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changed the fund and expanded it. All of the costs are in one (1) fund, which leads to better accountability going forward. Councilmember Oliver Davis asked if the Administration will still be able to show the Council the divisions between IT and 311 in that fund. Mr. Murphy responded, Yes, we will have separate divisions within the fund —which will pull those numbers out —and the costs can be tracked that way. No one from the public spoke either in favor of or in opposition to the bill. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 73 -16 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember Regina Williams- Preston seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Bill No. 74 -16 –December Enterprise Funds John Murphy, City Controller, with offices on the 12th Floor of the County -City Building, served as the presenter and petitioner for this bill. Mr. Murphy stated, We do budget amendments quarterly, this is the last budget amendment for this year. These are the Enterprise Funds. In Code Enforcement, there are some demolitions that are going to be reimbursed from a CEBG Grant through Community Investment. We appropriated one (1) fund and then we get the reimbursement back so there is no net cost to fund. The second is in the Solid Waste area. We have allocated 311 costs based on call volume and it's a fair way to do it, but it got to be a little problematic because it is hard to predict at the beginning of the year how much call volume is going to be. So in 2016, the Water Fund call volume declined a little bit and the Solid Waste increased. This next appropriation is to cover increased charges for the Solid Waste Fund. It is not a net cost to the City but it is paid by a different fund than originally planned. This process is going to be eliminated for 2017 because now there is one (1) IT allocation fee that covers all of the cost. Mr. Murphy continued, stating, We received interest on certain funds which has been a little bit stronger than it has been in the past. It is still not great but is around one percent (1 %) which is a good rate of return for savings. The final one (1) is the Century Center Fund. Activity has increased during the year, so expenditures have increased but also revenue has increased, which makes it a good thing, but we need to make an additional appropriation. There were no questions from the Committee and no one from the public spoke in favor of or in opposition to the bill. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 74 -16 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember Regina Williams- Preston seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Substitute Bill No. 75 -16 – December Transfer Ordinance 2