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Page 8 <br />1 just even to take it out of this, but overtime runs <br />2 high, the department head can request the mayor for <br />3 approval to transfer from operations to salaries and <br />4 wages. So, yes, I mean, that would be okay. <br />5 MR. DOW: I have a question. How does the <br />6 budgeting process work for the corporation counsel's <br />7 office and the prosecutor's office? <br />8 MS. SAKO: So both of those are departments <br />9 that are funded by the General Fund, so same like each <br />10 department, we, you know, have our kickoff meeting in <br />11 September. They go back and they prepare their <br />12 budgets, and then they bring it forward to -- they <br />13 submit it to Finance. We accumulate all of the budgets <br />14 and then add our estimated revenues, which is primarily <br />15 real property taxes, but it can be fees and other <br />16 things. We look at all of that and then try to <br />17 determine, you know -- we have to submit a balanced <br />18 budget to council, you know, by May 5th. And so, that <br />19 would be the final opportunity. So, I mean, we go <br />20 through, you know, the process with them like any other <br />21 department. And they would also have access to this <br />22 provision for compensation adjustment that I was <br />23 talking about earlier. <br />24 MR. DOW: Okay. Well, the situation that I <br />25 am seeing is that we're about to increase salaries for <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />