ACTION REQUESTED:  
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REPLACEMENT Communication from the City Manager and Finance Director/Comptroller with a Request to ADOPT a RESOLUTION Adopting the 2016 - 2017 BIENNIAL BUDGET for the City of Peoria. 
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BACKGROUND: The attached resolution adopts the 2016 - 2017 Biennial Budget of the City of Peoria for the fiscal years 2016 and 2017 and the Five-Year Community Investment Plan 2016 - 2020. The first two years of the Community Investment Plan are the capital budget and are included in the proposed 2016 - 2017 Biennial Budget.
The total 2016 - 2017 Biennial Budget for the Fiscal Year 2016 is $185,356,415 which consist of the following:
			      City			  Library		       Total
Operations		$138,141,997			$6,450,521		$144,592,518
Capital		$ 20,038,000			$          -0-		$ 20,038,000
Debt Service		$ 20,725,897			$          -0-		$ 20,725,897
Total			$178,905,894			$6,450,521		$185,356,415
The total 2016 - 2017 Biennial; Budget for the Fiscal Year 2017 is $199,587,293 which consist of the following:
			      City			  Library		       Total
Operations		$143,170,659			$6,556,103		$149,726,762
Capital		$ 28,879,113			$          -0-		$ 28,879,113
Debt Service		$ 20,981,418			$          -0-		$ 20,981,418
Total			$193,031,190			$6,556,103		$199,587,293
Also included as an attachment are the proposed revision to the Financial Policies of the City of Peoria to include the Council's restriction of an amount equal to 25% of the Hotel Tax collected for infrastructure projects within the City's right-of-ways and the establishment of a Road and Bridge tax levy.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Fiscal Year 2016 budgeted expenditures of $185,356,415 and budgeted revenues of $188,257,022. Fiscal Year 2017 budgeted expenditures of $199,587,293 and budgeted revenues of $200,830,530.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS:   During the Budget Hearing held on November 10, 2015, a concerned citizen addressed Council regarding the snow removal ordinance and the removal of snow fro...
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