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City Council Meeting Minutes October 19, 2010 Page 4 of 8 On December 31, 2010 the Census information (population counts) will be presented to the President. The 435 seats in congress will be re- apportioned. The President will then deliver the population counts to the governors of each state. During February and March of 2011 the Census will be released to the state legislators, so they may redraw their boundaries and local governments will receive demographics about their municipalities. The census consisted of ten questions and 134 million housing units were contacted by mail or in person. Each one percent increase in mailed back response rate saved about $85 million in door -to -door follow -up work. The census includes the official population counts of all levels of geography; counts for 63 race combinations; total populations and age 18 housing units counts; voting districts; state legislative districts; 111 Congressional Districts and school districts. Ms. Rodriquez presented a plaque of appreciation to Mayor Sisk, and letters of appreciation to City Manager Fleming and City Planner McMillan PRESENTATION CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED 2011 BUDGET AND 2011 -2015 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN Public Hearing Mayor Sisk opened the public hearing and requested a City Manager presentation. City Manager Fleming reviewed the City's Mission Statement; the Guiding Principles to Balance the Budget and the 2009 Budget focus areas, which included eliminating positions; not filling some vacancies; reducing hours; reducing compensation, benefits and training; significant service reductions and increasing fees and charges. Items of concern for 2011: Proposition 101 and Amendments 60 and 61, sales tax instability; property tax instability and the impact of the state budget crisis on municipalities. Areas of opportunity: the potential for the passage of the use tax and the development of the ConocoPhillips property. The 2011 Budget focuses on the following areas: Maintain current level of service; maintain fund reserves to provide resources as needed in the uncertain economic climate. The major city funds include the general fund, capital projects fund, special revenue funds, conservation trust land acquisition, conservation trust lottery, enterprise funds: water, wastewater, stormwater, golf course, solid waste recycling utility; internal service funds and debt service. The Forecast Assumptions do not assume passage of Consumer Use Tax, Amendments 60 and 61 or Proposition 101, and does not include fiscal impacts of the ConocoPhillips development. Sales and Property Tax Revenue are projected to decline; Water and Wastewater User Fees to increase by 5.0% annually for years 2011 through 2015. Employee compensation and benefits are projected to increase. The