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According to this quote: 'Chief of staff and public works director David Picozzi, who will be preparing his own department budget in addition to being involved in the process of reviewing the budgets of other departments, said, “We always look to try to level fund and see where it goes.”'

Let's examine how successful the Avedisian administration has been at level funding the budget over the years.

Property tax by year in millions

2004 - $237.8

2005 - $243.0, surplus reduced by $2.4 million

2006 - $255.1, surplus reduced by $2.4 million

2007 - $267.6, surplus reduced by $1.1 million

2008 - $273.3, surplus reduced by $4.0 million

2009 - $274.5, surplus reduced by $3.6 million

2010 - $275.0

2011 - $277.4, surplus reduced by $6.3 million

2012 - $276.6

2013 - $286.7, surplus reduced by $.8 million

2014 - $289.9

2015 - $293.1, surplus reduced by $3.6 million

2016 - $297.2, surplus reduced by $3.0 million

2017 - $298.7

Based on this track record, the probability of the Avedisian administration level funding the budget this year is slim to none.