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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2000 <br /> <br /> would held with Council on Junel5, 2000, at 9:00 am. Mr. Towamicki then noted that the proposed <br /> <br /> budget for Refuse contained no new equipment, only personnel and equipment maintenance costs. <br /> Mayor Crabtree then asked about increased costs shown in the Vehicle and Equipment Maintenance <br /> line item in Land fill operations. Mr. Towamicki explained that since necessary equipment <br /> replacement had not been funded the maintenance costs for the old equipment had risen. Mr. Jeff <br /> Joyce, Assistant Public Works Director, stated that replacement of undercarriages for landfill <br /> equipment alone in the current fiscal year had mounted to some $40,000, and the replacement of <br /> wheels on the compactor in the coming fiscal year would cost more than $30,000. He then stated that <br /> his current strategy was to try to extend the life of as much of the existing land fill equipment as <br /> possible to the end of the life of the landfill itself, in as cost effective a manner as possible. Mr. <br /> Joyce expressed the hope that all the existing equipment would last through at least the upcoming <br /> fiscal year without replacement needed. Council Member Ferrill then asked whether it was more cost <br /> effective to replace, rather than repair, much of this equipment. Mr. Joyce responded that it was less <br /> expensive to keep the current equipment as long as it was under warranty, and that when the warranty <br /> expired it was most effective to trade the equipment in for replacement at a point at which its trade-in <br /> <br />value was still optimum. <br /> <br /> Council next took up discussion of the budget for the Human Resources Department. Mrs. <br />Iris Read, Human Resources Director, stated her presentation would be made in two parts, with the <br />department budget presented first followed by information on benefits and compensation for City <br />employees. Mrs. Read began by noting several achievements of the department during the current <br />fiscal year, including the implementation of new payroll and human resources software, the bid out of <br />health care insurance coverage and the evaluation of administrative policies and procedures, and the <br />drafting of a new personnel manual. In addition, Mrs. Read cited the creation of an updated <br />employment application, establishment of improved time keeping procedures for better Fair Labor <br /> <br /> <br />