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PARK USE POLICY ~ (Continued) <br /> <br />Councilmen Markel and Villa agreed with Councilman Evans. The Acting City <br />Manager stated that a report and policy recommendation will ,soon be presented <br />to Council. <br /> <br />ASSESSED VALUATION The Acting City Manager reported <br /> that the City's assessed valuation <br /> is $457,110, 344, which is Z9 <br />million dollars higher than estimated in the proposed Budget; that based on the <br />$1.35 tax rate, there will be $360, 000 additional available; andthat by combining <br />the $360,000 with the $190,000 carry-over from 1971-72, there is one-half million <br />dollars for non-funded budget items. As a matter of interest, Mr. Spragg advised <br />that the City's maximum tax rate is $1.77: 30~ for libraries, recreation and parks, <br />2Z~ for retirement, and $1. Z5 for general fund and capital fund. <br /> <br />POLICE HELICOPTERS <br /> <br />Councilman Villa stated that he <br />would like to see Police Helicopters <br />included as an unfunded project item. <br /> <br />A.D. #236 Councilman Markel stated that he <br />FOURTH STREET IIVIPROVEMENT was not in favor of the $26,000 <br /> expenditure proposed to repair <br />the sidewalk surfacing on Fourth Street. Councilman Evans stated that he would <br />like more information regarding the durability of the proposed repair work. <br /> <br />UNFUNDED BUDGET ITEMS Having completed its page-by-page <br /> review, Council discussed the list <br /> of unfunded budget items and <br />indicated their priorities which were more or less consistent with those cited by the <br />City Manager on page 6 of his Budget message. <br /> <br />Councilman Patterson suggested that all the fire protection unfunded items <br />(Nos. 1, 2, 6, and 17) be put into a bond issue. <br /> <br />Councilman Herrin stated that his priorities would be the Fire, Police and Public <br />Works items. <br /> <br />Councilmen Patterson and Villa proposed two bond issues, one to include all the <br />unfunded Police and Fire Projects and the other to include all the unfunded Public <br />Works Projects. Further discussion on the proposal was postponed to the Budget <br />Study Session scheduled for July 11, 1972. <br /> <br />ADJOURNMENT At 10:00 P. M., the meeting was <br /> adjourned to July 11, at 7:00 P.M., <br /> in the Mayor's Office, 217 North <br />Main Street, on motion of Councilman Herrin, seconded by Councilman Villa and <br />unanimously carried. <br /> <br />Florence I. Malone <br />Clerk of the Council <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES <br /> <br />-272- <br /> <br />JULY 6, 197Z <br /> <br /> <br />