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Itommtttte Ztport PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Zo tbt Common tountiU of t jit eat/ of 0outt The September 9, 1992 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson Council Member, Ann Puzzello at 3:35 p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Luecke, Coleman, Puzzello, Washington, Kelly, Slavinskas,Zakrzewski,Duda, and Ladewski; Joseph Kuharic,Kevin Horton, Jeff Rinard, John Leszczynski, Tom Scarbeck, Phil St. Clair, Carl Littrell, Don Porter,and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. 1. Engineering Department. Council Member Puzzello noted that the first proposed budget to review was the Engineering Department located on pages 1-29 through 1-33 in the requested amount of$3,728,578.00. Mr. Leszczynski noted that the Engineering Department, Traffic and Lighting, and Board of Public Works budgets have been combined into one budget for this year. He noted that he has one of the best staffs ever since being City Engineer. Mr. Littrell then reviewed the proposed budgets. He noted that he is paid from the Wastewater budget. He noted that there are three requests for upgrades namely that an engineer be upgraded to a project in engineer reflecting a $5,000.00 increase, that a secretary V be upgraded to an office manager and that an engineering aid III be upgraded to an engineer. He noted that the department will be down two positions from 1991. There is one public construction manager paid form the Economic Development Department. With the upgrades the budget reflects an overall $1,000.00 decrease in salaries than the current budget. He also noted that hourly teamster employees will spend less in 1993 than in 1992 because of the bonus concept. He noted that there will no interns and that temporary services will be used instead. Council Member Zakrzewski questioned the paint used for streets and asked for a breakdown of the specks. It was noted that the specifications do meet the state specifications in this area with regard to viscosity. Council Member Zakrzewski also questioned the use of thermal plastic rather than tape and noted that it typically wears between 5-7 years. Council Member Ladewski questioned the contract with regard to the removal of the graffiti on the various bridge overpasses. It was noted that the contract has not been awarded yet. Council Member Slavinskas noted that beyond repainting these areas that there is a need for increased police surveillance and community watch programs. It was noted that the City absorbs the difference between the salt and sand costs. Council Member Luecke noted that Marshall County is using a beet juice byproduct instead of salt on an experimental basis. Council Member Coleman questioned whether there was nay cost savings with regard to the Centrex phone system. He was advised that the City does not believe that there was any savings overall.