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<br />I. PUBLIC HEARINGS <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch opened the Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. She noted that this was the last <br />of the six planned public hearings that have been held at different locations around the <br />City designed to give residents ample opportunity for input into the FY 2012 budget. <br />She said the final budget will be presented at the June 13, 2011 Council meeting. <br /> <br />City Manager Mr. Walker gave the FY 2012 Budget presentation. (See document <br />attached to the end of these minutes.) He noted that the final budget will be presented <br />with expenditures not exceeding revenues without any use of reserves or any one-time <br />cell phone settlements as previous budgets used for the past four years. Mr. Walker <br />also said there are no proposals for increases in property or sales taxes. He stated that <br />staff will propose a meeting in early June to review the final proposed changes to the <br />budget. Mr. Walker said that some of those are: elimination of a proposal to charge one <br />dollar for parking in the Loop which represented a decrease in proposed revenue of <br />$220,000; an addition of a youth employment program for next year for $50,000, the <br />addition a low interest loan program to assist low income home owners with home <br />repairs - for $50,000; the addition of a public relations/marketing function to the City for <br />$100,000 and finalizing the decision on the operational hours of the Heman Community <br />Center. Mr. Walker noted that the City is looking for feedback at this Public Hearing. <br /> <br />CITIZEN COMMENTS <br />Jan Adams, 7150 Cambridge <br />Ms. Adams thanked the City Manager and staff for changing the format of the budget <br />making it easier to read and understand. She also thanked the Mayor and City Manager <br />for all of the previous Public Hearings they had for citizen input. Ms. Adams said this <br />government is an excellent model of doing what government should be doing. <br /> <br />Elsie Beck Glickert, 6712 Etzel <br />Ms. Glickert said if the City was looking for things to be eliminated she said the concerts <br />in the park could be eliminated as the quality left a lot to be desired. Next she opposed <br />the placement for the new U City fire station. Ms. Glickert noted that this lot was the <br />lowest lot in the City and is in a flood plain. She suggested putting this project on a <br />ballot for the residents to vote on. Ms. Glickert said the City does not need to take <br />money from a grant nor land donated by Washington University. Next she was <br />concerned over the safety of the police and fire working twelve and forty-eight hour <br />shifts and said that process should be considered by the Civil Service Commission. Ms. <br />Glickert said that the Commission should also evaluate the policy of new employees <br />starting with three weeks of vacation. <br /> <br />Edward McCarthy, 7101 Princeton <br /> <br />Mr. McCarthy listed his three points. <br /> <br /> Mr. McCarthy said instead of giving CALOP the money from the cable franchises <br />for another documentary use it for cameras for the Council meetings to be <br />broadcast live. <br /> <br /> Put the money that would have been made from collecting one dollar for the City’s <br />parking lots back in the budget to compensate for the extra costs of police this <br />summer in the Loop <br /> <br /> Note that the Capital items are down significantly in this budget and warned that <br />they can be put off for a short time not for the long term <br /> <br /> <br />