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<br />Sales Tax Board, she will explore her options of calling for an audit of <br />University City and/or legal action. <br />(7) Richard Dockett, 6844 Crest Ave. <br />Mr. Dockett stated that he felt the City should address their Municipal <br />employees and applaud them not with cuts in wages and benefits but <br />with support and stabilization for the good work they do. He urged the <br />Council to move U.City forward. <br />(8) Jan Adams, 7150 Cambridge <br />Ms. Adams stated at the last Council meeting she submitted a list of <br />questions about the proposed budget and has not received any <br />response. She stated that it is not appropriate to pass a budget tonight <br />when questions by a concerned citizen were not answered. Ms. <br />Adams stated that the balanced budget presented to the Council relies <br />on anticipated tax revenue that has not yet been passed by the citizens <br />of U.City. As a lawyer she questions the legality of such a budget. Ms. <br />Adams agrees with Mr. Price that Council had to spend too much time <br />with this budget but stated it was because of the poor form and <br />substance in the presentation to the Council. She also referred to the, <br />May 18, 2009, copy of the Study Session minutes stating that the Civil <br />Service Board did not feel another paid holiday was considered to be <br />reasonable and the Board did not vote on it. There was a dispute on <br />whether the Board needs to vote on it and it was Tabled. On the <br />Health Insurance plan the majority of the Board did not support the <br />SLAIT plan. Ms. Adams wanted to go on record that she disputes <br />John Mulligan interpretation of the Civil Services rights and duties. <br />She stated that according to the best she can calculate, the average <br />employee compensation package is over $90,000. Ms. Adams stated <br />that in addition, the City contracts for additional support for its <br />employees for over eight million dollars, as the IT Director is paid <br />$132,000 but the City also pays IT outside contract services for <br />$150,000. <br />(9) Rosalyn Borg, 7820 Cornell <br />Ms. Borg stated her attitude is one of extreme disappointed in this <br />budget and does not do enough to reduced costs of the City to bring it <br />into balance in an appropriate way. She did not see enough in curbing <br />compensation packages. From what she could determine from the <br />budget, she thought money was still going to fund the trolley and felt it <br />should be dropped as it is a luxury. Ms. Borg also thought it was illegal <br />to divert money from the Economic Development Tax to the General <br />fund. She noted that the City Manager receives two pensions and <br />should be re-evaluated if payment is made by the City. Ms. Borg <br />suggested opening up Centennial Common’s membership to Olivette <br />and the equipment is working fine and there is no need to replace, <br />especially with a declining membership. <br />(10) Elsie Glickert, 6712 Etzel <br />Ms. Glickert had several questions. First she asked if there was <br />additional revenue allocated for the inspectors for the school <br />construction and if they are paying the same fees as the private <br />sector. Ms. Glickert asked if more money had been allocated for <br />cutting grass on the more and more repossessed houses in University <br />City. She was against any City money being spent on a retirement <br /> <br />