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Bill Barnes, 1419 Old Ranch Rd 12, spoke against the rate increase, and stated that the City has a spending problem and cuts had to be made. There being no comments, the Public Hearing was closed at 9:04 p.m. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Council Member Thomason and a second by Council Member Scott, the City Council voted (6) for and (1) opposed, Council Member Jones, to approve Ordinance 2011 -46, as previously captioned. The motion carried. 17.7:OOPMReceive a Staff presentation and hold a Public Hearing to receive comments for or against Ordinance 2011 -47 adopting a budget in the sum of $149,584,187 for the Fiscal Year beginning on October 1, 2011 and ending on September 30, 2012; authorizing certain adiustments to the budget with the approval of the City Manager; approving Fiscal Year 2011 -2012 Capital Improvements Program Projects; including procedural provisions; and Providing an effective date; and consider approval of Ordinance 2011 -47, on the first of two readings. Steve Parker, Finance Director provided Council with a brief presentation over the proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 -2012. Following the presentation Mayor Guerrero opened the Public Hearing at approximately 9:10 p.m. Dottie Baines, 1419 Old Ranch Rd 12, stated that she was disappointed that no one was making cuts and asked Council to do the tough job and look at finding places to cut. Carter Morris, 16 Greenpoint, commended Council on their hard work over the past several weeks and stated that he wasn't happy about a rate increase, but was happy with storing water away for the future. Anything that is cut tonight will not just affect this next year, but will affect things for many years into the future, and stated that he didn't mind paying an increase to help the City he loved so much. Juan Carlos Linares, Tanger Outlets, respectfully requested that the funds for Tanger stay at the 2011 levels. John Larison, Tanger Outlets, respectfully asked Council for positive consideration regarding their budget request. Lisa Spencer, 100 E. Mimosa Circle, stated that she would have liked to see the $2.2 million in the franchise fee could have been reduced by the $700,000 that was needed to prevent the water and wastewater rate increase. She believes that the $700,000 is easy to find to cut out of the general fund. Concerned with the, fact that we are building a budget based on the assumption that we will have a 10% increase in sales tax over the next year, and is concerned with the current recession that we are not going to see that money and that we will be in the hole all over again.