Budget Cut Called Peril To Planning

a - ) t Planning#epartment Director -Michael R. Prochaska says that if the city administrator's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year is adopted without change the "planning process will all but cease." The budget presented to City Council Monday night calis for an expenditure of $177,621 for the Planning Department, a $30,000 eut from this year's budget. Prochaska told the Planning Commission last night that the proposed Planning Department budget is $52,446 before what was requested. He said it will require personnel cuts totaling some $46,135, a reduction of $5,457 in printing and binding and $1,854 for equipment. All departmental publications - including the proposed master plan - would not be printed, Prochaska said. The proposed budget calis for an 18.5 per cent cut, Prochaska said. "This is the most extensive cutback of any city department, virtually twice as much as the next mest seriously cut department."