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FPIMIIIIIMIMMII......m..m'-jilIlli ..I. - September 2, 1992 f Personnel and Finance Committee I Page 4 ■ Questions were raised with regard to the Police Department and their requested line item of $2,000 with regard to outside counsel.Mr. Nussbaum noted that outside counsel is used as bond counsel and that the Board of Public Safety would require their own attorney for disciplinary matters. He also noted that he believes that collection agencies should be used in light of their expertise and skip tracing. Council Member Ladewski noted that collection can be effectively done by trained collectors or not necessarily attorneys. Mr. Ladewski offered his assistance if a collection division would ever be created with in the city departments. Council Membe r Kelly noted tha t collection agencies encies do perform a specialty and spoke favorably with regard to that concept. Mr. Nussbaum noted that he does not have any paralegals on his staff. In response to a question raised by Council Member Zakrzewski it was noted that the City Attorney's Office would be requesting the $13,130 plus an additional $14,980 would be used for bonuses pursuant to his request for 1993. Mr. Nussbaum also stated that he believes that all attorneys whether part-time or full-time should be entitled to the full flexible spending account amount of$500 per person. Council President Luecke questioned whether the issue of having bond counsel on staff has ever been discussed and whether the city ever considered reimbursement for the efforts and service delivered by the city attorneys office. Mr . Nussbaum noted that this concept had been discussed in the past. 10. Self-Insurance. Mr. Horton then reviewed the proposed Self-Insurance Budget requested at$1,306,269 set forth on pages 4-1 through 4-3. He noted that this area of the city reviews on the job injuries, safety rules, and is headed by a risk safety officer. In response to questions raised Wnoticed would not be a basesincreaseshowe aerdthere aretl2 budget are set forth at a 4.334% which positions where they are requesting amounts greater than those percentages. 11. Project Future. Mr. Horton then reviewed the request of$76,400 of Project Future set forth on 1-23. The Council Attorney noted that the Council adopted a resolution last year which recommended that the figure be $80,000 for 1993. Accordingly , this line item would have to be amended by the administration if the city desired to be consistent with the council ordinance of last year. 12. Mayor. Mr. Horton then reviewed the 1993 request for the Mayor's office of $267,856 set forth on pages 1-1 and 1-2. It was noted that all travel for the entire city is set forth in the Mayor's budget.