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The FY05 budget was a modest, hold-the-line budget that held our maintenance and services <br />expenditure levels at FY04 levels despite rapidly increasing costs. I am pleased to report that the <br />strategy and the resulting budget the council adopted last year performed well. We successfully <br />reallocated some General Fund support from citywide administrative services to direct service <br />needs in Police and Fire by working smarter and leveraging emerging technology. Living within <br />our means has been difficult but helped to position us Well to deal responsibly with the structural <br />imbalances in the General, Stormwater, Transportation, and Parking funds. <br /> <br />The FY 05 budget provides modest changes to existing service levels and starts work toward <br />important City Council priorities. There are still fiscal challenges ahead for us. They include <br />ongoing funding for the Valley River Fire Station #9, response to the ICMA-PERF Management <br />Review recommendations, the Library Local Option Levy renewal, the Youth and School <br />Services Levy expiration, funding for City Council priority issue action plans, transportation <br />fund gaps and the implementation of the regional wastewater 20-year facilities and service plan. <br /> <br /> 17 <br /> <br /> <br />