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BUDGET OVERVIEW

•The employee In Service Training Day will be eliminated. Much of our required all-staff
training was provided at this training event in addition to training programs on team building,
customer service, mental health and workplace safety. Required training will be worked in as
departmental schedules allow. $17,000

•The Police and Fire banquets will not be held. Awards and recognitions will be provided in
other formats. $20,400

•Training and travel funding for the City Council, including the bi-annual Goals Retreat, will be
reduced. The Goals Retreat will be held in town. $10,000

In addition to the reductions made in this year's budget several items were shifted to other
funding sources. A Property & Equipment Manager and Technical Services Officer have
been moved to the General Fund from the Crime Control District Fund (CCD). In Public
Works, a Maintenance Worker I and Maintenance Worker II have been moved to the Drainage
Utility Fund. These two positions are assigned to drainage duties and are more appropriately
funded using Drainage Utility revenues. In the Parks Department the Athletic Program
Coordinator has been moved to the Park & Recreation Facilities Development Fund, along
with other associated expenses and revenues.

There are very few additions to the General Fund FY 2020/21 Adopted Budget. The only new
position added is a full time Child Crimes Officer in the Police Department. This position will
be partially funded with a Department of Justice COPS hiring grant. The grant totals $125,000
over a three year period. The FY 2020/21 budget includes $41,666 from this grant to partially
offset the cost of the new officer. Funding for the preventive street maintenance program is
included at $1 million and for the sidewalk maintenance program for $50,000. The FY
2020/2021 Adopted Budget projects ending the year in balance.

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