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Page 1 of 1 <br />Sandy Peine <br />From: Akerson, Jerry Qerry.akerson @tdsmetro.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 1:37 PM <br />To: Sandy Peine <br />Subject: levy <br />Pequot Lakes City Council <br />2011 levy $ 1,479,000.00 <br />Tax abatement -$ 28,526.00 <br />2012 levy $ 1,450,474.00 = 0% increase <br />Each department affecting the levy should be responsible for making cuts where applicable. <br />I have already outlined possible cuts for P &Z that add up to $14,000 and presented them at Aug. meeting and to <br />my way of thinking we could even cut more from that department based on performance and workload, another $ <br />14,000. These are decisions that won't be easy but I believe that we as a council have to recognize what is going on <br />around us and act accordingly. All the towns around us set preliminary budgets at 0% increase. What do they <br />know that we don't ? This is a starting point for me, and I will not support any increases to the above figure for <br />2012 levy, and would even like to see that figure lowered) l l l l I encourage this council to support this <br />recommendation and send our levy back to the committee and the respective supervisors. <br />Jerry Akerson <br />Councilor <br />10/4/2011 <br />