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Committee Report Personnel and Finance Committee September 18, 1996 Page 4 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 1996 BUDGETED $204,343 1997 REQUESTED $214,709 Lonnie Douglas, the Director, was out of town and would be willing to arrange another meeting date to review the budget and the overall programs at a future date. Mr. Rinard noted that the same staffing levels are included which reflect a 3% increase. CITY CONTROLLER 1996 BUDGETED $1,353,030 1997 REQUESTED $1,337,774 Mr. Rinard reviewed the budget and noted that staffing levels drive the overall budget. Two new positions are being requested"MIS Director" (Management Information System) and an Internal Auditor. He noted that city-wide networking is currently in transition in order to allow the City to become more paperless and have more sharing of information in light of the fiber optic resources being made available. He noted that there will be growing pains during this transition. The first department to be moved forward will be the Economic Development with Engineering being second. Training will be increased in light of the MIS staff. Neighborhood programs of approximately$200,000 in soft costs are not included in the operating budget. Separate discussions on the Good Neighborhoods Program, Mr.Rinard stated,would be part of the capital needs discussion. Council Member Broden questioned the city-wide training and noted that it will be seven hours for approximately $60 per employee with approximately 260 being projected. Programs will include WordPerfect as well as Lotus. Council Member Luecke noted that the AS400 is overloaded very quickly and Mr. Rivard assured him that the"Super Server"would have ample capacity. Council Member Zakrzewski requested a breakdown of the Sagamore Associate's project over the past year. Several Council Members requested that the Council be included in the new computerization programs. Mr. Rinard then reviewed the General Fund Summaries (copy attached). He noted that general property tax in 1996 was $30,903,225 with 1997 being projected at $32,558,386 reflecting a 5.36%. Total sources in 1996 were $37,750,835 with total source income in 1997 projected at$40,146,453. Mr. Rinard noted that the Council has now reviewed approximately 20 funds of which 7 would be operating in a deficit. He noted,however,that many have adequate reserves for a limited period of time. He complimented all department heads and managers in providing this city-wide focus.