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E. The above referenced assessment indicated that U City had the lowest rate of tuition reimbursement. With that in mind, the proposal was to eliminate education pay and to increase tuition reimbursement from $500 a year to the UMSL rate of $245 a credit hour with a cap of six credit hours ($1,470 max annually). However, Council did not take action on the proposal. E. (there is no F, second E) The City Manager stated from the beginning that if the majority of Council desired to have the Directors at a Council meeting she would coordinate. They requested and she complied. This is not an audit issue. G. The majority of City Council expressed their desire to approve the budget and provide the City match for the flood grant to both provide support to the flood victims and expedite the grant process. While the action did not follow the timeline provided by staff it did not violate any laws or rules of Council. Non-or mis-allocated expenses A. The allocation of electricity has to do with building configurations and metering structure. The distribution of such funds does not affect the bottom line of the budget. B. All fines are collected by Municipal Court, the majority of which are law enforcement fines. C. The receptionist was moved from Finance to Community Development at the request of the Director, who at the time needed more support. If this is an issue, we can move the position and funding back under the supervision Finance that is also short staffed. Unauthorized movement of Funds for Expenses A. We already have numerous legal opinions on this issue both prior to and subsequent to the passage of the tax. Nothing is illegal about the use of the funds. Increases in Budgeted Allocations from 2008 to 2010. The Finance Director has brought greater clarity to the budget process. Increased line items may not mean greater use, but a more accurately captured line item. A. Tuition reimbursement always fluctuates depending on demand. B. Food is primarily a function of prisoner’s meals that is dependent on required police activity; we have also taken over management of the golf club house, which increases the “food” line item required for concession sales. C. Mileage reimbursement increased due to Council removing car allowances, which required the increase to mileage reimbursement. Using the state mileage reimbursement rate rather than the federal rate takes into account regional costs of maintenance and fuel. Because of the onerous method of accounting for mileage