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<br />"" ~ <br />f:V _~ l) <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />APRIL 27, 1982 <br /> <br />In connection with the water rate study recommended by Mr. Edmonds, upon motion <br /> <br />(duly seconded and unanimously carried) Council authorized the City Manager to <br /> <br />employ a consulting engineering firm (of his seclection) to proceed immediately <br /> <br />with said study, for report on its findings and recommendations as soon as <br /> <br />expeditiously possible in order that an increased and/or new water rate structure <br /> <br />can be effected by July 1, 1982, or as soon thereafter as possible. The cost of <br /> <br />such a study was estimated at $7,000.00. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, Council discussed various facets of the proposed budget, expressing <br /> <br />serious reservations about the recommendedcost-of-living increase because, as <br /> <br />Councilman West emphasized, of the current adverse economic conditions throughout <br /> <br />business and industry which have resulted in employee-layoffs, work-time reductions, <br /> <br />and (in some instances) a holding-of-the-line in pay rates and/or even reductions <br /> <br />in rates of pay; however, City Manager Edmonds pointed out that his recommended <br /> <br />pay plan increase of 8% (estimated to cost a total of $344,000.00 and excluding <br /> <br />another one percent generated by the pay plan's training-merit provisions) is <br /> <br />merely to attempt to adjust City employees' salaries and wages to compensate for <br /> <br />increased cost of living experienced in 1981. Concurring with Councilman West's <br /> <br />suggestion, Council directed City Manager Edmonds to attempt to ascertain from local <br /> <br />business-industrial firms their current approaches and/or pay plan policies dealing <br /> <br />with this matter. <br /> <br />City Manager Edmonds noted, too, that additional information is needed and will be <br /> <br />forthcoming which might change to some extent certain details and summary totals in <br /> <br />the budget as presented because of the City School Board's budget-preparation <br /> <br />processes which exclude certain school budget functions, treating these as "wash- <br /> <br />out" items from a revenue-expenditure point of view and because of differing <br />