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Budget Study Session May 9, 2005 Council used this line item and Mr. Norfleet said that $999.40 was used by Councilmembers and reimbursed. Ms. Welsch said she did not want to go to the voters to ask for an increase in salary, but she welcomed a discussion on a publication budget for Council and how it would be undertaken. Ms. Colquitt suggested listing important telephone numbers on the reverse side of the business cards. Mr. Wagner said if funds are designated for postage, it should not be used for political campaigns. 10.11 – Human Resources The only change is the way employees are charged. In recent years, there was a full- time administrative employee and half of her salary was charged to Human Resources and half to Administration. Now, it will all be charged to Human Resources, because it is a more accurate allocation of her time. Everything is consistent with what was done in recent years. Ms. Brot asked about where the sixty-seven part-time employees and eighty-eight seasonal employees were listed, and Mayor Adams responded “In various departments.” She commented about the abrupt rise in cost for employee health insurance, and asked why it was estimated as the same cost as last year, in 721.04. She was told that figure is for medical exams for new hires and the actual health insurance line is 724.07. Ms. Welsch asked about the positions in Human Resources and was advised there are two of them. Ms. Brot asked about 733.01 and was advised the figure is for retirees, employee rewards and recognition, and 732.06 is for holiday lunches. Ms. Colquitt asked if the $100 for car allowance was correct and was told yes, that it is for mileage. 10.12 – Administrative Services The figures are down somewhat this year because the person who was charged half to this budget and half to Human Resources is now one hundred per cent in Human Resources. These figures cover the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager and a full-time support person’s salaries. Ms. Brot asked about 727.03, “rental of Central Garage equipment” and was advised that City vehicles are all owned by the Central Garage where maintenance and operational issues are handled. Charges are passed along to the various departments, so this is the fee for the Administrative Services department. Ms. Brot suggested that perhaps this could be considered “an additional perk” in terms of the succession planning, and Mr. Ollendorff advised this is something the committee may want to consider changing. Ms. Welsch asked about 721.10 and was told it included $54,000 for UCRS, $60,000 for Senior Services, and $48,000 for a transportation program, and another $12,000 for the outreach program. Mr. Ollendorff said he did not budget additional money for the requested outreach Page 5