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TUESDAY APRIL 14, 1981 --. (a) It is proposed to add three permanent full-time positions to the operation. Two of these positions would be converted from temporary full-time positions that the Council authorized recently. The third would be a true addition to the current staffing level. This overall increase in personnel is necessary to comply with consultant recommendations, to satisfy certain operational imperatives and hopefully to keep the plant working properly prior to and during the planned improvements and enlargement. (b) It will be necessary to buy an additional dump truck to haul vacuumed sludge to the landfill and to replace a 1969 tank truck with a new, larger model for land disposal of liquid sludge materials. The combination of these two equipment requirements is approximately $75,000. (2) Construction. This account shows a sizeable reduction from $136,979 budgeted in the current year, to $95,480 proposed. This is not entirely real, however. In the past, any positive difference between Sewer Fund revenues and expenditures was shown in this account as a capital outlay line item called "Sewerage System Improvements", but the amount was never intended to be expended and was viewed as a I1reserve for depreciationl1. This budgetary practice is being discontinued, and no transfer to a reserve for depreciation (as in the Electric Department budget) is proposed for the coming year. - Stores Fund Expenditures shown in this fund are, again, those related to purchasing and warehousine. The proposed budget for these purposes is reduced from the current budget by $11,013, or 9.1%. It is proposed to discontinue the existing contract that we have for after-hours security service at the Central Garage and Warehouse, which would have cost us $40,000 next year. This will, of course, increase our exposure to theft, pilfering and vandalism, but we will be devising some procedures and practices to offset this threat. Also, we may consider during the coming year some electronic security devices if the situation requires it. An addition to the purchasing staff, in the form of an office assistant, is proposed and will be required as we move n~xt year into a considerably more centralized purchasing system, in response to various past audit criticisms. Revenue Sharing Fund Revenue Sharing funds are proposed to be used for only two purposes--principal payments on General Obligation bonds ($335,000) and support of the regional library ($143,966). .,...-.., UDAG Fund The administrative costs related to the UDAG project are proposed to be reduced, as the project will be concluded during FY81-82. CDBG Fund .- There was no budget set up during the current year for administrative costs related to the Housing Rehabilitation Program. The proposed budget reflects a full year of operation, and includes funds for consultant services now under contract and involved with a new Housing Assistance Plan.