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slmtuttmn Erport Ma tip &m um eloutuil (Mg of Onutly limb: PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE The August 5, 1981, meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order to 9: 00 a.m. in the Council informal 'meeting room by its Chairman, Councilman Crone. Persons in attendance included Councilmen: Voorde, Szymkowiak, McGann, and Crone, Marchmont Kovas, Sherrie Petz, Joseph Kernan, Jon Hunt, Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, and scheduled Bureau and Department Heads. Councilman Crone highlighted that the purpose of the meeting was to begin a detailed review of all of the 1982 proposed budgets submitted b9' the Bureau and Department Heads. ' Councilman Crone then questioned Mr. Kernan about the actual number of city employees. Mr. Kernan explained that in 1981 there are 1,498 employees, and in 1982 there would be 1, 395. He noted that there would be a reduction of 103 employees regardless of the funding source. Fourteen (14) of the 79 CETA employees would be financed out of the general fund. Overall there would be a net increase of one employee in 1982 funded out of the General Fund, thus showing 1001 employees for 1982 being support by tax funds. The Committee then reviewed the budget submitted by Administration and Finance. . .. Councilman Crone noted that each budget would be reviewed in detail with the Department and Bureau Heads. At a future meeting of the Committee itself, proposed cuts would be discussed, and affected departments would be contacted. Several Committee members expressed how beneficial the new budget information submitted with the line-item budget was in reviewing each department. Councilman Crone announced that Brian Hedman requested the budgets for Century Center and Morris Civic be rescheduled from the 10 a.m. setting since he was out of town. Councilman Crone said they would be rescheduled next week. The Budgets for the City Attorney' s office, Code Enforcement, Junk Vehicle, Demolition, Self-Insurance and Building and Permits were then reviewed Several questions were asked with the Committee being informed that the legal department has 5 interns, that there is a "Claims Review Committee" which oversees claims filed under self-insurance; 'that gasoline costs for code enforcement comes out of Building Maintenance. Following a series of questions, Councilman McGann made a motion to recess for a brief lunch break, seconded by Councilman Voorde. The meeting was recessed at 12: 05. The Personnel and Finance meeting was reconvened at approximately 1:00 p.m. Barbara Byers reviewed the Board of Works Budget. The Committee then reviewed budgets for the Engineering Department, Traffi and Lighting, Building Maintenance, Vehicle Maintenance and Streets. FNE PR[$i OBISIFF, PUBLISHING CO.