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Chapel Hill Town Council Agenda

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

4:00 pm Town Council Budget Work Session

Agenda Item

1. Preliminary Overview of Potential Key Issues (Finance Director).

2. Capital Improvements Program Priorities (Assistant Town Manager).

3. Police Department:

   1. Creation of Downtown Police District.
   2. Computer Software.
   3. Mobile Data Terminals.

4. Fire Department:

   1. Additional Firefighters.
   2. Shared Vehicle for Assistant Fire Marshals.

5. Engineering Department:

   1. Report on Transfer of Traffic Division from the Public Works Department to the Engineering Department.
   2. Recommendation for Traffic Technician Position in the Traffic Division of the Engineering Department.
   3. Vehicle for Traffic Program Supervisor/FY 2006-07 Budget Year.

6. Information Technology Department:

   1. Database Systems Analyst Position.

7. Public Works Department:

   1. Downtown Groundskeeper.
   2. Town Operations Center Groundskeeper.
   3. Street Reconstruction.
   4. Street Maintenance Services.
   5. Costs of Transition to and Operations at New Town Operations Center.

8. Town Clerk Department:

   1. Video Streaming On-Demand for Council Meetings.

9. Town Information Officer:

   1. Interior Bus Posters.
   2. Video Public Service Announcements.

10. Library Department:

    1. Children’s/Teen Position for the Public Library.

11. Transportation Department:

    1. Additional Transit Operators for New Service in 2006-2007.

12. Town Manager’s Budget for Downtown Economic Development Initiative.