Norwich — City leaders sent a last-minute request to all city departments to cut their proposed 2015-16 budget requests, resulting in a reduction of $219,758 — including dropping a new proposed crime analyst position — as the City Council considers the final budget on Monday.

Mayor Deberey Hinchey said all departments were asked to find something to reduce in their proposed budgets, and reductions put forth ranged from $153 to the $47,000 salary for the crime analyst position, plus the $13,584 in benefits for the position.

The council is scheduled to adopt a final budget during its 7:30 p.m. meeting Monday at City Hall.

On May 18, the City Council wrangled with various proposed cuts while adding $1.7 million to the Board of Education budget, bringing it to $74 million. Aldermen rejected other cuts, however, including Hinchey’s suggestion to reduce police overtime replacement costs by $202,900 and a move to eliminate a fire code clerk position.

Cutting the fire code clerk, with salary and benefits totaling $45,185, is back on the list for cuts to be discussed Monday in Hinchey’s proposed amendments to the final budget.

If the entire package of proposed changes is approved Monday, the final combined city and school budget would be $121,124,499, requiring a tax rate increase of 2.35 mills, a 6.1 percent increase in the tax rate. The citywide tax rate would rise to 40.9 mills, and the central city fire tax would drop slightly to 7.16 mills from this year’s 7.38 mills.

Hinchey said the tax increase is still higher than she would like. She said she has not received any additional budget cut proposals from aldermen, but further adjustments to the budget could be made on Monday.

Along with eliminating the proposed crime analyst position, the cuts to be considered include delaying hiring a police officer for three months, delaying hiring two equipment operators in the Public Works Department and reducing tree care work by $17,000.

Monday’s City Council agenda is full of other items in addition to the budget, including a public hearing on the proposed allocation of $836,995 in federal Community Development Block Grant funding and voting on which of several charter revision recommendations should be sent to the voters in a November referendum.

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