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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, October 5, 1983
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`" 'b'• Cali to The Special Council Meeting was called to order nt 7:45 P.M. with Mayor
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z;.fel Order Hartsfield presiding.
>M Roll Call The following Council Members were present:
Present: Davis, Haake, Halsey, Hequembourg, Roark and
'` Viessman.
` Absent: Borgmeyer, Gordon, Kliegel and Lock. •
A quorum was declared present.
Word The first item of business was discussion of the purchase of word
Processors processors. Councilman Haake moved, seconded by Councilman Viessman,
that the purchase of five word processors in the upcoming budget be
approved. The motion was approved by voice vote. At this point in time
Mayor Hartsfield turned the chair over to Councilman Halsey, Finance
Dental 6 Eye Chairman of the Council. Mr. Halsey explained that he had received a
Fund request from the Cole County Dental and Eye Fund for money for the
upcoming year. He pointed out that Cole County and the School Board
were supporting this fund , along with several other agencies. Mr.
Halsey moved that $2,800 be allocated out of the Special Events Fund of
the City Council budget for this purpose. Motion was seconded by
Councilman Viessman and approved by voice vote.
.,; Public The first budget to be reviewed was the Public Works Engineering `.
Works budget. There was a correction made to Professional Services 306
Engineering account, increasing the amount to be expended from $20,500 to $26,500.
There was a deletion of $2,500 from the 402 Capital Equipment account
which involved deleting a concrete compression tester. The rest of the
, budget was approved as presented. `
Public Works The next budget was Public Works - Streets. A correction was made in
Streets the 202 account which was lights and heat. The amount was reduced to
$8,682. The 401 Capital Equipment account was increased by $26,000.
This is the cost of one-Ralf of a boom truck which had been
inadvertently left out of the total when the budget wilt; put together. It !
E was noted that the other half of the boons truck was being paid for out
a� of the Sewer Ft►nd. The writ of they budget was approved ass presented.
Sower Fund I The Sewer Fund wtls d ken s sod , and Mayor Hartsfield brought up that he
felt the. lit' )fuabed ratte increases covering the cw.t of operation of the
Sewer Fund should be changed from what is currently being proposed.
lie felt that the rate tic rt'it se should be more equal 1y spread over the
five years of the proposal of the raIt* siudy. Mr. Hamburg stilted that
Mr. Bates and Tom Jones would provide alternatives to the proposed rate
increases and present them for Council approval. In changing the rates
it was noted that the budget will have to be reduced in this first year.
There were no other specific changes in the Sewer Fund budget.
Approval Mr. Davis moved, and Mr. Roark seconded, that all budgets presented
of Changes and changes noted by approved, and was passed by voice vote.
Revenue There was discussion of the revenue sharing budget and there was a
Sharing motion by Mr. Iequembourg, seconded by Mr. Davis, that the entire
revenue sharing budget as presented by approved with the exception of
the $60,000 allotted for the move of the Police Communications center. I t
was stated that this item should be delayed for further consideration
when Chief Patton appears at the next budget meeting. The motion was
approved by voice vote.
Adjournment There being no further business, Mr. Halsey adjourned the meeting at
9:10 P.M.
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