is approximately 200,00 to 300,000. To solve this problem, I would make three more adjustments in the budget expenditures. The adjustments would approximately total 250,000. I chose 250,000 because it is the average of 200,000 & 300,000. My first adjustment would go towards the capital program expenditure. Since I previously include the sewer and water system capital program expenditure into the revenue fee, I could deduct these two services from the capital program expenditure total. Doing this would reduce the capital program expenditure from 538,630 per year to 379,350 per year, leaving the budget with a 159,280 per year savings. The second adjustment would go toward public safety. I would immediately hire a new police officer, because of the polices staff shortage. I think it is a necessity to have enough officers to maintain all shifts. Hiring more officers would help keep the streets of Opportunity safe. This is important because of the communitys profile. Opportunity consists of mostly above-average socioeconomic people and elderly people. I could see the crime rate rising in the future, due to the lack of police officers. On the other hand, I would alleviate the ideal of hiring a technician. I feel hiring a contractor on needed bases is sufficient. Why hire someone in a position when you dont need them on a daily bases? Not hiring a new technician will allow the public safety expenditure to remain at 758,012. The third and final adjustment would go towards public work. I feel that 16% of the budgets total expenditures is entirely too much to spend on public work. Especially when public work equipment is already incorporated in the capital program expenditure. I would reduce the expenditure from 16% (541,750) to 13.47% (446,247), eliminating the purchase of un-needed equipment. This reduction would leave the public work expenditure a 95,503 savings. The total expenditure savings would be 255, 783. These th...
