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June 15, 1965 - Page 2 Mr. West, Chairman of the Finance Committee, held several meetings in the past two weeks, Most were devoted to the 1966 Budget and salaries and wages. Com- mittee has decided to recommend and ask for legislation tonight for two new police cars. There will be no report at this time on any recommended salary and wage increases, but will wait until the preliminary budget for 1966 is submitted to Council. The committee plans to have another meeting on June 21. to work on the preliminary estimates for the budget. The Committee also considered the matter of paid hospitalization. The ordinance which was passed recently authorized payment of the full cost of hospitaliza- tion for the employees of the City, At that time there.was only increase of 25? per month between what the City was paying and the full cost. Since this legislation was passed, a new plan was accepted by the employees which included medical mutual and increased the cost about $3,00 per month per employee. Because of a misinterpretation this was paid by the City for one month.. There- fore the Finance Committee was asked to consider including the medical mutual payment. The Law Director advises that the legislation as it now stands does not authorize the payment, and it cannot legally be paid by the City. The Finance Committee is open to recommendations from the Council as to whether they wiSh to officially consider it and take action tonight, The Committee has no recommendation to make at the present time. Mayor Christman reported that when the original legislation was passed in 1962 the Blue Cross and Medical Mutual was $7.20 for both and the City paid both. It was increased to $7,25 and the City still paid $7,20. Subsequently it went up to $8.45 and at that time legislation was enacted to pay $7,25, The Mayor recommended that the legislation be corrected, and new legislation be passed in such form that if there is a slight increase in the same type of coverage, that payment would be continued, but that if the type of coverage changes, it should come back to Council for consideration of the change. The matter was put back into the Finance Committee, since it involved payment of some $2,500 for the balance of the year, and the funds are not currently available. It was recommended to the committee that if they favor the increase, it be made retroactive. Mr. West also reported from his committee that they have made money availabie to pay for sidewalks on Columbia and North Porter and legislation is before Council tonight, Mr, Caster, Chairman of the Public Service and Development Committee, reported on their meeting on June 8th, They studied plans for the proposed access and egress to the Zayre property from Brookpark, and the Committee recommends that legislation be prepared to accept the preliminary plan to send to the State pending the Engineer's checking of the plans for dimensions. The Committee also reviewed a sample surface drainage ordinance, and the Committee and the Engineer both made recommendations, The Engineer is working on a rough draft for Council and the Law Director, They also reviewed the proposed State Route 252, They recommend that either legislation in the form of a resolution, or a recommendation from Council be sent to the State that they go ahead with the plans. - ?. i