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Council Minutes of 01-15-2013 ,zti. about our pool filter being shut off and burning the skin of one child. The County `~ has tested the pool numerous times, and the tests have been normal. • His State of the City will be Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the Radisson at 11:30 p.m. Director of Law Gareau: • He, Mayor Kennedy, and Director Copfer will be traveling to Chicago at the end of the week to visit with Moody's for the city's Bond Rating to be reviewed in anticipation of going to market. • He and Directors Copfer, Farver and Thomas negotiated with AFSCME's Service unit and AFSCME's Clerical/Tech several times over the past week. Everything is proceeding well. He will inform Council once a resolution is reached. Director of Finance Copfer: • The year end reports were E-mailed to Council this afternoon. The general fund revenues are down 3% from 2011, mostly in the intra-governmental funds (local government cuts, etc.). Expenditures are up 2.3% considering wage raises given to the bargaining units and other cost increases, such as contributing more to the solid waste fund. The ending fund balance is down $58,000 to $3,120,388. The full fund analysis is usually part of the budget process. She hopes to have that to Council by Friday, January 25~'. • She reiterated Director Gareau's mention of their trip to Chicago for the city's "~" Bond Rating. Director Gareau complimented Director Copfer and her staff for their efforts this year while working on the budget, Moody's presentation, negotiations and computer upgrades. Councilwoman Williamson, Vice-Chair of the Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 7:40 p.m. Present were Council members Williamson, Brossard, Barker, Mahoney, Orlowski and Schttmann, Mayor Kennedy, Safety/Service Director Thomas and guests. • Electronic Council agendas was the topic of discussion. The issue of iPads for Council members was discussed last year, and money has been budgeted for this. Safety/Service Director Thomas presented Council with a proposal for electronic tablet devices (iPads) to be used by Council members. The initial costs of these devices will be approximately $4,800. The city will save approximately $1,100 in the first year, and nearly $6,100 annually thereafter. The savings stems from the cost of paper, toner, copier maintenance and other supplies and delivery costs. Other city Councils have started using tablet devices for their Council members, and the transition has worked very well. The use of tablet devices allows Council members to have necessary information at their disposal in real time. Council members discussed the purchase of the devices and a data plan for the devices. It was decided that Apple iPads would be purchased to maintain consistency with the city since the Service Dept. is already utilizing them as well as the recent implementation of the Police and Fire Depts. The cost of the data plan for the 2