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• eMititt tt4 tVA Personnel and Finance Committee So die tonittitat (UMW of tie tit3 of it uth WO: The August 30, 1999 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by Council Member James Aranowski at 3:10 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Coleman, Ujdak, Varner, Aranowski, Kelly, and King; Mayor Stephen Luecke, Cathy Roemer, Tom Skarbek, Acting Police Chief Brent R. Hemmerlein, Division Chief Richard R. Kilgore, Fiscal Officer Don Pinckert,Terry Bland,and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Council Member Aranowski welcomed everyone to the beginning session of the review of the City of South Bend 2000 Operating Budget. He recommended that the Committee follow the committee meeting schedule as much as possible. Tom Skarbek provided copies of the one-page handout entitled "Citywide Goals and Objectives"to the Council Members present. Council Member Aranowski welcomed Mayor Luecke to provide a city-wide overview of the 2000 Operating Budget. General Fund 2000 Anticipated Revenue: $ 49,607,243 2000 Operating Budget $ 49,076,129 2000 Operating Surplus $ 531,114 All Funds 2000 Anticipated Revenue: $130,766,378 2000 Operating Budget $119,066,421 2000 Operating Surplus $ 11,699,957 Mayor Luecke thanked Cathy Roemer, City Controller, Tom Skarbek and all of the department heads for preparing a positive budget for the Council to review. The proposed budget is balanced and provides a surplus. He noted that the general guidelines provided to the departments included that no supply line-items would be increased and that other service line-items would be capped an a 2%increase or below. Mayor Luecke noted that the proposed budget addresses all operating and debt service expenses, with new capital requests being addressed in February of 2000. The budget assumes the maximum allowable 5 % increase in property tax revenue. He noted that the state has provided information which indicates that COIT would decrease, but that EDIT would remain the same. Mayor Luecke then noted various items from the "2000 Budget-Significant Issues/Highlights"pages of the budget book, including but not limited to special challenges presented by the police and fire pension funds and self-insurance. Proposed increase in personnel would affect Code Enforcement, Animal Control, Streets, Zoo, Moms Performing Arts Center and two(2)new positions in GIS. • •