CITY FIELDS BUDGET; SPENDING PLAN TOTALS $80 MILLION.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Money to repair El Nino-damaged streets, a major expansion of a soccer complex and a move to bring in a state narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. office are all part of Lancaster's proposed $80.1 million 1998-99 budget released Friday. The budget includes a general fund - the day-to-day operations funding source - of $31.8 million, plus $14.9 million for street improvements, $6.4 million for parks and recreation projects, $2.9 million for storm drains storm drain n. 1. A storm sewer. 2. A catch basin. and $1.3 million for community development projects. ``It is a balanced budget Balanced budget A budget in which the income equals expenditure. See: budget. balanced budget A budget in which the expenditures incurred during a given period are matched by revenues. , and it does have a 10 percent reserve,'' said City Manager Jim Gilley. The $14.9 million in street improvements includes $3.4 million to repave streets damaged from El Nino storms. ``Obviously, they took a beating with the weather we had this past winter,'' Gilley said. ``We are putting more money into street overlay than we have since the 1991-92 budget.'' Parks improvements, slated for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1, include $2.6 million to expand the city's soccer complex. The expansion would add four soccer fields, an administration building, restrooms and playgrounds. Other park and recreation spending includes $366,000 toward building a gymnasium at Park View School; $237,000 to develop the 5-acre Hull Park near 18th Street West, north of Avenue J; $66,000 to build a skateboard park inside City Park; and $100,000 to rehabilitate re·ha·bil·i·tate v. 1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education. 2. To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity. four Little League fields at El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. , Park View, Monte Vista Monte Vista can refer to
The budget calls for working with the state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement Task Office to establish an office in a building provided by the city. The office will have a minimum of four officers and possibly as many as seven. The city will provide for the upkeep of the building, which will be absorbed in the city's maintenance budget. ``The task force will focus on a number of issues, but primarily on the methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. labs in our area,'' Gilley said. ``They think we can make a significant dent in that area.'' The city is also planning on receiving a $450,000 state grant, which will be used for a gang violence suppression program. The program would coordinate the activities of agencies that deal with law enforcement, prosecution, probation, prevention and education. Assistant City Manager Dennis Davenport said that based on his conversations with state officials, it's ``a done deal'' that the city would receive the gang violence grant. Lancaster will be required to provide $50,000 for the program. The City Council will consider the budget at its meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 44933 Fern Ave. CITY OF LANCASTER The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. BUDGET GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. Proposed 1998-99 1997-98 Community Safety $11.5 million $11.7 million Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. $6.7 million $6.5 million Parks, Recreation and Arts $6.4 million $5.9 million Administrative Services $1.5 million $1.4 million Redevelopment Operations $1.2 million $1.3 million Community Development $949,000 $926,000 Finance $575,000 $542,000 City Attorney $454,000 $430,000 City Manager $347,000 $335,000 Personnel $314,000 $264,000 City Clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". $274,000 $402,000 City Council $182,000 $142,000 Transfers $1.4 million $2.8 million TOTAL: $31.9 million $32.6 million CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS Proposed 1998-99 Recreation facilities $6.9 million Streets $14.9 million Drainage $2.9 million Community Development $1.3 million TOTAL: $25.9 million CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO (Color) Lancaster's $80.1 million proposed spending plan for 1998-99 includes $2.6 million to expand Lancaster National Soccer Center. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News BOX: CITY OF LANCASTER BUDGET (see text) |
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