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W~DN~SDAY, APRIL 12,~1989 of the City Manager's proposals to increase revenue from local sources, Council deferred consideration and action on these proposals to a'later date and agreed to proceed with examining the expenditure requests. During the course of the remainder of this meeting, Council examined the expenditure requests for Council itself, the City Attorney, the Independent Auditor, the requests by City Manager Brown for his administrative office (which includes merit and/or training step increases for the Assistant to the City Manager and for one other person), and the requests made by'the Department of Finance which included a 7.717% increase in the salary portion of the Finance Director's office (as pointed out by Councilman Cole). At this point, in response to Mayor Oakes' inquiry, City Manager Brown stated that no employee under his jurisdiction will receive more than a 7-1/2% increase in 1989-90; and, in response to Councilman McClain's request, Mr. Brown reported that he will provide Council with a salary comparison (in total) between the current year and proposed 1989-90, showing the amount of increase as well as the total percentage increase. Concurring with Councilman Cole's and McClain's suggestion, Council directed that the Finance Director's travel expense request be reduced by $1,700.00, inasmuch as Finance Director Fitts indicated that he will not be attending an annual meeting of the National Association of Finance Officers to be held in Seattl·e, Washington. Also, in response to inquiries from members of Council, initiated by complaints from some of the City's utility customers regarding estimated bills, Mr. Fitts explained that, with one less meter reader and because of weather conditions at times, inevitably some bills (and consumption) must be estimated, even when the hand-held meter- consumption recording devices are put into use soon. Other aspects of this