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Committee Wit: Vas-matt an cincture committee The August 21, 2000 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson,Council Member James Aranowski at 3:00 pm in the Council Informal Meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members Aranowski, Varner, Kelly, Pfeifer, King, Coleman and White; Citizen Member Isabelle Gonzalez, Mayor Stephen J. Luecke, City Controller M. Catherine Roemer, Director of Finance Tom Skarbek, Assistant Chiefs Robert Quinn III,Richard Switalski, Randy Magdalinski and Bert Prawat of the Fire Department;Director of Public Works Gary, Gilot, City Engineer Carl Littrell, Director of Environmental Services John J. Dillon,Terry Bland of the OUt tub, trribunt and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member Aranowski welcomed everyone to the first of several Personnel and Finance Committee meetings called to review the proposed 2001 civil city budget. He then called upon Mayor Luecke to provide a City-Wide Overview. Mayor Stephen J. Luecke detailed significant issues and highlighted many items of the proposed 2001 budget(see"Summary Overview"tab of the 2001 Preliminary Operating Budget). Mayor Luecke noted that the proposed budget addresses all "operating" expenses and debt service accounts with new capital requests being addressed in February of 2001. The budget assume the maximum 5 % increase in property tax revenue. The 2001 anticipated revenue for the General Fund is $ 52,161,310. The total anticipated revenue including the General Fund,Internal Service Funds, Capital/Debt Service Funds, Trust/Agency Funds, and Enterprise Funds is $ 13,677,350 with$ 127,491,511 projected for the operating budget leaving a proposed surplus of$ 10,185,839 for 2001. Expenditures for 2001 will include 55.6% for personnel services, 33.2% for other services, 6.7 % for other services and 4.5 % for supplies. The Mayor noted that the proposed budget reflects the general budget guidelines for expenditures,namely: 1. Salary increases for Union employees will reflect the ratified increases,and non- bargaining employees will receive 3.5 % increases with exceptions being identified in the proposed salary ordinance. 2. 1.5% increases would be permitted for supplies. 3. 2.5% increase would be permitted for other services. Exceptions to these general guidelines are included and reflected in the footnotes provided on the summary pages immediately prior to the line-item detail of each proposed budget. For example, gasoline will be budgeted at $ 1.50 per gallon for the entire year; increases in self-insurance employee benefit funds;and increases in the City's liability insurance reserve fund. Mayor Luecke noted that there are five (5) unbalanced funds where existing fund cash balances will be used to support the projected 2001 deficiencies. These funds include: Motor Vehicle Highway/Street Department, Police and Fire Pension funds, Solid Waste Fund, and the Sewer Repair/Insurance Fund. He noted that a sixth (6th) fund,namely the Parking Garage Fund