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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1986 --- community". Councilman Williams also raised questions relating to salary increases proposed in excess of the "cost-of-living adjustment", the City's hiring practices, and the employing of a part-time Safety Director and a full-time Personnel Technician. Then, upon mutual agreement among members of Council, the Council proceeded to review the City Manager's Budget Message, pages i through xxxiii (excluding that portion ,- pertaining to the City School Board and its 1986-87 requests). Among items specifi- cally mentioned and/or discussed were: 1. Purposes and significant amount of a recommended contingency fund, use of which would not require a public hearing to amend the budget; 2. Data processing equipment upgrading and/or additions at a cost of $75,000 for hardware and $5,000 for software, plus $31,000 for hand-held meter reading devices; 3. Anticipated increase in the cost of wholesale electric energy pur- chased by the City; 4. Additions and reassignments of personnel; 5. Record-keeping procedures mandated by the Virginia Department of Highways & Transportation to qualify for State maintenance/con- struction financial aid; 6. Employee group medical insurance program, plus various types of risk insurance, costs of which have escalated considerably in the last year or two; 7. Stores Fund financing; - 8. The School Textbook Fund (newly reinstated for 1986-87); 9. Debt service requirements; 10. An independent in-house auditing team in connection with audit re- port findings relating to the Treasurer's office; 11. The increase in the City Manager's salary, requested by the City Manager (usually not shown or requested in the proposed annual bud- gets but decided upon by Council in its final adoptions of the annual budgets); 12. The City's pay/classification plan; 1l'" 24~