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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Page 8 Ms. Wolgamuth stated, yes and I responded saying that I do remember when the fiber ring went in on Beta Drive there was discussion about could we run fiber to the neighborhoods as well? It never happened. I think it didn't happen because the cost to run the fiber down all the side streets was prohibitive and then each household would have to connect to that fiber so then that household would have to pay to make the connection. I think at that time it just kind of went away because we didn't know if there would be people who would actually connect. So, to run fiber, it didn't make sense. I have not really heard much about it since and you had asked if the Master Plan was addressing it. It has not come up in any of the Master Plan discussions either. So, unless it's raised again, I would say it's a dead issue. Mr. Williams stated, thank you. That's all I have Council President. Council President Schutt stated, thank you George. • Second Reading of Ordinance No 2020-03, entitled, "An Ordinance appropriating funds for current expenses and expenditures for Mayfield Village, Ohio for the period from January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020 and declaring an emergency." Introduced by Mayor Bodnar. (Finance Department) (First Reading —1/21/20) Council President Schutt asked, any questions? Mr. Wynne stated, I would just like to make a couple comments about this as well as the next piece of Old Business. Council should have all received copies of the draft budget for 2020 a couple weeks ago. Just some things for you to be aware of. On the revenue side, last year our income tax collections were a little bit over $20 million. Our budget reflects $17 million, not that we are expecting any type of decrease, but as I have always done, we tend to be very conservative in the budgeting process never really knowing how the employers will be paid out with employee bonuses and how that will impact our revenue, so we tend to budget conservatively and budget lower in the event that those numbers don't come in as we expect. But we do expect our revenues to be the same this year as they have been in the past. On the expenditure side, nothing really unusual on the expenditure budget. You can see separately also a copy of the capital budget so you can see the extent of the capital projects that we are contemplating. The only item of note from an operating standpoint to make you aware of the budget is that there are plans to staff dispatch with two employees 24/7 so the budget does reflect the hiring of three additional dispatchers on a full-time basis. The budget reflects hiring them on April 1St. That date's not going to happen. We will be planning on hoping to hire them throughout the year. Those are the two biggest items I wanted to bring to your attention that you should be aware of in the budget. As you review it, if you have any questions, please reach out to me. Give me a call. I will be more than happy to discuss any concerns or questions anybody has.