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FY09 Budget Proposal Instructions Title: Fill in any descriptive title you choose. It may be used to communicate to the organization, the policymakers and the community so please chose something all will understand. No.: Each department may submit a number of proposals to meet the target, so this is a way to keep track of them. Please put them in order of priority, preceded by the department initials, e.g. CS -1, PDD -3, Fire -2, EPD -1, PW -4 Department: Enter your department's name. If you wish to show the Division, you may put that down as well, e.g. Central Services /Finance Dept. Target: This is the total amount of savings your department is trying to achieve in your General Fund and Internal Service Funds. It includes the total of the General and Internal Service fund allocations shown on the FY09 Net Reduction Tab. The total target may be achieved in many ways. Revenue increases, expenditure decreases, funding shifts, new income generating activities and services, investing one -time resources to reduce ongoing costs, etc. Departments may choose to make a larger change in the General Fund instead of the suggested internal service fund change and likewise, an internal service fund may absorb some of the General Fund's target. Service Category: Enter the service category or categories affected by this proposal, e.g. Financial Services. Dept. Contact: Enter the name and phone number of the person to contact with questions about this proposal. General Fund: Enter the $ value of the changes to the General Fund (011) revenues and expenditures that you are proposing to make this year. The totals are already set by formula. ■ Revenue increases should be entered as negative numbers ■ Revenue decreases should be entered as positive numbers ■ Expenditure increases should be entered as positive numbers ■ Expenditure decreases should be entered as negative numbers FTE: Enter any FTE reductions as a negative number; increases should be shown as a positive number. Keep the format to display two decimals. Other Funds: Same as the General Fund, except identify the specific fund by # and name if possible. Other funds will be affected if you are proposing to shift funding for an activity from the General Fund to another fund. Also, some General Fund reductions may require reductions in other funds. Likewise, there are targets to achieve in the Internal Service Funds. Copy and paste in more rows if you need to expand the number of funds shown. Brief Summary of the Change: Provide a brief paragraph description of the proposal. This is Excel and text fields are limited. You may add more lines if absolutely needed. Pressing Alt +Enter will provide line breaks within the textbox if you wish to add bullets, etc. Impact on Customers and Other City Services (include the Impact on Performance Measures): Provide a brief description of how your proposal will affect those you serve, or other city operations. Impact on Council Goals & Initiatives: Briefly describe any change that would occur to current Council goals and initiatives if your proposal is accepted. PLEASE TRY TO KEEP YOUR PROPOSALS TO ONE PAGE!