Here’s a brief list of the items that are proposed as amendments to the Capital Budget. The list should be available in Legistar later today (usually late afternoon) and I’ll link it here when it is. Meanwhile, here’s a brief summary of mostly cuts of over $4M.
AMENDMENT #1
The Mayor fixes a bunch of missed reauthorizations in the budget. It’s over $9.2M. The amendment has no impact on the levy.
AMENDMENT #2
Ald. Sanborn wants a new ambulance this year instead of next year. The ambulance will cost us $205,000 and has a Levy Impact of 26,548. However, adding the staff in the operating budget would have a much, much bigger impact.
AMENDMENT #3
Ald. Rhodes-Conway wants to remove funding for Tasers. This would cut $35,000 and save $4,533 on the levy.
AMENDMENT #4
Ald. Verveer wants to move up funding for State St. That would have us spending $120,000 in TIF funds in 2009 and $600,000 in 2010. These are TIF funds so there is no levy impact.
AMENDMENT #5
Ald. Sanborn wants to cut funding to make improvements to the Council Chambers. The City would pay $300,000 and the County would pay $300,000. This is a project we have been talking about doing since 2001 when I got on the Council. This would have a levy impact of $38,851.
AMENDMENT #6
Ald. Sanborn wants to remove funding for the Renewable Energy Project. This is $100,000 with a levy impact of 12,950.
AMENDMENT #7
Ald. Rhodes-Conway wants to cut the remodel of the Human Resources office. (Mostly because they essentially admitted that they can fix the problem with the office with a sign!) It saves us $25,000 and has a Levy Impact of $3,238.
AMENDMENT #8
Alds. Rhodes-Conway and Webber want to cut funding for the S & M roads. These are county roads. It’s cuts several projects for a total of $3,023,000 and has a Levy Impact of $115,259.
AMENDMENT #9
Sanborn wants to cut funding for Central Park. It would save $250,000 and have a Levy Impact of $32,376.
AMENDMENT #10
Mayor Dave is adding money to the budget for funding for a project manager for the Capitol Gateway (E Washington Ave.) It would cost $50,000 but has not levy impact because it would be paid for with TIF funds.
AMENDMENT #11
Ald. Sanborn is cutting funding for the Municipal Art Fund. It would save $112,000 and save $14,505 on the levy.
AMENDMENT #12
Alds. Clear, Rummel and Verveer are adding funding for the Public Market. It would be $250,000 with a Levy Impact of $32,376.
AMENDMENT #13
Ald. Verveer is adding money to the Capital Budget in 2010 and 2011 for improvements to the Senior Center. There is no impact on the levy.
So, the first budget salvos have been fired. More to come. They vote on these amendments on Monday at the Board of Estimates meeting at 4:30 in Room 260 of the Municipal Building (215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.).
