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morandum <br />me <br />TO: Mayor & Council <br />FROM: John Godwin, City Manager <br />SUBJECT: DRAFT 2012-13 BUDGET <br />DATE: August 1, 2012 have Attached is a summary of the draft recommended 2012-13 bu egst and the t me required for me <br />gotten slightly behind schedule due to my arrival late in the proc <br />to work through budget requests and anticipated resources. Eve fiscal year on Oct bertlm I <br />for review, discussion, and adoption prior to the begmnmg of the new existing have attempted to summarize the major expenditures and notabl the budget hn as much <br />2011-12 budget below, by fund. Although we stand prepared to dscuss data <br />you detail as necessary, and you are encouraged to look over thu a e comfortable do ng so hat you <br />will receive on August 23, I recommend to the extent yo <br />concentrate on the big picture of the overall budget. Please keep in mind that the budget <br />adoption ordinance that you will be asked to approve in September allocates monies by <br />department, not by line item. ougbts <br />for Simultaneous to working on the budget, I have been gatheringadec ties run the danger of <br />comprehensive strategic plan for Paris. Without a good workmg pl, ust adopting budgets that over time become fragmented, with lit ooCenscour gesus to <br />incrementally ratcheting costs up from one year to the next. A multiyear Plan assume spend monies more wisely and more efficiently over a longer pee~ d y°1 tbut I also dentified <br />council will adopt a good working plan well before next year s budg nex major issues in this year's budget that I think will need to be work Th° se majohea east nclude <br />years, and I therefore tried to focus on funding those areas now <br />continued cleanup of the city, expanding our commitment to p~e~ ega ement (not gj'useloyees <br />t repai <br />based more on actual performance, investing in infr ~e for major improvements at Pat <br />reorganizing certain functions and departments, and p paring <br />Mayse and the future wastewater treatment plant project. <br />Despite the need for many tangible improvements, some of them quite~dent and maintan t or <br />budget I have also tried to be cogmzant of the need to be fisca y p <br />ossibly even reduce our ad valorem tax rate. In fact, it was my goal to reduce the tax rate by <br />P <br />28 <br />