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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2000 <br />city's own telephone system, and that if at least $75,000 of the $125,000 were not provided the City <br /> <br />would not be able to provide the necessary match for the C.I.T. Grant. Council Member Roop then <br />questioned the increases shown in the Public Works budget for contract labor, overtime, and <br />uniforms. Mr. Towamicki responded that uniform costs had increased due to the requirement for <br />more expensive fire resistive uniforms in many positions. Council Member Roop asked if the <br />increase in overtime costs was the result of reductions in personnel, and Mr. Towarnicki responded <br />that this was not the case. He stated that the increase in overtime costs was instead related to the <br />increased need for personnel to respond to emergency and after hour activity, primarily emergency <br />call-outs. Mr. Towamicki also stated that the city Garage had been short-handed by two mechanics <br />for most of the current fiscal year, resulting in the need for greater overtime hours. He also noted that <br />the classification upgrades that had been applied to the mechanic positions two years before had <br />resulted in a greater overtime rate for these positions. Mr. Towarnicki pointed out that the overtime <br />costs in the previous year had been almost completely offset by savings in vacancies in full time <br />positions. Council Member Roop then questioned the costs shown for proposed expenditures for <br />non-capital equipment, asking if this line item included costs for an exhaust fan system at the garage. <br />Mr. Towarnicki stated that this did not include the exhaust fan, but instead reflected expenditures for <br />software for the fleet maintenance system and costs related to a new OSHA approved platform for the <br />forklift. Council Member Roop then asked if the costs related to the former Social Services building <br />would all shift over to the City SherifFs budget when that operation moved into the building, and Mr. <br />Towamicki indicated that this probably would occur. Mr. Reynolds then cautioned that all costs <br />related to the building might not be shifted to the Sheriffs operations, depending on what other <br />operations moved to that facility. <br /> <br /> Discussion then took place on the various elements of the budget for Refuse disposal and the <br />Land fill operations. Mr. Reynolds reminded Council of a memo he had sent to them regarding the <br />need to have a work session on issues related to the land fill, and was then settled that this session <br /> <br /> <br />