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BUDGET BULLETIN CITY OF CORAL GABLES
2016-2017 BUDGET ESTIMATE
PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONER JEANNETT SLESNICK 305 460-5326
SPEAK OUT ON WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT!
ATTEND THE SECOND AND FINAL HEARING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE 2016-17 BUDGET
PROPOSAL FOR CORAL GABLES.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 AT 5:01 PM
CORAL GABLES CITY HALL, IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS
405 BILTMORE WAY, CORAL GABLES, FL 33134
ONLY A FEW CITIZENS ATTENDED THE FIRST HEARING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR
INPUT RELATIVE TO HOW OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT. DO YOU WANT YOUR TRASH
PICK-UP TO REMAIN THE SAME, BETTER STREET LIGHTING, MORE POLICE PRESENCE, BETTER
MAINTENANCE OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS, MORE PARKS...WE NEED TO KNOW!
Fiscal Year 2017 Budget includes City funding
for new projects and additional funding for
existing projects or programs. Highlights of
newly funded items include $1,500,000
towards the acquisition of land for Fire
Station #4, $400,000 for the installation of
pedestrian street lighting and bike amenities
on Aragon and Andalusia Avenues, $350,000
for the installation of crosswalk upgrades
and installation of new sidewalks, $200,000
towards optimizing energy and water
efficiency at City facilities and $200,000 for
the installation of decorative street lighting.
Additional funding for existing projects is
included in Fiscal Year 2017 of $3,209,449
for the replacement/addition of vehicles,
$1,353, 81 to fund the cyclical replacement/
renovation of Parks & Recreation equipment
and play areas, $1,262,308 for upgrading the
Information Technology infrastructure,
$1,265,000 for Sanitary Sewer and $727,000
for Storm Water system repairs, $750,000
for City Hall Repairs/Improvements, $600,00
for ongoing citywide street resurfacing,
$500,000 for Closed Circuit television camer-
as at strategic locations citywide, $431,375
for Citywide Roof Repairs, $400,000 for the
development of passive parks throughout
the City, and $235,000 for the emergency
Vehicle Intersection Preemption System.
FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGET