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Council Minutes of 7/7/81 -3-
<br />ltr. Wilamosky, thairman Finance Comsittee reporCed: 1) Conmittee mt JuIy lat with
<br />alI nembers present as well an the Xatpor, Director of Budget mad *S?- -Wt,
<br />Finance Director, Service Directai s?and Satety Directar. Grammittee diocus"d Qrdin-
<br />ance No. 81-75 and reviewed speeificatiasta ior tive police cars and f3ve radias.
<br />The last cars nurchased for Fc?lice Degartment were basicallp the eam specs aad
<br />coat over $8,700 each. Coacalttee discwdsed posaibility sf goitrts to suelLstc ctatrs.
<br />Mayor stated that he and Safety Directar arcuid edmmimicate furtbor tm th3.s. Com3.ttee
<br />unsnimously agreed to retain t?rdinance No. 81-75 in camittee snd discuss furCtser
<br />with the Adminietratiaa.
<br />2) Comiaittee discussed Ordiumce No. 81-76, one car far the Fire Department. Thia is
<br />a similar situatfon and Cvwmdttee will retain fcrr futber discussian.
<br />3) Coma,ittee 8iacusaed finances for Serv#.ce Depattment equipmeat listetd in Ordinance
<br />No. 81-64, already paased by Coueefl. Omm3.ttee has no reccmmesulation aC this time
<br />w3th respect to financing aad will dfscwrs furCher iriCh Service Direcfiar Ca detersine
<br />whether all the equipment listed is meedrd and the waqs to fund gurchasing of sme.
<br />4) Connai.ttee alao discussed Ordinanae Tdo. 81-81 which crestes a r+sw positian of
<br />Msistamt Prosecator, as requeetea by Director of Law, tc ease the burdeus the
<br />Prosecutar has uc?dsrtaken wi.thin the 2ast two yaars. The proposal ia the ardi.nance
<br />is a salsrq of $2,500 per y"r and • not ouilty p3ea paymnt of $25.40 per case.
<br />Committee has no ob3ection.
<br />5) CcmiCtee discusaed the appropriatiou of $600 for signs indicatiag that no cme
<br />under 18 qears of a,ge shall purchase cigsrats; recommends thia ga back inta Legisla-
<br />tive Committee for seview sa?d poesible ames?dments. Camittee fee3s the vendor ehould
<br />nay for the sign and ztot ttt CfCy.
<br />6) Finance Directox advised that the City'a ahara of the sidewalk repair prc?gram will
<br />be $40,000 to $45,900 this ysat and will hsve to he paid by October Sth when the note
<br />comes due.
<br />7) Committee also diacussed the 1982 esti"ted budget. Geaeral Fiutd Revenexee are
<br />$5,429,384.00 which is $I5,000 lasa Chaqd the current qear estiaate of r+eveme. The
<br />pr3nciple reeson thi.s amovat of rsveasm 3s lost, City will be paying $439,000 i.a
<br />1982 for prineiple and i.aCevatt fos the Ree Center arad th#.a bsaicallq redmmd the
<br />available General Fuade for operatioa of other city sexvicea. The budSet olso lists
<br />$5,429,384.00 in estimated disbu ts for 1982 so ¢here ie no carry avaz batl*nce
<br />in the General Fuad for 1982. When Council adopts the appropristion ordiamce in
<br />1982, it mst use a c.onsiderable amount of restralAt and a Iot of prudence in
<br />appropriatiag those dollars ao these are sufficient funds for a carry ovar balance.
<br />Comsittes has no objectiva to Ordintnce No. 81-86.
<br />8) Comdnittee discussed Ordimunnce No. 81-85 whfch appropriates $12,400 fxom Caiaomity
<br />Dene2opmeut Block Grant mrmies for a podestrian bxidge on Stearas Road snd has no
<br />objection.
<br />9) Committee met again on July 3rd to diacuaes Ordfnartce No. 81-84 whieh appropriates
<br />$407,000. Ordinance has beea aman3ed; curreatlq zeads $407,000 and $42,340 for the
<br />SSES of the Facility Pisn. Coat of the 3'3'ES is approximateiy $352,400; GYty's
<br />portion is $42,300. Cae+mittee has no abjecxion to the purvaaB and the i.mCent of the
<br />SSES. ComitCee eet a3th a representat#ve of Dalton-Daltan-ATewport and Mr. tA!ilamowakq
<br />stated thst he wc?uld lika tc? mWko same eorrectioas +cm those last figures. Urigtnel
<br />estimate af coet of Phase IIZ pragrm was $6,000,000. There wsre some chaages in
<br />the bottean lime cost of the tecac?atruction atage fram $6,000,000 to $8,400,004 -
<br />a two million doliar iacrease, represe:t3ng approxdmtelq a 332 introme iu the c4st,
<br />baasd cm the curreat $6,000,000 that ta liated in the FacilitY P1an Project. Citq's
<br />portion will be approxLnataly $3,714,000, thst 3as befare the additioua1 $2,000,000,
<br />which means that the $1, 7I4,t}00 cur",utly Usted in the Fecilltp Plan is iawrrect.
<br />Comittee has no objecticka to the pusp"e md intent of the 3S"SS but wanta CIMAUcii
<br />'to be aware of mbere we are goiag smd whst the fare ie going to be.
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