A public hearing is scheduled Monday night on the $19,723,730 budget blueprint that will guide spending for the next 12 months. That amount reflects a drop of $1,030,850 from the 2008-09 budget which included spending of $20,754,580.

The city also is anticipating revenue to drop by $858,010 in the coming year. The new budget anticipates revenue of $22,030,410, compared to last year's budget of $22,888,420.

The new budget projects total reserves at $9,572,000. The city started the 2008-09 fiscal year with reserves of $12,540,136.

The budget hearing will be held during the regular city council meeting which starts at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at city hall.

Following are the proposed spending totals by category:

General fund, $8,741,865;

Library fund, $381,365;

Volunteer Fire Company fund, $568,320;

Vehicle and equipment replacement fund, $664,800;

Capital improvement fund, $90,000;

Transportation sales tax fund, $1,763,200;

Debt service funds, $1,282,500;

Water fund, $1,155,245;

Sewage system revenue fund, $2,741,380;

Solid waste fund, $2,011,705; and

Agency funds, $323,350.

General Fund

Here is the tentative breakdown on spending for departments covered under the general fund:

Street Department, $1,152,040;

Police Department, $2,282,160;

Communications, $729,165;

Administration, $712,535;

Senior center operations, $41,100;

Tourism and Front Street properties, $138,515;

Municipal Court, $102,840;

Economic/Community development, $111,275;

Information technology, $302,860;

Finance, $543,885;

Building and Maintenance, $336,250;

Engineering, $671,485;

Parks and Recreation, $1,176,920;

Aquatics Center, $211,400;

Airport, $124,375;

Debt service interest, $20,000; and

Capital outlay, $85,060.

Enterprise Funds

Proposed expenditures in city enterprise funds are:

Water operations, $1,080,245;

Sewage treatment operations, $861,165;

Solid waste operations, $2,011,705;

Debt service (prinicipal), $935,000;

Debt service (interest), $889,215; and

Capital outlay, $131,000.

The budget also calls for spending $1,282,500 in principal and interest to retire outstanding certificates of participation issued for the Highway 100 widening project and $2,518,000 in spending for capital programs.

Copies of the proposed budget are available for public inspection at the finance manager's office at city hall during regular business hours.

Public comments, written and oral, will be heard and considered at the public hearing.

The proposed budget will guide spending for the next fiscal year which begins Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30, 2010.