SALARIES, BENEFITS RISE; SOME CITY DEPARTMENTS TO RECEIVE CUTS

A proposed $27 million city budget for the 1991-92 fiscal year includes an overall increase in total salaries and benefits, but funding cuts for some city departments.

Following are the proposed budget allocations for the operation of various departments.

CITY COUNCIL Total budget is $22,200, $9,700 for salaries and benefits for the seven council members. The budget is an increase of $2,798 over the revised 1990-91 budget, due primarily to an increase in contractual services.

CITY MANAGER Total budget for the office is $194,868, a decrease of $6,863 from the revised 1990-91 budget. Materials and supplies, contractual services, and general operating expenses were increased $2,464.

But salaries and benefits for the city manager, assistant city manager, executive secretary and administrative secretary were cut $9,062 from the revised 1990-91 budget to $165,490.

CITY HALL MAINTENANCE Total budget is $68,063, a decrease of $3,129 from the current year's revised budget. Salaries for two custodians will total $29,480.

MUNICIPAL COURT Of the $131,844 budgeted for Municipal Court operations, $114,019 is for salaries and benefits for a part-time judge, a court clerk, a traffic bureau clerk, a clerk/typist, and a bailiff.

Total allocation is $5,688 above this year's revised budget of $126,156.

PLANNING SERVICES Total budget is $378,767, down $83,871 from this year's revised budget. Salaries and benefits for 12 full-time personnel total $296,767, an increase of $35,765 over the current revised budget.

CITY ATTORNEY A total of $154,884 has been budgeted, with $128,035 for salaries and benefits for the city attorney, assistant city attorney and a legal secretary. The allocation is nearly $7,000 higher than this year's revised $148,044 budget.

FINANCE Total budget is $341,162, with $240,022 for salaries and benefits for nine employees. The allocation is nearly $29,000 higher than the current year's $312,439 revised budget. Total salaries and benefits for the department increased $26,378.

POLICE Total budget is $3.12 million, a hike of $143,026 over the current year's revised budget of $2.98 million. As in past years, most of the budgeted expense is in the area of personnel, for which costs are projected at $2.52 million for 82 employees.

FIRE Of the $2.3 million budget for the coming fiscal year, $2.03 million is for salaries and benefits for 56 employees. The budget is up $42,000 over the current fiscal year's allocation. Capital outlay for the Fire Department will increase from $12,350 in this year's budget to $24,500 in next year's proposed plan.

STREET Total budget is $1.23 million, with personnel costs totaling $578,599 for 23 full-time and five part-time employees. The 1991-92 budget is down $101,939 from the current year's revised budget. The cut essentially is due to a decrease in next year's "special projects" allocation, which went from $90,000 this year to $10,000 in next year's proposed budget.

ENGINEERING Total budget is $266,541, with $228,642 for salaries and benefits for 12 full-time and five part-time employees. The personnel costs for the coming fiscal year are budgeted at about $23,000 above the current level.

CEMETERY Of the $93,831 total budget, $68,731 is for salaries and benefits for the cemetery sexton and five part-time workers. The budget is an increase of $5,476 over this year's revised budget.

STORM WATER Total budget is $97,257, down $37,895 from the current year's revised budget of $135,152.

This year's $45,000 capital outlay was eliminated in next year's proposed budget.

PARKS General operating budget is $692,062, with $425,562 for personnel costs for 14 full-time and 23 part-time employees. The total allocation is $10,330 less than the current year's revised budget.

RECREATION Of the $171,049 budget, $133,384 is for personnel costs for four full-time and 55 part-time employees. The budget is $42,035 higher than the current year's revised budget, with most of the increase attributed to an increase in part-time employees.

RECREATION CONCESSIONS Total budget is $16,141, with $13,100 for materials and supplies and $2,384 for personnel costs. The budget is down $8,110 from this year's revised budget, due to the elimination of part-time concession workers.

POOLS A total of $185,290 is budgeted for the Central Municipal Pool, including $92,040 for wages and benefits for one full-time and 47 part-time employees. A total of $45,065 is budgeted for the Capaha Pool, with $30,880 for personnel costs for 28 part-time employees.

MUNICIPAL BAND Total budget is $24,065, with $17,000 for personnel costs.

HEALTH Total budget is $91,969, up slightly from the current year's revised budget. Personnel costs for two animal wardens are projected at $44,969.

SEWER General operating budget for sewer plant, sludge operations and maintenance is nearly $2.1 million, with $732,109 for salaries and benefits for 29 full-time employees. The budget reflects the addition of four positions.

SOLID WASTE Solid waste collection and disposal operations are budgeted at a total of $1.76 million for the coming fiscal year, a slight increase over the current year's revised budget.

The solid waste operation is broken down into a number of areas. Residential trash collection is budgeted at $537,187 with $328,838 for personnel costs for nine full-time and seven part-time workers. Commercial collection is budgeted at $309,968, with $186,490 for wages and benefits for five full-time workers.

Landfill operations are budgeted at $62,832, and the transfer station will operate on a $693,794 budget, with $97,609 for personnel costs for four full-time employees and $425,500 for contractual services.

Waste disposal supervision has been eliminated from the 1991-92 proposed budget, and $158,364 has been allocated for the city's new recycling operations that are scheduled to begin in October.

The waste disposal recycling budget includes $136,415 for salaries and benefits for six full-time and four part-time workers.

GOLF COURSE Total budget is $391,515, up $31,335 from the current year's revised budget. A total of $259,820 is allocated for golf course general operations, with $117,158 in personnel costs. The golf course pro shop will operate on a $131,695 budget, a slight decrease from this year's revised budget. The budget includes $34,644 in personnel costs. The golf course operates with four full-time and 12 part-time employees.

AIRPORT Total budget is $549,163, down nearly $14,000 from the current revised budget. It includes $206,688 for salaries and benefits for four full-time and four part-time employees.

DATA PROCESSING Total budget is $216,241, up slightly from the current year's revised budget. The budget includes $47,908 for personnel costs for one full-time and two part-time employees.

FLEET MANAGEMENT Total budget is $950,056, a $29,084 decrease from the current year's revised budget. A total of $340,623 is for personnel costs for 12 full-time workers and one part-time worker. The personnel costs show an increase of $52,361 over the current budget.

LIBRARY General operating budget totals $439,235, with $273,200 for personnel costs for 12 full-time and seven part-time employees.