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From YouTube: NewsMakers; Arlington FY11 Budget
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Arlington Virginia's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget was approved by the Arlington County Board on April 24 2010. County Board Chairman Jay Fisette tells how the final budget was arrived at.
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B
That
is
what
set
this
up
to
be
quite
a
challenging
year
and
a
challenging
outcome.
Yeah
we
had
to
find
the
balance,
just
as
we
gave
guidance
to
the
manager
to
work
on
that
gap
with
half
reductions
in
services
and
full-time
staff
and
half
increases
in
revenues.
We
did
that
we
added
a
few
restorations
from
what
the
manager
proposed,
but
in
the
end
we
cut
55
full-time
staff
from
the
overall
budget.
We
had
the
second
smallest
budget
increase
in
25
years,
the
smallest
being
last
year.
C
D
Say
that
I
would
look
at
this
as
falling
into
three
areas
of
basic
values
that
are,
I
think,
the
most
fundamental
to
us
in
approaching
the
budget
that
were
reflected
in
our
guidance
and
I
believe
in
this
budget
we
have
here,
they
reflect
fundamental
commitments
that
arlington
has
made
and
will
continue
to
make
in
adopting
this,
the
three
areas
that
I
see
this
falling
into
our
first,
the
need
to
aid
and
support
the
most
vulnerable
members
of
our
community.
That
is
our
part
of
the
social
safety
net,
especially
in
this
deep
recession.
D
Secondly,
our
commitment
to
maintain
a
good
quality
of
life
for
our
link,
Tony
ins,
all
loling
Tony
ins,
that
is
a
commitment
to
basic
services,
even
in
a
recession
and,
finally,
our
commitment
to
continue
efforts
for
long-term
sustainability.
This
largely
falls
into
the
environmental
area,
but
it
reflects
our
acknowledgment
that,
although
the
recession
is
bad,
it
like
all
the
others,
will
end
and
we
have
to
think
not
just
of
the
short
term
but
of
the
long
term
for
our
community
as
well
as
our
world,
but.
B
E
As
we
have
gone
through
the
process,
I'm
really
proud
of
the
restorations
we've
have
done
on
human
services,
particularly
and
I.
Think
that
our
community,
we,
when
we
say
that
we
are
Eric,
we
are
any
carrying
an
inclusive
community-
can
be
defined
in
many
ways,
but
certainly
we
want
to
show
that
we
care
for
people
with
mental
disabilities.
We
care
for
people
who
may
find
itself
in
the
edge
of
becoming
homeless,
and
we
don't
want
them
to
become
homeless.
F
B
What
we
were
able
to
do
was
restore
some
of
the
important
things
that
we
felt
the
commune
ition
shouldn't
sacrifice
in
public
safety.
We
restore
just
about
everything
we
restore
the
community
policing
cuts.
We
restored
the
heavy
rescue
unit
for
fire.
We
restored
a
couple
of
positions
in
the
sheriff's
area
and
we
also
restored
a
deputy
in
the
emergency
management
office.
So
we
felt
good
about
that.
There
should
be
no
reduction
in
you
know
the
public
safety
arena
for
this
community.
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We
also
were
able
to
put
some
money
back
into
the
parks,
maintenance
and
area
which
gets
very
heavily
cut.
During
down
times
we
were
able
to
replace
some
of
the
state
cuts
and
human
services,
whether
it's
mental
health
case
manager,
psychiatric
services
and
a
few
other
areas,
the
nonprofit's
weary.
Do
we
replace
some
of
the
cut
that
was
proposed
to
nonprofits
support
and
some
library
hours.
So
we
feel
good
about
being
able
to
do
that
in
in
the
end
and.