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City council begins work on 2013 proposed budget
By Penny Rathbun
prathbun@starlocalnews.com
The city council is considering including a two-to-three percent raise for city employees in next year's budget.
The proposed budget for the city of Celina for fiscal year 2013 is $4,084,210,only $7,119 more than the general fund schedule of revenues for 2012.
The Celina city council members took their first official look at these figures at a budget work session held at city hall on Saturday, June 23.
City employees did not receive a raise in the current year. City Manager Mike Foreman favors giving a raise. “It boosts morale,” he said.
The proposed fire department budget for next year is $1,050,394, nearly three percent less than the $1,079,875 in the year-end estimated budget for 2012.
The budget for the police department in the proposed 2013 budget is $779,686, a 12 percent increase over the estimated amount for the end of 2012 of $695,992. Personnel cost is substantially increased due to the hiring of two new police officers.
The Planning and Development Services Department has a total budget of $389,302 in the 2013 proposed budget, a 16.2 percent increase over the the 2012 budget. Next year's budget includes moving a part time planning technician from part time to full time and increased legal and professional costs due to increased engineering costs.
The cost of administering the city has been cut almost seven percent. The current budget includes $858,525 for administration cost. The proposed 2013 budget is $669,588. That amount includes adding an accounting clerk for nine months. The position was approved for the current budget, but never filled.
Other expenses are lower due to the purchase of the bank building that now houses city hall.
The proposed utility fund schedule of revenue for 2013 is $4,220,102. The estimated year-end revenue for 2012 is $3,982,599.
Expenditures from the utility fund for the end of fiscal year 2012 are $3k,591,092. Expenditures in the 2013 proposed budget are $4,399,900.
The August 13 council meeting will include a budget work session. Public hearings on the proposed 2013 budget will be held on August 27 and September 4. The city council will make a decision on the proposed 2013 budget at the September 10 council meeting.
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