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5. Your budget calls for an increase in debt service payments from $40,000 to $50,000. What are the <br />specific debt obligations that comprise the total debt service budget (loans, interest rates, amounts <br />outstanding, annual payments, purposes for which loans were obtained, etc)? If a longer term were <br />pursued for the new $400,000 loan, what annual debt reduction could be achieved? Would this <br />help alleviate the stated need for a tax increase? <br />6. A few years ago, the department purchased a new brush truck. I understand that the - <br />department <br />plans to buy a new replacement. 'Why is this purchase necessary given the relative newness of the <br />existing truck? If the purchase is pursued, what happens to the existing brush truck? Could it be <br />sold and the proceeds used to eliminate the need for a tax increase? <br />7. With two new trucks and an improved Station #1, why is it necessary to set aside $15,000 for <br />capital reserve in 1999-2000? Can this amount not be reduced or eliminated for this year to offset <br />the need for a tax increase? <br />8. We project that at the end of FY 1998-99, New Hope should have an available fund balance of a <br />little more than $10,000. We have received no request from the department for the use of these <br />funds. If all these other options are for some reason not feasible in eliminating the need for a tax <br />increase, why does the department not request the use of ftind balance to reduce the impact . <br />tax increase? t of any <br />The County Commissioners will hold their final budget work session on Tuesday, June 15 at 7:30 pm <br />at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road. The tentative schedule calls for the <br />Board to review fire district budgets as the first item of that evening's meeting. Requested and <br />recommended tax rates for the other eleven fire districts are at or below their 1998-99 levels. I will be <br />happy to transmit to the Board of Commissioners any additional information you provide regarding <br />your budget by 1 0:00am on Monday, June 14. Please feel free to call me prior to the June 15 work <br />session if you would like to discuss this matter. Thank you for your assistance in providing additional <br />explanation of your budget request. <br />Sincerely, <br />--l-11-- <br />Rod Visser <br />Assistant County Manager <br />