They present decision packages on behalf of their department of where they want to go from a departmental level. Those get approved or disapproved by the city management from a proposal, and then it's proposed to city council. We have numerous public hearings [for the budget]. We sort of ebb and flow with those numbers, decide what we're going to keep or not keep. Some of the biggest discussions this budget cycle concerned the number of firefighters that we have in the city. (09:25–09:28)
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