HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981 11-03 Budget crunch, Council cuts jobs, programs DISPATCH The Dispatch Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1981 Dr.
Budget crunch
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Council cuts jobs, programs
By Mike Barrett 1 Records show the city's 1982
Staff Writer Map general fund will be$4.9 million,
about 1 percent less than the
1981 fund of nearly$5 million.
The Maplewood City Council the local net tax increase will be The 1982 federal revenue
has eliminated three full-time 34 percent or an additional$29. sharing aid will be approximate-
jobs and several temporary posi- ly $261,000, a decline from
tions and has At the same time, there are 1981's$294,000.
' instituted a hir- more properties to tax because Other cuts included eliminat-
ing freeze in the assessed valuation of the city ing nearly all capital outlay ex-
setting its 1982 has increased to approximately penditures for building improve-
budget. $222 million from the preceding ments and equipment purchase.
ear's $203 million. The increase
Eliminated primarily is due to new commer Moreover, council members
recently were cial projects such as shopping t an administra P J pp g increased recreation fees by 45
il.,;:,.•.:', , tive assistant, centers and warehouses, many percent from$68,000 in 1981 to a
financed partly by industrial projected$99,000 in 1982.
an assistant
building in revenue bonds approved by the The animal control budget
Spector, a po council. was reduced by more than 50
Greavu lice aide and "The 1982 budget will be about percent to $9,120 from 1981's
some recre- $14 million, an increase of $3.6 $21,650.
ation programs. million or 36 percent from the Department requests for 1981 budget of $10.4 million," el and training were reduced by
tray-
Furthermore, the council di- Faust said. 32 percent to approximately
rected Barry Evans,city manag- $21,000 contrasted to the 1981
er, to recommend eliminating However, the bulk of that in-
budget of$28,000.
two more jobs by the end of crease is $3.3 million in debt
1982.No vacancies may be filled service expenditures to ref i- City employees attending out-
unless the council approves. nance a temporary improvement of-state conferences next year
bond for streets, water and sew- also must pay a larger share of
"We're trying to keep our ex- er projects. costs than before.
penditures down," Mayor John •
Greavu said last week.
He told the Dispatch that city
financial projections are
adversely affected by the with-
holding of tax revenues by 3M in
a valuation dispute that may be
settled in court and delays in
state aid payments to the city.
Meanwhile, Daniel Faust, city
finance director reported, "The
council has set the 1981 tax levy
collectable in 1982 at$3,677,620,
an increase of $403,880 or 12.3
percent more than the previous
year."
The new mill rate will be
16.553, an increase of .474 mills
from the year before.
An average Maplewood home
with an estimated market value
of $67,266 will have a 16 percent
tax increase for the city portion
of the property tax. But Faust
noted that since the state has
frozen the homestead tax credit,