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Personnel and Finance Committee September 1, 1992 Page 3 4). Fire Pension. The Committee then reviewd the Fire Pension which is found on page 11-1 and is requested to be three million three hundred and forty thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars ($3,340,586.00) for 1993. One hundred and two (102) of the two hundred and fifteen (215) firefighters are eligible to retire of which fifty-four (54) of the one hundred and two (102) are eligible to receive benefits today if they retired. They are projecting retirements of ten to twelve in 1993. Council Member Ladewski questioned the two thousand dollar($2,000.00)figure for legal fees and was advised that separate council and not the city attorney's office is used for the pension board. Currently there are eighty-four(84) widows and one hundred and ninety- two (192) firefighters on pension. To date two firefighters have retired this year. 5). Police Department. The Committee then turned to the Police Department Budget. At approximately 5:15 p.m. Police Chief Ron Marciniak, Fiscal Officer Don Pinckert, and Jim Moreland joined the meeting to review the proposed budgets. The 1993 budget is requested at ten million eight hundred and forty-eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight dollars ($10,848,798.00) and is found on pages 1-46 through 1-55. It was noted that to date twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500.00) has been paid for legal fees due to hearing before the board of public safety and depositions. This amount was not budgeted and they were advised last year that the legal department would oversee outside Council bills. However since this is not being done they are requesting this amount of money for next year. It was also noted that the K-9 unit is being increased from five officers to seven officers. The cost for medical services has increased and they are currently over budget by fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). An officer who is injured in an automobile accident and had a ruptured aorta had medical bills alone of over fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) and the officer who was shot earlier this year has extensive nerve damage and ongoing medical treatment. Both officers are back to work currently. The budget also includes ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) proposed for drug testing and twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500.00) for Hepatitis B inoculations. Pursuant to OSHA regulations masks, eye protection, and guns are required for all officers. It was also noted that currently there are ten to twelve celluar phones and several pagers in use all of which are owned by the city. The projected budget is for airtime only. It was also noted that approximately forty typewriters were purchased in May of this year for the officers in order to complete their reports. Kevin Horton complimented Chief Marciniak and Don Pinckert in light of the unexpected cost of living within their overall budget.