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Fire - 1 Training Manager to provide more training for the same or less cost Three to Four Daytime Firefighters to provide coverage when volunteers are at their day jobs and not available Public Works - Community Development - Parks & Recreation Administration 1 Building Maintenance Worker— Preventive Maintenance, Repair 1 Assistant Planner to help with the workload 1 Inspector to help with the workload 1 Maintenance person for Parks 1 Maintenance person for Skating Center 1 Neighborhood Services Coordinator 1 Contracts Coordinator Not only are these requests unfunded, but due to budgetary constraints and council decisions, several former staff positions have either been left unfilled, downgraded, or been eliminated in recent years. These include the Assistant City Manager, the Deputy Chief of Police, an Accounting Supervisor, a Public Works Superintendent, and a Parks Maintenance Horticulturalist. Thus, the policy question for Council is, "Given limited resources, would these new positions of Volunteer Coordinator and Senior Fellowship create greater value for the community than any of these other positions?" D. Budget Deficit. As you know, we are still a long way from solving our current budget deficit that was created by the state's decision not to reimburse cities for the property tax relief cities are in effect providing state residents. Some bullets to consider regarding our budget: � The City's on-going structural deficit in the tax-supported services is approximately $400,000. Cash savings have provided a temporary fix for the '03 and '04 budgets, but cannot be continued to be relied upon in 'OS without jeopardizing the City's overall financial strength. � New maintenance obligations for the Roseville Gymnastics Center and school gymnasiums will come on-linein 2005 and are estimated at $100,000 annually. * The Parks and Recreation Fund has an accumulated deficit of approximately $1.4 million. We need to deal with that. + As one means of making 2004 budget cuts, depreciation charges were reduced throughout the city budget. This is not somethingwe should continue. + Nor should we reduce preventive maintenance efforts. For example, the community's substantial investment in new and existing buildings needs to be protected by timely and appropriate cleaning and maintenance. This costs money. * Inflation continues to affect the cost of goods and services for all of us. Currently, inflation is at a manageable level ASSUNIlNG you can budget and pay for inflationary increases so that your real spending power is at least maintained. With a General Fund of roughly $9 million, inflation even at a