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"ounc:".l --4.r,ui.As o:E l'? /lr.*)/ai _4_ 'ir. i]_amos'c;,C?*air?ian rinance CommiLttee renorted: i) £'inance Co*Rmittee met on DecPm',sr 7t'i. niscussAd Ordinance ''?o. 91-1.29 which nrovideg for tamnorary annronri- ations for the vear 19°2. Im most cases, tie anpronriations renresented in the oriinance are aparoxi*n.atel?1 25.°; oF what the aermanent appronriation =ai11 be. '!'he 7tayor ad.vised th.at no administrative wao?e increases -JOUld he Rrante(i. un[il tie Finance Committee discusses the nermanent appronriation uith him. It ia the Committee°s hone that in 1982, as ear.lv as possi'vle, a reviesta of tie Organizational Charts and ssslary zanoes will be undertaken. Com+nittee has no obj ection to Jrdinance '•To. 91-120. 2) Cornittee revie*ied Ordinance "lo. 41-131, a ccntr.act for the der:.sit of public nonies at variaus denository institutl.ons f.or bot!? interim funds and active accounts. T'Ze ordinance also authorizes the F3.nance Director to desis?,!iate the amounts of tkie deposits. Committee 'Zas no ohjectian. 3) Co^?+n{ttee d3scus4ed nr4inance ''To. 11-139 irov3ding for a transfpr of funds as uiell as additional appronriatia*t.s for tie vear 1'?"1. T"ie section of the ordinance which most concerns the ComMittee is Section 2 T-Yhieh nroviies for an annropriation of $4'19111 to t?-ie ".ecreation Comnlex fror? the Genera]. Fuu!, Pri.nnary reasOn that an addit3.ona1 expenditure to subsiiize the P,ec Center is necessary is because the anticinated rpven.ues are down. ?fayor arlvise3 'ie would come back to the Finance Cormittee a.fter the first of the year vit'z sua,gestionS as to haw to combax future a3ditional expen3itures and some ot'.ier su-Qestione and pro4rarns to imrove and expan?l on cost cuttinR at the '1?ec CAnter. 4) Committee also discusged the cost of tie five nv•y oolice cars ° one fire car, and the six radios. Tlids ca-me in at $64,419. City had a note issuance in the amunt o¢ $410,001 w3t'Z approximately $151,111 beinc? used for Service Denartrnent equinment. Ttie balance of $61,100 was to be uaed for this equinment. Cormtttee antic3.pated havina to Dick un a small minimum betlsncer 'Fi118I1CC '}irector '.las advised that the ex_isCing ba'uance of the anpropri$Cions, plus the $1,501 whicin is listed in Ordin-- ance 70. 91-139g shou3.3 be sufficient to cover this amount of $4,41c). 5) Com+nittee discussecl a transfer of $1,301 into `?Demolittons* an:? that amount is also reflected in nrdinatnce "To. 81-139. 6) Comnittee had considerable 4iscuseion ?aith respect to the nurehase of apo1vQraph macleine and the funds used to nurchase it. tTill not elaborate on this in the Committee RFport. ',zr. "ilamos?,:v then addxessed Council on apoint of nersonal privilene. First, with respect to the appronriatfan of $4!1,111 of C.eneral Fund monev f.or the subsldy for the Rec Centez. As reported, the Administration is to lool: at some of tie nrograms and come haclc c-ith icleas ?*Tould encourage the Administration that cahen thev do come back vrith szgg"ti.Ais that careful t!iouQht be aiven to the use of Gat,;eral Fund mor.ey without ¢iving the taxpayers a direct, ranRibIe bEnefit cYith resnect to tie use of the facility. B_y this, °ir. Tjt? a*nosky means the _Adninistrat-;.ori s'hould ].oo': at the fee structure for groups• should consider and re-evaluate the nubl3c st-atinry time. City is not onlv sunnortinq, the Recreation Co*np1Px in the alaount of $41,011 from the General Fund cut of this anprapriaticm, but is also su»nortins?, iC throua'i the pay^lent of the debt and interest. Would encourage tie Administration to loak az all aspects ancl &j.VH consideration to pivin-? the taxpayers a direct, tannible henefit since they are supnortinn it. 'Ir. '.•lilamosky also addresse3 Council on ',is nersonal dissatisfaction of the manner in whicli thP Administration unciertook the nurchasa of the poly-raph rlachine. The Administration -7as fully aware that the Finance Committee had discussed and reported out to Council on ho!?Y the unueed balance of the anpropristion for the police cars tgas ;oing to he used. T_he City only purchasect two or t'?ree of Che cars and t'iere Tqas ne,...:ep lsif;: ovei e I4 was discusaed wi.th thQ Adminisrration t'Zat this *noney be used for the CRIS Program which is a camputer nxogram for the Police Departtnent. Unknown to