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OPERATING FUNDS EXPENDITURES

ADOPTED BUDGET

Total Operating Fund expenditures, transfers, and use of reserves for 2020-21 are $22,874,594 for a net increase of $290,926 or 1.29
percent over the 2019-20 budget of $22,583,668. General Fund expenditures, special projects, and transfers of $21,264,353 are $242,109
or 1.15 percent more than the 2019-20 budget of $21,022,244. Debt Service expenditures of $1,610,241 are $48,817 or 3.13 percent
more than the 2019-20 budget of $1,561,424. The 2020-21 Operating Funds Budget includes $500,000 in transfers from the General Fund
to the Capital Asset Replacement Fund. The 2019-20 Operating Funds budget included the transfer of $250,000 from the General Fund to
the Capital Asset Replacement Fund, $650,000 for the Clearfork Emergency Access Bridge, and $250,000 to the Wall Repair Fund.

Total Operating Fund expenditures (excluding transfers and use of reserves) for 2020-21 are $21,374,594 for an increase of $940,926 or
4.39 percent over the 2019-20 budget of $21,433,668. General Fund expenditures for 2020-21 (excluding transfers and use of reserves)
of $20,764,353 are $892,109 or 4.49 percent more than the 2019-20 budget of $19,872,244. Debt Service expenditures of $1,610,241
are $48,817 or 3.13 percent more than the 2019-20 budget of $1,561,424.

DEPARTMENT REQUESTS

City Department Heads prepared and submitted budget requests to the City Manager in May 2020. Department requests totaled
$20,796,953. The base budget for the General Fund and Debt Service Fund totaled $20,796,953. There are no Decision Packages (requests
for new programs and program modifications) in the 2020-21 Budget. These department requests did not include any adjustments to employee
salaries except for scheduled merit increases. The City Manager and Department Heads reviewed each line item and whittled these requests
into the Proposed Budget.

PROPOSED BUDGET

The 2020-21 City Manager's Proposed Budget totaled $22,374,594 for operating expenditures. The Proposed Budget included a variety of
expenditure reductions. Department requests for office supplies, printing services, operating supplies, maintenance and repair, and capital
outlay were thoroughly reviewed and reduced where possible. Requests for training were eliminated except where the training was required
by State or Federal law or the request was specifically approved by the City Manager.

In July 2020, the City Staff met with the City Council to outline issues the Council would face during the 2020-21 Budget adoption process. The
Proposed Budget was presented to the City Council at a Budget Work Session. During this work session and other sessions held in the month of
August, the City Council and City Staff met and reviewed the budget requests. The City Council approved and adopted the City Manager’s

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