Below is a series of scenarios of common conflicts encountered by chief executives and budget ofices during budget preparation and legislative adoption. Summarize the appropriate course of action that the chief executive should take in each case. a. A proposal by a state legislator to increase the sales tax forecast provided by the state comptroller b. A proposed 5 percent across-the-board reduction in base funding by the budget office c submission of the chamber of commerce’s budget request to the city after the deadline and with incomplete information d. Adepartment head’s appeal to the executive director of a nonprofit agency a to restore 3 percent reduction in base-level funding proposed by the agency’s budget office e. A proposal by the chair of the United Way’s board of directors to delay recognition of certain expenditures until the following fiscal year The inability of the city council to adopt a budget before the deadline mandated by the city’s charter g. Complaints from department heads that the budget office requests information that the departments do not collect and cannot obtain within the time allowed by the budget calendar h. A request from the university’s Department of Public Administration to add five new faculty lines with a promise to increase federal research funding by 25 percent and improve graduation rates by 15 percent