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Roland Kelly
President
Karen White To: Karen L. White, Council President
Vice-President
RE: 2003 Annual Personnel and Finance
Karl King Committee Budget
Chairperson,Committee
of the Whole The Personnel and Finance Committee during 2003
handled a number of issues that affect our City.
James Aranowski
First District
The two most important tasks that the committee had
Charlotte D.Pfeifer hearings for, were the capital budget for 2003 and
Second District the operating budget for 2004 .
Roland Kelly In February, the committee sent favorably to the
Third District council a capital budget for 2003 in the amount of
Karl King $26, 428, 565.
Fourth District
During the months of August and September, the
David Varner committee had hearings with all department heads
Fifth District concerning the 2004 operating budget. The
committee worked diligently with the administration
ErvinKuspa to make sure that the operating needs for the year
Sixth District 2004 are met. The committee sent a balanced budget
Sean Coleman to the council favorably. The anticipated revenues
At Large for 2004 are $163, 075, 472 and anticipated
expenditures are $148, 798, 981 . This leaves a
Al"Buddy"Kirsits $14, 276, 491 surplus for capital needs in 2004 . The
At Large committee still strongly believes in implementing
that the administration has 15% - 20% cash reserves
Karen L.White set aside for economic downturn or other
At Large unanticipated circumstances .
Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand
Council Attorney The committee also held a number of hearings
concerning the increased cost of the city' s self-
insured health insurance program. The cost for
2003 will climb over $10 million, which will be $2
million over budget . The city administration, with
the help from the committee, has established a
number of recommendations to help reduce this
growing cost .
The year 2004 will bring a number of challenges for
the committee. The committee will continue to
tackle the challenge of balancing the budget. The
state is trying to cap city levies which will put a
burden on the city' s budget.
The city will continue to see health costs
increase. This will put a burden on capital needs .
In 2004, the committee will be engaged in
negotiations with the firefighters union for a new
wage package.
If the committee continues to work with the
administration and department heads to hold costs
and use the guidelines for cash reserves, the city
will have a balanced budget for years to come.
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Sincere ,
James J. Aranowski
Chairman of Personnel
And Finance Committee
Filed in Clerk's Office
DEC 082003
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