The vote will take place during a special meeting in the municipal court off South Van Brunt Street.

Administrators recently cut the spending plan — a move city officials said was necessary to ease tax increases now and in the future.

Last night, interim City Manager Robert Casey said some budget cuts he proposed to the Council last week were implemented.

In the Recreation Department, money was slashed from employee salaries and the annual event Englewood Day, a more than $30,000 expense, was cut from the budget entirely.

In the Public Works Department, the 11 expected employee layoffs will not happen this year, Casey said, mainly because the Council didn’t support it.

Instead, rear yard garbage pickup will be eliminated and manpower will be transferred. The ultimate long-term goal, Casey said, is to eliminate the 11 positions but he now expects the reduction to happen through attrition, or gradually reducing personnel by not replacing employees when they resign or retire.

In the Police Department, the budget for police officer salaries will remain anywhere from $200,000 to $400,000 short.

Casey said he is opting to not add more money to the budget this year to cover overtime costs. Overtime costs have been on the rise in the department for at least the past two years, offsetting an ongoing dilemma - the shortage of manpower, police officials say.

In most cases officers are paid time and a half to continue investigations, traffic details or community policing. But in some cases, officers are paid overtime for three hours of work even if they only do one hour, a condition of the police union’s contract with the city, a confidential police source said.

"They spent $1.6 million in overtime last year. This year we think the budget is manageable and they should manage it," Casey said.

Other changes to the budget include cuts in money given annually to the Englewood Public Library and a stricter terminal leave policy, saving the city money by not hiring a new employee until the cost of the old employee’s unused vacation time and severance pay is paid off.

The city budget, up about 9 percent compared to last year, is one factor of the total amount of taxes homeowners in Englewood pay.

The proposed overall tax rate, including city, county, school, and other taxes, sits at an approximate $1.89 for every $100 of assessed property value, according to Casey.

Compared to 2007, that’s a 3 percent increase in taxes.

After the budget is voted on April 8, it will be sent to the state for review before the Council can adopt it. Before it’s adopted, the public has the opportunity to comment on the budget at any public meeting.

The final tax rate will be determined after the city’s budget is adopted.