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Session 1569, Minutes May 11, 1992 Page 4 years, there will be an additional issue in March. He noted the current is- sue has IlDre advertis:in:J, which helps pay for plblication. He drew attention to 721.10 Miscellaneous Q.rtside Personal Services, which includes design of the caleIXlar, funds for the SlBlIlVer concerts, an::l four sets of mail:in:J labels. 722.03 Postage includes mail:in:J two newspapers an::l one calen:lar (the third newspaper mail:in:J cx:mes fran the recreation budget since it includes SlBlIlVer recreation activities. In resp:>nse to Mrs. '!harpson, Mr. Ollemorff said the Arts an::l Letters Ccmnission takes atterXiance into consideration at concerts when schedul:in:J various groups, althcugh they tJ:y to have a variety. Mr. 01- lemorff said the Arts an::l Letters Callmission did not fonnally request funds, however, the chainnan asked for an allocation at least as llUlch ($1400) as last year. A final decision on this will be made later. He added that a la- ser jet printer was included in this budget. 2010 Police Deoart:ment (page C-36). '!he City Manager said personnel levels will remain as they are TY:M, althcugh 714.0 overtime Pay has been increased to provide for extra help when needed. In resp:>nse to Mr. Price, Mr. Ollen- dorff said the serv:in:J of warrants is included in overtime Pay. Mrs. '!hanp- son said she felt it was i.Irportant to have IlDre patrol officers ~ a beat so that trust develops between the plblic an::l the police. Mr. Ollen- dorff said there were officers ~ a beat in the Loop area, where lots of people ~te. Mrs. '!harpson felt they should be plt in other areas, but the City Manager pointed out there were not enough people on the streets in IlDSt areas to justify do:in:J this. Mayor Majerus recalled that Police person- nel did a study last year after Mrs. '!harpson made the same request, an::l they reached the same conclusion as Mr. Ollemorff. '!he City Manager said IlDre beat officers have been added in the Loop area, where many people gather. He noted that several items in this budget that were cut back last year have been restored to a IlDre nonnal level. He drew attention to 722.06 Travel:in:J Expense, where the increase is due to educational activities for the officers working in the D.A.R.E. program, an::l the accreditation program. Respoming to Mr. Price, Mr. Ollemorff said $7500 of the 728.06 Police Train:in:J budget is to senj 75 officers to the Police Academy for one course. '!here was brief discussion about police sensitivity train:in:J, which the Council felt was very i.Irportant. Mrs. Schuman noted an increase in 724.04 Workers Carpensation, although in several other deparbnents there was a decrease. Mr. Ollen:iorff said that was primarily based on salary levels. He said that school cross:in:J guards are currently included in this budget, but the School District has been asked to share in this expense. Urner Capital outlay, Mr. Ollen:iorff said three c:x:arp.rter workstations (two in the Detective Bureau) will be added (743.02) an::l the two year old carputer system will be upgraded (743.08). 2020 Fire Deparbnent (page C-42). '!he City Manager said the City could not afford to reinstate the 'tE!Itp)rary cut of two paramedics. He also said at the next meet:in:J he would like to discuss 'tE!Itp)rarily reduc:in:J the number of par- amedics, but add:in:J firefighters so the number of personnel remains the same. He said the other change is that in several categories, sane of last year's cuts have been restored (protective equipnent of various types). In resp:>nse to Mayor Majerus, Mr. Ollemorff said 725.03 TelE!Ihone has gone up because of additional pagers. Althcugh not shown in this deparbnent, Mr. Ollemorff discussed the Fire Equipnent Replacement Furrl, not:in:J there is no longer a reserve pumper. Also, a utility tnlck may need replacement sometime soon.