Warsaw City Council reviewed 2014 departmental budget proposals Monday night. The 2014 budget is being proposed at $24,684.541. The salary ordinance must be adopted by Nov. 1, and a public hearing on the budget is Sept. 16, with the adoption hearing Oct. 21. The general fund for 2014 is being proposed at $10,444,411. and the 2013 budget is $9,886,408. The Warsaw Police Department budget is being proposed for 2014 at $4,618,260, a total budget increase of $267,479 or 6 percent. WPD is wanting to replace four existing vehicles in 2014 at $26,250 per car. WPD is budgeting $7,500 for the replacement of five tactical high velocity SWAT vests. There is $8,300 being proposed in the 2014 budget for the replacement of 10 additional radio equipment units at $825 each. WPD also is wanting to reasphalt the department’s parking lot. The 2014 street department budget is being proposed at $3,658,282, and the 2013 budget is $3,472,364. The street department wants to purchase a $55,000 chipper, two one-ton dump trucks for $90,000, and a $10,000 Bobcat. The fire territory operating budget is being proposed at $3,649,923. The department wants to hire two firefighters in 2014. The building and planning department budget for 2014 is being proposed at $523,155, and the 2013 budget is $572,508. The Warsaw Parks and Recreation budget for 2014 is being proposed at $1,980,812. This is a 2.5 percent increase over the 2013 budget. There is $10,000 in the budget to replace high pressure sodium and metal halide bulbs and fixtures to LED-efficient lamps. There also is $14,000 in the budget for replacing the Glover Pavilion roof and $10,000 to seal, coat and stripe Boggs basketball courts. The department also has $30,000 in the budget to replace a 1998 Ford. In the park and recreation non-reverting capital fund budget, there is $1,000 budgeted for professional drawings for Americans with Disabilities Act restrooms and a kitchen remodel for Nye Youth Cabin. The Oakwood Cemetery 2014 budget is being proposed at $575,162. This is a $1,334 increase over the 2013 budget. Machinery and equipment is up $1,321 with a $46,000 Bobcat purchase. The aviation general budget for 2014 is being proposed at $751,687. This is a $921 decrease from the 2013 budget. The aviation depreciation budget is being proposed at $100,000. There is $75,000 budgeted to lower power lines for a runway extension project. Warsaw Housing Authority is requesting $30,000 in 2014, and Housing Opportunities of Warsaw is requesting $17,300. Economic Development Income Tax budget is being proposed at $873,000; police law continuing eduction fund is being proposed at $17,800; riverboat fund is being proposed at $165,000; rainy day fund is being proposed at $300,000; the technology park budget is being proposed at $40,000; redevelopment general fund is being proposed at $61,000; cumulative capital development fund is being proposed at $65,000; fire territory equipment replacement fund is being proposed at $514,436. Other budgets include redevelopment allocation, $426,000; redevelopment northern tax increment finance district, $2,200,000; redevelopment and Winona tax increment finance district interurban, $38,000; aviation depreciation, $100,000; redevelopment eastern tax increment finance, $200,000; Oakwood Cemetery permanent fund, $75,000; fire pension fund, $293,097; police pension fund, $329,737; and parks and recreation non-reverting capital fund, $33,000.
