The Wisconsin Dells Finance Committee signed off on a pared down city’s budget Tuesday sending it to the council with a small tax increase and with a number of cuts in the premier resort tax budget.

The city tax rate will increase from 3 cents to $1.47 per $1,000 depending on which of the four counties the property is in.

Kate Anger-Seep, the city treasurer, went through the adjustments she made to the budget with the committee and presented a new budget for use of premier resort tax revenue. The budget for premier resort tax revenue previously had $199, 483 more in spending requests than expected revenue from the sales tax on items sold in the city. As revised, the revenue will exceed expenses by $14.

The cuts included the following: 911 computers, squad cars, police department computers, squad computers, squad video, tasers, bullet proof vest, a groomer for baseball fields, a pool shade structure, parks maintenance shop roof and lean to, improvements to the municipal docks entrance, security gates at the city boat launch, a pay station at the boat launch, a city wide wi fi access point, elimination posts in parking lot 3, painting and signs in parking lots and a fire department truck. The committee also approved eliminating $6,000 for celebrations, which previously covered expenses for the 4th of July fireworks and Christmas and interstate signs. The Business Improvement District has funds allocated for the fireworks and will pay for the interstate signs, Anger-Seep said.

Also eliminated was $100,000 that would be put toward building a new police department.

The premier resort tax funds of $1.15 million will be used in the following ways: $550,000 for public works to do street repair; $244,762 for EMS service – a $38,000 increase from what had originally been budgeted for EMS; $21,000 for recycling; $7,500 for the Baraboo-Dells Airport; $6,500 for the Depot; $40,800 for public works and parks and recreation to maintain improvements projects originating with the BID; $3,500 for the tree fund; $95,000 for purchase of the land along Highway 13 that was purchased for athletic fields; a $1,691 payment to the town of Delton for lost premier resort funds due to the annexation of Sherwood Forest Campground; $25,000 to the JustAgame expansion, which is the third of 10 payments; $93,333 for purchase of the parking lot near JAG; a parks and rec payment of $500; improvements to the Veterans Park field, $4,500; a heating, pool valve, pool restrooms and a desk for the parks and rec department totaling $5,400; and a new roof on the municipal building, $50,000.

Anger-Seep also presented the overall budget that was cut $53,836.50 from what had previously been presented to the committee. Many of the cuts, Anger-Seep listed as being made to bring the amount closer to what was actually used in 2013. The police department budget was cut by $18,823, most being closer to actual 2013 expenditures except for gasoline and the clothing allowance for dispatchers. Anger-Seep said the department’s gasoline budget was cut because of lower gas prices and the dispatchers clothing allowance cut since the new employee handbook does not provide a clothing allowance for them. The clothing allowance for officers was also cut by $5,000.

The Fire Department also had a $5,000 cut in its budget. The parking board budget was cut by $8,200 and the rivers and bays budget by $5,000, which had been budgeted for a security gate.

Anger-Seep also said the city’s residential values dropped $18 million, but if property in Tax Incremental Finance Districts is included, the city’s total value was up by $2 million. She said that TIF #3 that includes Chula Vista Resort is coming back up by $16 million and all of the city’s TIF district values had increased $20 million.

Prices of properties in the city will come up, said Alderperson Dar Mor, a committee member.

The state’s Department of Revenue is also positive that revenues will go up, Anger-Seep said.

Based on equalized values, the tax rates per $1,000 for the city by county for 2013 will be $9.17 in Sauk County, $9.13 in Columbia County, $9.68 in Adams County and $10.42 in Juneau County. The rates in 2012 were $9.14 in Sauk; $8.70 in Columbia; $8.21 in Adams and $9.88 in Juneau.

The council will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18 to hold a public hearing on the budget before it acts on it during the council meeting.