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Personnel and Finance Committee August 21,2000 Page 6 earlier to the Council. 294 applications were provided and 258 were returned. On August 12th the tutoring session took place and then testing for one day with 126 taking the test. Test results will be available next Friday. Asst. Chief Switalski stated that old Nuner School will be used from September 1st thru November 30th for the CPAT testing; then the oral interviews will be conducted. He concluded that with the testing being written,oral and then CPAT that the overall testing procedures are much more job-related. He provided a summary of the 2000 Applicants (copy attached) showing the following breakdown of the 258 applicants: 222 Caucasian; 23 Black; 8 Hispanic; 2 Oriental; 2 Indian and 1 multi-racial. FIRE PENSION (FUND # 701) 2000 Total Projected Revenue: $ 2,761,282 2001 Total Projected Revenue: $3,212,757 2000 Total Projected Expenditures: 3,124,710 2001 Total Projected Expenditures: $3,664,975 Projected Expenditures Over Revenue:-$452,218 Asst. Chief Switalski noted that there is a projected increase in expenditures of$ 520,097 POLICE PENSION (FUND # 702) 2000 Total Projected Revenue: $3,397,704 2001 Total Projected Revenue: $4,039,265 2000 Total Projected Expenditures: $3,650,641 2001 Total Projected Expenditures: $4,150,828 Projected Expenditures Over Revenue: $111,563 Sgt. Paul Niezgodski reviewed the proposed budget. He noted that there is a projected increase in expenditures of $415,645. City Controller Cathy Roemer noted that revenue is not keeping up with expenditures and that in 2000 there will be $ 550,000 less received by the City in pension relief. She then provided five(5) pages of handouts(copies attached) showing various projections for the pension funds. Asst. Chief Switalski noted that IACT and Mishawaka Mayor Robert Beutter pushed in the past for over one(1) billion dollars to be receipted into the public safety pension funds. He noted that all second class cities must make annual filings to the state in February. Council Member Aranowski suggested that funding of public safety pension funds be a topic specifically discussed with the State Representatives and State Senators and that perhaps Mayor Beutter be invited to review his proposal. Dr. Varner noted that there are many variables which must be taken into consideration and that projections beyond a 2-3 year basis would be close to impossible. He agreed with Council Member Aranowski that increased state support is necessary since this is an issue affecting all second class cities. Council Member King inquired about how the amount of pension relief is determined. It