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Council Minutes of 3/15/2005 the line item for the consultant which should read $37,000 instead of $39,000. The part-time consultant is paid on an as-needed basis and 10 hours per week are being projected. 2) On March 9, the Finance Committee met, and the following issues were discussed: • Ordinance 2005-17, the budget ordinance, which is being held in committee as it is still being discussed. • Ordinance 2005-19, non-bargaining employee health care. An employee health care committee has met and made changes to the program. This legislation will match changes which have been made for the bargaining employees. The committee approved and recommended passage under suspension of the rules. Ordinance 2005-21, which will credit all ambulance fees to the General Fund rather than the Emergency Medical Services Fund. Originally the medical fund was established to find funding for building Fire Station No. 2. With the advent of the tax levy, that is not necessary. Although the committee discussed whether the funds should be continued to be diverted, it was decided to continue for now and to have future discussions on this issue. Waste Water Treatment Plant budget. The new format made it rather difficult to compare to last year. The last rate increase was 1996, and it was projected to last until the year 2000. The surplus is now eroding as costs arise. This year's capital improvements will have to be done by a borrowing. There is about $500,000 of work that should be upgraded within the plant. It's a slow and constant process. It is a very corrosive environment in the plant and constant improvement is necessary. This will be discussed further at the meeting of March 16. • Springvale budget. One of the major questions was on the projected revenues, whether they could be met or not. There are some marketing plans in place for this year, and it should go very well. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) On March 8, the committee met to discuss Ordinance 2005-18, an ordinance authorizing the Director of Public Service to request proposals from professional testing firms for various testing services for the new fire station No. 2 project; further authorizing the Mayor, following approval of the Board of Control, to enter into a contract with the professional testing firm selected in the process and declaring an emergency. The primary function of this ordinance is to provide for testing of the soil on the proposed site for the fire station to make sure that it will support the weight and the uses of the fire station. It was a short discussion and committee recommended approval unanimously. Councilman Miller, Council's representative to the Recreation Commission: 1) The Recreation Commission is a body of citizens and officials who look at the recreation 11