REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 28, 1972
<br />COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING (CONTINUED)
<br />vehicles in the department, three are city -owned and 10 are federally - owned. Councilman Horvath
<br />asked how two employees can use three cars. Mr. Barbe said that there are 60 people in the
<br />Redevelopment Department but only the Relocation officers are on the city budget and that there
<br />are actually 60 people using the 13 vehicles. He said they feel the budget, as submitted, was
<br />fair. Mrs. Wlodarski asked why the Director of the Department was not listed and Mr. Barbe said
<br />that only those employees involved in relocation are included in the city budget. The director
<br />is federally funded.
<br />HUMAN RELATIONS AND FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMISSION - Mr. Nemeth said the Council is pro -
<br />posing cutting 211 Freight, Express and Drayabe to 0. Miss Guthrie asked why we need four
<br />employees here with the new cabinet post of Human Resources Director. Mr. Ted Bergeron, Chairman
<br />of the Human Relations Commission, said that they don't know the responsibilities of the Human
<br />Resources Director. The Director of Human Relations is a full time job in the field of human
<br />rights. You need a director and two field workers. The field workers deal with the complaints
<br />that come in. Last year there were 774 employment complaints, 4 in housing, 2 in consumer
<br />affairs, 10 in the police department, and 1300 in the school system. All of these complaints
<br />must be handled and investigated. Councilman Nemeth asked if the field workers work mostly out
<br />of the office, do we really need a secretary for both the Human Resources Department and for
<br />this department. Dr. Kromkowski, Human Resources Director, said that because of the variety of
<br />programs involved in the two departments they both need a full -time secretary.
<br />There was a discussion on the Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund and whether the 73 Land
<br />Account could be used for other things. Mr. Richardson said that this money was for the acqui-
<br />sition of land for the Park Department. Miss Guthrie said the Council could increase the amount
<br />in Other Materials in the C.C.I.F. by eliminating the operating balance of $77,838.55. Mr.
<br />Watkins said he would not recommend doing this because the figure is arrived at from the
<br />cigarette tax and the amount varies and it could very well be less than anticipated. Mrs. Jane
<br />Swan, 2022 Swygart Street, said that the top priority of city government should be to relieve
<br />the citizens of excessive tax burdens. She asked that the Council take responsible action on
<br />the budget. Miss Guthrie questioned the Controller about the balance on June 30, 1972 which
<br />was - 843,694.00. Deputy Controller Charles Watkins explained that this was caused by >a late dis-
<br />tribution of funds from the County Auditor. This was not deliberate. In going through the
<br />normal procedures of payroll and Accounts Payable, there was an overdrawing of eight funds but no
<br />overdrawal of the bank account. This was a temporary situation that was completely accidental.
<br />Miss Guthrie inquired whether everything was in one account and Mr. Watkins said this is set up
<br />by state law. Councilman Miller asked Mr. Watkins if money was taken from the Water Works to
<br />cover the overdraft. Mr. Watkins said that the Water Works account is kept separate. Councilman
<br />Miller asked why there is not a computation page for the Cumulative Sewer Fund and no breakdown
<br />in the 1972 budget. All miscellaneous revenue is estimated. Miss Guthrie said that the Cumula-
<br />tive Sewer Fund is not appropriated. Councilman Miller said that the Councilmen did not get the
<br />Controller's Report for 1971. Mr. Barcome said that the report was late in coming from Mr.
<br />Bickel but the Council will have it very shortly. Councilman Nemeth moved for a short recess,
<br />seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried and the meeting recessed at 3:10 a.m.
<br />The meeting reconvened at 3:25 a.m. Councilman Nemeth moved that Account A213 in the Mayor's bud-
<br />get be set at $1000, seconded by Councilman Taylor. The motion carried.
<br />Councilman Nemeth moved that the Controller's budget be amended as follows: 212 Postage to
<br />$9,500; 213 Travel Expense to $400, 23 Instruction to $500, 363 Other Office Supplies to $10,000,
<br />51 Insurance to $108,500, 52 Rents to $15,300, 53 Refunds, Awards, Indemnities to $20,000, 62
<br />Social Security to $103,726, 63 PERF to $210,489, 64 Group Insurance to $153,908, and 725 Office
<br />Equipment to $1,500. Councilman Miller seconded the motion and it carried, Councilman Taylor
<br />casting a nay vote. Councilman Taylor made a motion that Item B52 Rents be left at $35,000. The
<br />motion died for lack of a second. Councilman Szymkowiak made a motion that in B11 the number of
<br />Accounting Clerks be reduced from six to four. The motion died for lack of a second.
<br />Councilman Nemeth made a motion that the City Clerk's budget be amended as follows: Item C215
<br />Transportation Allowance be reduced to 0. Councilman Szymkowiak seconded the motion and it
<br />carried, Councilman Serge voting nay.
<br />Councilman Nemeth moved that the City Treasurer's budget be amended as follows: Dll, Accounting
<br />Clerk III by changed to Clerk III at $5300 and Accounting Clerk IV be changed to Accounting Clerk
<br />II at $5980, and that D52 Equipment be cut to $200. The motion was seconded by Councilman
<br />Taylor and was carried.
<br />Councilman Nemeth moved that the Common Council budget be amended by striking F214 Car Allowance.
<br />The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller. The motion failed by a vote of four ayes and four
<br />nays. Councilman Miller made a motion to reduce Item 215 Car Allowance to $1800. Councilman
<br />Nemeth seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Nemeth made a motion to amend F213 Travel-
<br />ing Expenses in the Common Council budget to $2250. Councilman Taylor seconded the motion and
<br />it carried. Councilman Szymkowiak made a motion to delete Fll Attorney from the Common Council
<br />budget. Councilman Taylor seconded the motion. The motion failed by a vote of two ayes and six
<br />nays.
<br />Countilman Nemeth made a motion to amend the City Attorney's budget by deleting G53 Refunds,
<br />Awards & Indemnities. Councilman Kopczynski seconded the motion and it carried.
<br />Councilman Nemeth made a motion to amend the Board of Works budget by reducing H214 Telephone and
<br />Telegraph to $40,000 and H72 Equipment to $500. The motion was seconded by Councilman Horvath
<br />and carried. Councilman Miller made a motion to delete Secretary II in the Board of Works bud-
<br />get. The motion died for lack of a second. Councilman Miller moved to reduce H221 Electric
<br />Current to $450,000. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nemeth and was carried, Councilman
<br />Szymkowiak casting a nay vote.
<br />Councilman Nemeth moved to amend the Department of Safety budget by reducing P213 Traveling Ex-
<br />pense to 0, P23 Instructional Publication to $150 and P72 Equipment to 0. Councilman Taylor
<br />seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Newburn moved to delete the position of Safety
<br />Director at $15,000 in the Department of Safety budget. Councilman Szymkowiak seconded the
<br />motion. The motion failed.
<br />Councilman Nemeth made a motion to amend the budget of the Engineering Department by reducing
<br />L716 Other Equipment to $500. Councilman Taylor seconded the motion and it carried.
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