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Regular City Council Meeting <br />July 28 , 2003 <br />Page 2 <br />resolution. The motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. <br />Mayor Pro Tem McCarthy entered the Council Chambers and assumed his seat <br />at the council table. <br />Mayor Fendley announced that the next item on the agenda was a workshop <br />discussion of fiscal year 2003-2004 Budget-related issues: Scheduling for <br />presentation and review of the City Manager's Proposed Budget. <br />City Manager Malone advised that they are attempting to get the budget out a <br />few weeks earlier this year. He said they have all the information from the <br />departments and are putting that into the computer and he expects to present <br />the budget on Thursday, August 7, 2003. The City Manager said they needed <br />to talk about what time that meeting is going to be held because there is going <br />to be another event honoring Bobby R. Walters, President of Paris Junior <br />College, who is retiring. <br />City Manager Malone advised that they had furnished the City Council with a <br />summary of budget and tax rate deadlines and they can see August 7, 2003, is <br />shown to be the date to submit the budget to the City Council at the regular city <br />council meeting. At the same meeting, they will give notice of subsequent <br />meetings to vote on the tax increase and authorize preparation of an ordinance <br />setting the tax rate. He said that there are various other dates listed. The last <br />date to adopt the budget is September 26, 2003. The City Manager said the <br />City Charter sets out in detail how the presentation of the budget is to be made <br />and the format that is to be used. City Manager Malone said they would like <br />some input from the City Council as to how they would like to schedule <br />workshops. He requested that the City Council suggest dates to schedule <br />workshops, if they were inclined to have workshops. He advised that they were <br />open to any input that the Council would like to give in terms of what they <br />would like to see included in the budget. City Manager Malone said they were <br />putting in things that are being brought to their attention and they would <br />certainly be able to amend it at any point during these workshops. <br />