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Show Centerville Council proposes '86 budget By CHERIE HUBER ( CENTER VI LLE--The Cen- i , terville City Council has adopted ! a tentative budget for the coming 1986-87 budget year. The proposed prop-osed General Fund budget is for $1,829,047, 5.67 less than the $ 1 ,900, 1 80 budgeted for the 1 985- 86 fiscal year. I ... ' , The City Council will meet Tuesday for a workshop to go 1 r over the budget figures again and -to make adjustments to the budget. A public hearing will be held June 3. The budget does not call for a tax increase. In the mayor's budget message he said, "The task of balancing next year's budget to maintain basic municipal services has been difficult to achieve. The expected loss of Federal Revenue sharing and significant reductions in State grants for sidewalk safety and emergency management coupled cou-pled with a stagnant economy that is expected to produce only slight revenue growth has complicated compli-cated our task." The budget will allow for some needed capital expenditures, the hiring of two part time employees and merit and cost of living increases in-creases for eligible employees. Mayor Argyle said the budget -wasJbased on certain assumptions. assump-tions. The revenue projections are built from a reduced revenue base that is being forecast. The b also assumes that Federal revenue re-venue Sharing will not be reauthorized by Congress and is not included beyond the first quarter of the fiscal year. If the city should receive some form of Revenue Sharing, Mayor Argyle recommends that it be earmarked for capital improvement projects. Mayor Argyle is also recom- mending a $.50 per month per household increase for refuse collection col-lection to offset overhead expenses ex-penses in administering this contracted con-tracted service. Although no property tax increase has been budgeted, the General Fund will receive an additional one mill of revenue because the Special Improvement Im-provement District Guaranty Fund has now reached its legally mandated minimum fund balance. ba-lance. Mayor Argyle is recommending recom-mending that any surplus monies in that fund be transferred to the General Buildings and Property , Capital Improvement Fund to be held in reserve for future land purchases or building construe tion. In other city business. Dr. Bur-nheiser Bur-nheiser from the Bountiful Arts Center asked for Centerville's support of the Center. The Center is asking for help in making up the approximate $5000 shortfall this year. The Center is also asking for individual support from Centerville Cen-terville residents. Centerville City Council meetings meet-ings set aside open session time when residents can bring problems prob-lems or information to the council. coun-cil. Arlene Dunn, Dal Wayment and Brent Kovack told the council coun-cil about the vandalism going on in the Rolling Hills subdivision area. Mrs. Dunn said that the outside out-side of her home had been spray painted with black and red spray paint. On a second occasion, juveniles threw rocks at the home and dented the siding. Sergeant Oswald of the Centerville Police Force said that there were 14 cases of vandalism in that area last week when the rear windows of many cars were shattered. Dal Wayment reported that crude weapons had been found hidden in the area. Brent Kovack said that motorcycle and three-wheel three-wheel activity in the area has also shepped up. Sergeant Oswald said that 80 percent of the arrests in Centerville Center-ville are of people from outside the city. Now that Lagoon is open for the summer the problem will get worse. The mayor told the residents that the city would work quickly to get the lights turned back on in the subdivision. |