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• The police department operating budget is down by more than $50,000, the biggest portion <br />of which relates to continued turnover of long-tenured employees and their replacement by <br />younger officers at significantly lower pay. We are beginning to phase in a rank restruc- <br />turing that over time should help with our unacceptable turnover rate, which in turn <br />contributes to our very high overtime costs. No new positions are included. <br />• The fire department's budget includes phase 1 of its own rank restructuring/reorganization <br />plan that is intended to help increase einployee stability. The restructuring should also help <br />with station management and training; however, no new positions are included. In <br />addition, I added almost $20,000 to pay for inore training, and $5,000 for repairs to the <br />training tower. <br />• Community development includes $36,830 for the new MyGov software, including both <br />one-time purchase costs, as well as annual maintenance and licensing fees. This software <br />should help us do a much better job managing code enforcement and building permitting <br />and inspections. I have also included a part-time professional planner position, beginning <br />in November, and have added a second lien mowing crew leader effective next April to <br />expand our ability to mow more lots more quickly. <br />• The demolitions budget was increased from $60,000 to $100,000, and I have added <br />$14,500 to contract lot mowing. <br />• I have added one new parks employee to incrementally help us do a better job of taking <br />care of parks during the mowing season and drainage issues during the "off season." This <br />new position will be filled out of existing staffing elsewhere, so it will not increase costs. I <br />have also added another $14,000 for contract mowing. <br />• We have added an extra $4,200 to repair curbs and gutters, $7,000 far traffic markings, <br />$4,000 for stonn sewers, and $45,000 to repair streets (funded in two different <br />departments). <br />• There is a small increase in the garage budget to acquire diagnostic equipment which <br />should help reduce both equipment and staff downtime. <br />• EMS includes a new replacement ambulance for $140,000 (we typically replace one each <br />year, maintaining a seven year replacement cycle), and the reuse of the chassis from the <br />replaced ambulance ($9,000) in support of the regional Emergency Medical Task Force. <br />• The airport budget is down more than $60,000 due to agrant match that was included in <br />the 2011-12 budget. <br />• We have increased the library's book budget by 5%, or $5,000. <br />• Non-departmental includes the new SuRRMA payment, an increase in the visitors & <br />convention center budget (based on an anticipated increase in hotel occupancy tax), a new <br />$5,000 to Keep Paris Beautiful, and an increase in the health department budget to <br />potentially pay for a new facility. <br />• 1 have included $27,296 to pay for raises for certain selected employees based on actual <br />perfonnance. This will not be used for any type of across-the-board or automatic raises. <br />