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refurbished three main fire trucks to like-new status. The Mayor's top initiatives will focus an regional policing, providing in-car cameras for all patrol cars and placing more emphasis on training and recruitment for the Police and Fire Departments. We're Building an Attractive City - We are working to enhance the natural and man-made beauty of our city through effective City programs. For the sixth year in a row we were named a Tree City USA. The Building Block Grant Program helps residents spruce up their neighborhoods, and aggressive Code Enforcement will continue to address deteriorated and nuisance properties. The Commercial Corridors Improvement Fund provides much needed funding to address a variety of needs along five of the City's major corridors. The City is funding major programs far curb & sidewalks, neighborhood centers, weed & seed program, and transforming a former dump into a model outdoor environmental lab. We're Building Opportunity - A key issue far any city is education and opportunity for young people. The City is committed to keeping schools open in our neighborhoods and to maximizing their use by the community. We are building partnerships that will create new strategies for enhancing our formal education system. Working together with families, student groups, school officials, neighborhoods, the faith community and civic organizations, we can support our local schools and improve the level of individual student performance. We're Building a Strong Economy -Local government plays a key role in economic develapment. By providing adequate infrastructure and offering targeted assistance, the City can stimulate private investment, creating business opportunities and jabs. The City's policies encourage new start-up businesses, strengthen existing business, attract new jobs, increase assessed value and emphasize direct investment in hard-to-develop areas. Efforts have been and will continue to focus on implementing the comprehensive plans for downtown and the East Bank. The City's administration will vigorously pursue the re-use and revitalization of older industrial sites, as well as the expansion of the Blackthorn area. Budget Calendar The budget process is a key component to the overall success of managing city operations. It allows each department the opportu~aity to reassess goals and objectives and the means of accomplishing them. It provides an opportunity for the public to be involved and to voice their opinions. It is a process that involves a great deal of people and spans a majority of the year. As more fully discussed in Section D of this document, the operating and capital budgets are prepared and approved at separate times of the year. The following calendar provides a general overview of the entire budgeting process. (Note: The City's fiscal year is January 1 through December 31.1 May 2005 -Preliminary meetings are scheduled with management and fiscal staff to organize and plan the coming year's preparation. During this time, the Mayor outlines his overall goals and guidelines for the following year's operating budget. June and July 2005- A needs assessment review is completed and the preliminary budget far each department/program is prepared. Overall reviews of revenue and expense projections, program costs, performance indicators and goals and objectives are all components of this xi