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Council Minutes of 3/15/205 ~.+, Center is moving forward, and monies will be coming from three sources: handicapped parking fines; money that was earned by the people at the Senior Center; the General Fund. The department's salary line will need some adjustments because of the retirement of Mr. Copeland and his secretary Maryann Pack. Not only is Tom Terbrack going to be tremendously missed, but so will Don Copeland in our Human Resource Department. Planning Department's budget numbers are essentially about the same as last year. There is an additional $10,000 in the budget to start with upgrading our zoning codes. There was some discussion where that will come from, and it may come from the Economic Development Fund. The committee had no problem with this budget. • Although the Fire Department Construction Fund was on the agenda, it could not be discussed because the property has not been acquired nor has an architect been hired. Monies have been approved for appraisals of sites and for core samples of the grounds to determine if they are suitable for a fire station. The Engineering Department planned for $34,000 in their budget for the purchase of mapping equipment or software acid also for funding the engineering for putting an ADA entrance on the front of City Hall. There is also an additional expenditure of $3,000 for costs associated with the compliance with the EPA's Phase II Storm Water Program. A $9,000 request was made for computers, which is being moved into the capital borrowing. The department projected an increase of approximately $10,000 for various utility costs (traffic lights, etc.), and an additional $4,240 in single repairs this year due to the aging of the system. • NOMBL budget will remain at the temporary appropriation. Any additional casts as we go through the move are accounted for in the pending contract which is before Council tonight. • Issue 2. Since we were not awarded any projects this year, there is no budget. • Trust and Agency account, which is basically monies that are put on deposit and then paid out when projects are complete and required little discussion. • Personnel and Information Systems. There were two changes of interest. First, in the Personnel Dept., Director Farver would like to have her Secretary II promoted to a Secretary I. She currently has two people in her department, one Secretary I and one Secretary II. Under the rules of bargaining secretaries, if a Secretary I passes certain tests of typing and other skills, they are automatically advanced to a Secretary I pay. Mrs. Farver's Secretary II not only passed those tests, but she is the individual that is used to make sure any new tests are passable. The committee agreed this was a fairness issue and did not have a problem with it. The pay change is approximately $1,500. In the I.T. Department, last year a change was made from two full-time employees to one full-time and a consultant. That worked out quite well last year, and it is initiating a savings to the city of approximately $44,000. There is an error in 10