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ANN ARBOR CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
BUDGET WORKING SESSION - MAY 11, 1998
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The budget working session of the Ann Arbor City Council was called to order at
7:09 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber by Mayor Ingrid B. Sheldon.
ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL
PRESENT : Councilmembers Tobi Hanna-Davies, Patricia Vereen-Dixon, Jane
Lumm, David Kwan, Jean Carlberg, Heidi Cowing Herrell, Patrick A.
Putman, Christopher Kolb, Elisabeth L. Daley, Mayor Ingrid B.
Sheldon, 10.
ABSENT : Councilmember Stephen C. Hartwell, 1.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mayor Sheldon acknowledge the hard work of City staff during Saturday=s KKK rally
and anti-Klan rally, and expressed appreciation to those who organized the unity
rally at Wheeler Park and to members of the community who demonstrated their
opposition to the Klan in a peaceful manner.
1998-99 BUDGET REVIEW
The following department/division heads and staff members presented highlights of
their proposed budgets for the 1998-99 fiscal year and answered questions from
Council. Also available for questions were City Administrator Neal Berlin and
Budget Director Alan Burns.
PUBLIC SERVICES
Total Recommended Budget: $28,146,746
Public Services Director William Wheeler introduced division managers Sabah
Yousif, Chief Engineer, and Jack Gould, Fleet Services Manager. Mr. Wheeler gave
an overview of the various Public Services divisions, highlighting major continuing
programs and projects, expanded services and programs, and enhanced customer
services.
2 Council - May 11, 1998
He reported that new or expanded services include a global positioning system
software enhancement; a geodetic control manual; monitoring of Gelman Sciences;
an information technology program (converting to an electronic record keeping
system); permit fee increases; assisting the Planning Department with the Northeast
Area Plan update; and distributing the $425,000 in revenue generated from parking
meter rate increases to downtown emergency phones, repairing prior DDA
improvements, a h...
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