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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The Thursday night (5/31/07) budget meeting is likely to be another </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> detail work session, this time going line by line thru the Police budget.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> While the public is more than welcome to attend, I fear it will not </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> answer many questions. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The new council will likely meet Tues, Wed and Thur of next week </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> (May 5,6,7) to work on the the budget. Unfortunately, that Thur (May 7) </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> is also the 1st Cafritz development meeting.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The council will have difficulty getting thru the first pass of the budget </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> by June 8 (the tax rate rate is suppose to be set by the 8th). </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The last budget meeting reduced the budget by $13,700. Which is </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> not much. That would reduce the proposed tax rate from 68.7 to 68.4.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> There is a long way to go.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Rob Oppenheim</FONT></div>
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