6.6. SR 11-07-1994
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ITEM 6.6.
MEMORANDUM
TO:
MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL
PAT KLAERS, CITY~RATOR
NOVEMBER 3, 1994 ~t
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT: BUDGET UPDATE
On October 24, 1994, the City Council balanced the 1995 General Fund
budget. Previously (on 9/6) the City Council had directed staff to make
$30,000 in revenue increases and $15,000 in expenditure cuts. On 10/24 the
Council also directed staff to make $17,500 of additional adjustments.
Overall, staff has made $37,050 worth of revenue increases, $21,250 worth of
expenditure cuts, and directed $4,200 worth of computer equipment to be
purchased out of equipment reserves in 1994.
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These adjustments, plus other Council action on 10/24, including the
assumed $55,000 increased contribution from the electric utilities for the
loader, give the City a balanced General Fund budget in the amount of
$3,782,250. This is an 11.4 percent or $387,500 increase over the adopted
1994 budget. The majority of the increase is personnel related. There is
about $100,000 in non-personnel increases throughout the proposed 1995
budget. This is about a 2.5 percent increase spread across the remaining
budget categories in all of the General Fund departments. If the $55,000
contribution from the utilities for the street front end loader is not obtained,
then we will have to reconsider the budget and make further adjustments.
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One item I would like to review with the City Council regarding the 1995
budget is the clothing allowance for the clerical staff. I have cut $2,450 from
the budget for this proposed expenditure. When I discuss this policy change
with our employees, I would like to also indicate to them that we will be
trying a "casual day" policy for Fridays. A casual clothing attire day is
common in many, if not most, of the metropolitan communities. If we are
proposing to change our clothing allowance policy (which was established in
1989), it would also be appropriate to consider allowing this casual day
change in our policy. Initially we would keep the rules for casual day open
and let our employees use their best judgment, but if this Friday casual day
was abused, we would then have to put some structure into the policy. I
would like to briefly discuss this proposed policy with the Council on 11/7/94
and get some direction from them on how to proceed.
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