Fiscal Note
Funds are available in the Contingent Reserve. The current balance is $678,900 (but will be $639,900 if ID No. 01922, agenda item No. 18, is adopted). There is no impact on the tax levy or State Expenditure Restraint Program eligibility limits.
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Amending the Police Department 2005 Operating Budget by appropriating $40,000 from the Contingent Reserve and to utilize these funds for various expenses related to the Halloween event.
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WHEREAS for several years the Halloween event has required significant expenditures of funds for supplies and purchased services that are not allocated in the Police Department Operating Budget; and,
WHEREAS in 2004 these costs totaled $11,000 and it is anticipated that costs for 2005 will meet or exceed this total; and,
WHEREAS ongoing planning efforts have resulted in the identification of additional measures that will improve the safety of the event, and may reduce the damages that occurred at prior events; and,
WHEREAS the community Halloween Planning Group has determined that illumination of State Street throughout the Halloween event will help to discourage unruly crowd behavior; and,
WHEREAS Musco Lighting can provide 2 Musco Light units for illumination of an approximate five block area of State Street in downtown Madison on October 28th and 29th at a cost of $16,500; and,
WHEREAS the Halloween Planning Group has also determined that utilization of a public address system will also assist in maintaining cooperation from numerous event attendees; and,
WHEREAS the numbers of personnel needed to staff this event necessitates the use of a large staging area in the midst of the event; and,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council amends the 2005 Operating Budget by appropriating $40,000 from the Contingent Reserve to the following accounts:
54540 Equipment Rental $22,500
54515 Facility Rental $ 6,000
55510 Work Supplies $ 9,000...
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