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Over ninety -nine (99 %) of our radio equipment is operational at all times. We maintain about 1,300 radios throughout the City. We use an Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) on all non - public safety vehicles which is about three - hundred and seventy -five (375) that are tracked daily. The standard features available are tracking speed, direction, date and time stamps, travel history and real time alerts. The next phase of the AVL project is to install monitors to track what roads have been swept or plowed. Central Services oversees the Print Shop. Over 1.3 million copies a year are made in addition to some in -house graphic design. Central Stores delivered eight - hundred and eighty (880) cases of paper issued to City Departments. The paper is purchased in bulk by pallet and resold by case. Building Maintenance added eight (8) additional CNG fueling stations at our Riverside Blvd. garage in addition to a number of other projects throughout the City. Central Services is a group that charges out by the hour and based on that hourly rate that is the revenue they get. The budget is always set that the revenues are in excess of the expenses however, the expenses for next year will be slightly above revenues because of the capital spending. We have a separate capital fund where additional revenue is sent at the end of the year which supports things like new roofs and other building maintenance issues. Overall expenses are up slightly from 2016 and it's again mostly personnel. Councilmember Dr. Varner asked if Mr. Horvath could get them the sum total of administrative allocations and what that amounts to on an annual basis. Mr. Horvath responded sure. John Murphy, City Controller, stated he has a copy that has the breakdown of all the allocations. The Clerk's Office made copies of Mr. Murphy's report and distributed it to the members present. Mr. Horvath continued his presentation. Seventy -nine (79) of one - hundred and eight (108) newly purchased vehicles are alternatively fueled. The cost of fuel has gone down from $1.36 million to $787,000 year to date compared to last year. The amount of gallons has gone down significantly as well. That is just on the diesel side. On the CNG side, our use has gone in 2016 but in terms of cost because it is so much less expensive our average cost per gallon is seventy -three cents but we get a fifty cent rebate making it only twenty -three cents per gallon. Our cost so far in 2016 is $24,882. The cost of CNG went up about $4,000 but the cost of our diesel went down over $500,000. That is significant savings. Mr. Horvath wanted to mention that is not just related to transitioning to CNG because we are using less fuel in total because 2015 was a tougher winter but it is still significant savings. Mr. Horvath noted that his presentation was complete and he was open to questions. Committee Chair White stated she will allow each councilmember to ask questions.