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Other Council Suggested Budget Items In addition to the majority-supported items noted above, the following additional cuts were suggested by at least one Councilmember: 1) Reduce COLA from 3% to 2.5% 2) Reduce funding to the Northwest Youth and Family Services (NYFS} by $10,000, related request for the costs and benefits to the City 3) Elimination of the Leaf Pickup Program 4) Elimination of the Wading Pool with a related request to see a breakdown associated revenues and expenditures 5) Elimination of the $2,000 appropriation for the Sister City Program with a of the 2005 Budget Impact Assuming the consensus items noted above remain in effect, and in consideration of the $30,000 budgeted savings in next year's healthcare costs, the 2005 Tax Levy is as follows: Tax Levy adopted on 9/13/04 Less savings from revised healthcare estimates Less savings from the elimination of Skidsteer loader Less savings from the elimination of Council goal-setting Less savings from the eliminationof NLC Conferences Plus the addition of a snowplow attachment Revised Tax Levy $ 10,761,015 (30,000) (35,000) (5,006) (4,050) 3,000 $ 10,689,965 As shown above, the revised 2005 Property Tax Levy would be $10,689,965, a reduction of $71,050. The revised levy represents a 9.5 % increase over 2004. However, if there no longer exists majority support on the Council to eliminate selected Staff positions, the Council will need to direct spending cuts in other areas. The Council is reminded that the preliminary levy set on September 13,2004 cannot be increased; it can only be reduced. If the costs to forgo the elimination of the positions noted above are added to the revised levy, it would total $10,815,465 or $54,450 over the limit. On a final note, Staff recommends that the budget cuts be permanent and sustainable. Staff will be prepared to respond to any further budget inquiries at the meeting. �