department of Justice that our 2002 'Clinton Cops' grant application has been partially granted. (Don't ask me why it took three years for them to consider our grant application.) In 2002, the 3