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Special Council Minutes of 3/24/2(!04 those line items were reduced by $20,000. The Finance Department had an increase in overtime which was explainable totally due to the training that will occur in relation to the new computer system. In the Law Department, the Director would like to obtain a second law clerk-hopefully sustained through grant money as has been done in the past so as not to increase the budget. Another issue discussed was a request for a pay adjustment to the Prosecutor's position. It should be made cleaz that was brought up by Council as a matter of something they had heard about as opposed to Mr. Dubelko proposing it at this meeting. However, it's not something that anyone disagrees with, but not a good idea this yeaz. A suggestion was made to fund a part of the Prosecutor's salary out of the STOP fund. That ultimately was agreed upon and has been addressed in the appropriations. This relieves the General Fund of some of the costs for that position. The Personnel Department was reviewed without any notable changes. Under Boards and Commissions, plaques for historical homes were funded for the Landmazks Commission. At this time, the position of Assistant Clerk of Commissions remained intact; however, ultimately was not funded and is being replaced by a clerical position that will be under the planner. The Planning Department and Clerk of Commissions reorganization has been begun and is almost completed by the administration. Money was proposed and approved in economic development to have the planner conduct a survey along with the Chamber of Commerce regazding the position and status of businesses in the city. Casualty Loss contributed $45,000 to the purchase of one of the new vehicles in the Service Department. • The final meeting was somewhat important in the fact that the items that were added to the budget were summazized. The committee, and many of the members of Council on any given evening, contributed vastly to the effort to go through the budget and very carefully analyze almost line by line the expenditures. They were able to extract some money, in agreement with the administration, to fund other items that were not proposed originally and other items that really needed to be addressed. At one of the final meetings, vazious items were addressed, such as $25,000 for City Hall ADA and improvements in the front of the building; $5,500 for an ADA door at the Senior Center; a recommendation for $35,000 for the Barton/Bradley fields watering system; $11,500 for the remainder of this yeaz's wages for a nutritionist assistant at the Senior Center; $10,000 for streetscaping, which is a contribution to that effort as the remainder of the cost will come from economic development. Also discussed was Mrs. Kasler's recommendation not to use the EMS residential fees to supplement the General Fund, that would be $80,000 taken out of the General Fund and left in EMS. That has since been changed and has been brought to the General Fund but has been redirected to HoteUMotel to be used for safety matters. It will now pay for, in addition to other safety issues, the repair of the 911 system that is necessary. Also discussed was Mrs. Kasler's request for $35,000 to replace a corrections officer, and Mr. Miller's request for $35,000 to replace a dispatcher. These were vacated positions. However, those were not funded at this meeting. There was some resistance from the administration with regazd to the replacement of the corrections officer. Safety Director Jesse's position was that he had not received a request other than Mrs. Kasler's to replace the corrections officer and that the situation at the jail does not require this replacement. It was Mrs. Kasler's contention .~ ~ ~, ~. ~ . n., ... ,