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Show Budget Hearings Begin CENTERVILLE -- Public hearings on Centerville's proposed budget for 1983-84 will be held May 17 and June 7 during regular council meetings. meet-ings. THE TWO public hearings will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the public is invited to hear a review re-view of the budget and provide input before final adoption scheduled for June 14. according accord-ing to Mayor Neil Balckburn. The proposed budget w ill be for about SI. 46 million, compared com-pared to SI. 3 million for the current fiscal budget. THE CITY'S water department depart-ment will receive the largest cut from ' e proposed budget with S37 .714 earmarked for drilling . two new wells, improving im-proving storage facilities and comple mg the water distribution distribu-tion system. These funds will be used with help from a Fed eral Community Development block grant. Getting another large slice of the city's financial "pie" will be the public safety department de-partment with the police to receive re-ceive an estimated S272.220 and the fire department $100,000. PARKS AND Recreation Department will spend about S48.500 and $191,345 has been earmarked for street resurfacing, resurfac-ing, primarily in the central part of the city. Administrative costs -- primarily pri-marily salaries and benefits for employees - will amount to $90,471. Salariesand travelex-penses travelex-penses for the mayor and each of the five council members will remain the same as the present fiscal year. THE MAYOR will receive $100 a month, or $1 ,200 annually, and will have a $1,600 a year traveling expense. ex-pense. Each council member will get $300 per year salary with a yearly expense of S'XKI-a S'XKI-a total of $KK) per month, or $1,200 per year. Mayor Blackburn emphasized empha-sized that all budget figures are tentative and may be altered significantly before the final budget is adopted in June. THE LARGEST source of revenue, of course, will be property taxes which is estimated esti-mated at more than $750, 000. License fees will net a little over $65,000 and revenue sharing! shar-ing! which could be phasing out. should yield about $78,300. "I believe this administration administra-tion has done a lot to cut expenses ex-penses and to get the city closer clos-er to a balanced budget," the mayor has noted. "If we continue con-tinue to operate with a tight budget the city will soon be back on its feet financially." |