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Show Just Under $2 Million Cemtemie Budget Ok5d. By GARY R. BLODGETT Clipper News Editor CENTERVILLE - A proposed general fund budget of just under $2 million for fiscal year 1985-86 has been tentatively approved by the Centerville City Council. FINAL approval, however, will not come until June 11 following the second of two scheduled public hearings. These hearings, at which the public is invited to oppose the budget or give input, are scheduled at 7 p.m. June 4 and 11. The tentative budget is for $1,939,035, a 24 percent increase over the current budget of $ 1 ,564,634, but there is no mill levy increase proposed, according to the council. BUT THERE will be a slight increase in-crease in water rates for Cz7 of culinary water beyond the minimum mini-mum allowance, and a rate hike amounting to 18 cents per month or $2. 16 per year in garbage collection. col-lection. Both these rate hikes were approved by the council last week. The budget increase appears to be large because of a $223,100 accounting of state and federal flood-control projects. This compares com-pares to just under $13,000 for the - current fiscal year budget. Most of the increased funds will come from state and federal money, but must be budgeted, it was explained. OTHERWISE, the largest budget item is for city hall improvements, improve-ments, where the budget has been increased from $35,666 to $77,212. Also, $4,441 has been set aside for this fall's Municipal Election. The budget shows an 18 percent increase in revenues, but revenues were higher this year than anticipated antici-pated and an overage of $75,135 is expected for the current year. THE CITY streets department will ar.r.nnnt fnr thp larcrpct slirp of an increase from $14,792 to $28,393. OTHER substantial increases are shown in parks department, from $5 1 ,660 to $76,527 and cemetery, cemet-ery, from $3 1 ,693 to $49,459 - both because of necessary expansion and improvements. Sales tax will be the largest revenue re-venue item with $370,757, a 14 percent per-cent increase over the current fiscal fis-cal year. Franchise tax is expected to increase 19 percent to $190,700; while property taxes are expected to rise only six percent to $370,757. Contributions and transfers will account for $377,908; charges and services should bring in about $173,250; and licenses and permits are estimated at $104,130. THE CITY'S water fund, which is presently $111,546 in the red is expected to end next fiscal year in the black with generated revenues amounting to $470,252 compared to $369,55 1 and expenditures being only $209,147 compared to $252,069 spent this year. the fiscal year budget, $426,724, an increase of only about $10,500. The police department is budgeted for $384,365, compared to $33 1 ,865 for the current fiscal year. Administrative costs will be up about five percent from $ 1 55 ,692 to $163,081. However, salary increases in-creases will be included in the legislative department which has |