From Deseret News archives:

S.L. Council budget facts and figures for fiscal year 2006-07

Published: Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:42 p.m. MDT
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The Salt Lake City Council's budget:

• did not raise property taxes above voter-approved bonds

• added a one-time levy for the Main City Library and debt service on bonds ($3.41 on a $200,000 house)

• raised city-employee pay by an average of about 3 percent

• increased business-license fees by 2.5 percent

• funded 21.75 total new positions, including:

• three police officers, two civilian police employees, one sergeant and two crime lab technicians

• an additional city prosecutor and office technician

• another city planner specifically for infill housing needs

• a part-time open-space coordinator

• declined to fund multiple new positions in the Justice Court, pending results of a staffing study

• dropped five full-time groundskeepers at city golf courses to seasonal work only

• restricted take-home cars to employees who live within 35 miles of the city's center

• adjusted reimbursement rates for those take-home cars so that people living farther from the city pay more to use the city's cars

• raised fees on three city-owned golf courses by between $1 and $1.50

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• gave The Leonardo $750,000 toward a $3 million renovation of the old city library

• paid for the first three months of the Unity Center's operations for when it opens later this year

• established a "one-stop-shop" counter for building permits

• supported a downtown-renovation coordinator for businesses that stay downtown during the next several years of mall renovation by the LDS Church

• funded a historic-district survey for the Avenues neighborhood

Source: Salt Lake City Council

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