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' WATER“) CHRONICIE ° Wedneldly, December ll. 2013 ' 9 KW -_Rh ' , . . t y ‘ g . til it its iii llll; tiiiio\ii.ii TogalTogalToga! J [3 this a municipal A property tax and budget study index from a sample of one. And till . was also presented to council. It yes there are circular loops in the S gomg Strong ‘ acetic" friendly bUdget? included input from MBA students calculation. How else do you There must be a municipal elee- at Will to provide unbiased third explain using the cost of operating n celebration of the 35th anniversary of Animal House, tion coming. party lttPUt- What happened to the the library in the calculation and IAMC aired this past week the 1978 comedy classic starring on Monday. city council had a priit‘essionalmembers of the Chi» than increase the library budget by John Belushi. Donald Sutherland and 11m Matheson. budget meeting. The property tax 1911* Budget RISK Force? ' the MP” , g The quintessential college fiat party movie grossed $l61 milv increase will he reduced from the l it‘ttt’t'ally' 1 found this It) be a It was interesting that the TFPOt't lion worldwide and popularized the enduring chant “Toga! ' original forecast M146 per cent to good report. The staff perspective was used to reintroduce the con- r logal‘l‘oga'" ‘ IXJS per cent tor 20! 4 this is a shoncd a good understanding of cept ofa special tax levy to finance ‘ I recently chatted with Matheson. who plaved the smooth . ri-tiili (if it m dlL llldlltlll (it the the tssues facing the city. correcting the infrastructure deficit. ; talking [gm- “Quer” Stratum. for an article in Rf)“ (bllar Maga- Municipal Price Index llldllllY due Unfortunately. at leftSt to myself, lt 3‘50 stated. "Th? (1in ofWater- ‘ zinc. and i asked him what he remembers most about shooting l to lower than expected with for it was an attempt to justify the use loo recognizes the importance of ‘ the mung staff wages and benefits . of the MM that has been the guts'of providing tax payers with value for ‘ "1 remember how much we loved the sent”, as it really “.5. ‘ l wonder if there will he a similar the my 5 tax p0hCy t0r thlS comic” 8 money that YEW less on general l (mated and spoke to the core ofvdiat college life was all about," reduction in fee; that council last two terms ofoffice. tax revenue. in the 2012-14 Budgâ€" he replied. approved and are increased annu» The Audit Committee really got er... identified $1.4 million in sus- ‘ i told Matheson how much i ‘ ally by the MP1 With consideration it right when they advised. “That tainable efficiencies, cost cutting . laughed at his ponrayaj of Otter, and " given to other market forces, You regardless of which index the city measures and revenue enhance. how perfectly suited the actors seemed ' ‘ can guess what is the usual result. USP» the indexes used should be ments." for their roles. "The cast and the direc- Regardless. operating costs are guidelines (1le when setting th" lfthis actually occurred. where t5 tor. we all had so much chemistry and under control even though deben~ annual municipal property tax the money. and couldn't it be used every day we were on the set. it got lures (debit (or over $1] million is increase.” to fund the infrastructure deficit more and more exciting as we'd begin being issued and reserves are fore “’th taxes at? increased by the WithOUt a tax increase? to think. ‘mavbe we really got some- my casted to decline by $20 million in index. which has been the C889 DOW thing here.” said Matheson. "And my , ' l the near future. for several years we have nothing ‘ first comedy really was Animal House." ’“3. lhis is hardly an issue as the more than a cost-plus business Beginning his career at the age of - (ll) ’s :ll)llll\ to handle tll'hl Is rnmlt‘l for runttingtht‘ Flt) it. 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