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02 TUESDAY JUNE 14, 1977 employing of a Personnel Director-Grants Coordinator (i.e., Administrative Assistant) as well as the relying more and more upon Federal funding. Then, for the purpose of discussion, Councilman West offered the motion (seconded by Councilman Oakes) that the proposed budget be adopted, contingent upon the following adjustments thereto: (l) increase estimated income from Revenue-Sharing funds by $19,000.00; (2) increase the Electric Utility's expansion account by $50,000.00, as tentatively agreed upon at Council's last meeting; (3) grant a 6% cost-of-living increase to salaries of City employees; (4) disallow the five new positions included in the proposed budget; (5) reflect savings from the discontinuance of the public transit system; and (6) transfer from the Electric Fund an amount sufficient to balance the budget and keep same in relatively the same total amount as was in the proposed budget. Vice-Mayor Cole offered a substitute motion (which failed to receive a second) that Council consider individually and separately each proposed new personnel position before acting upon the total budget; however, with the concurrence of other Council members, the need for additional secretarial help in both the Police and Fire Departments was cited by the respective department heads, as was the need for a new engineering technician by Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown. Councilman Greene then offered the following substitute motion, seconded by Vice-Mayor Cole, that the proposed 1977-78 City Budget be adopted with the following revisions (in addition to any previously authorized by Council): (1) grant a 6% salary-wage increase to City employees; (2) add $l,OOO.OO for improving access road to Whittle Park; (3) provide for an additional net cost to the City of $28,42l.00, reflecting duplication in the Social Services budget requests; (4) add $15,000.00 to implement free student transportation; (5) reflect an additional transfer of $ll8,859.00 from the Electric Fund; (6) reflect a savings of $66,277.00 from the discontinuance of the public transit system; (7) delete the requested new positions for the Fire Department and the Inspection Division; (8) add $2,000.00 to estimated income as anticipated refund from the State against the City's share of cost of operating the local Health Department; " ."'--.._._-"---~---""---<"'"-----'""....,...'_...'''"