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Chief Miner noted the overall increase in the Fire Departments budget from FY 2012 to FY 2013 was 1%. Breakdown in cost was  Personnel Services 86%  Contractual Services 11%  Commodities 3%  Capital Outlay 0% Total expenditures for FY 2012 were estimated at $3,492,228 and for FY 2013 were estimated at $3,681,300. Chief Miner noted that the employee turnover rate has been decreasing each year in the last four years. He said in 2009 there were 10 positions filled; in 2010, six positions filled; in 2011, three positions filled; and so far in 2012 only one position needed to be filled. Chief Miner gave a brief update on the new firehouse stating they were at the point of waiting for the Contractor’s contract with Project Manager to be approved by the City Attorney. Chief Miner was asked about the delinquent payments from the ambulance service. He stated that they just sent out an RFP for a collection agency to collect the past due bills. Ms. Ricci asked if they had lock boxes for businesses for the Fire Department to use in case of a need for an emergency entrance. Mr. Miner said there has been talk about it and he would be working with Community Development in incorporating that into the City’s code. Mayor Welsch asked if anyone had any changes to the upcoming Regular Council session’s agenda. Mayor Welsch noted that she would be adding a proclamation for Arbor Day. City Clerk spoke on replacement of the Council’s microphone system. She explained that the bid from Kansas City Audio-Visual microphones worked off of a transmission received through a microwave frequency and this would also mean that the required three receivers would need to be placed on the ceiling along with their connecting wires running from each to the connection at the dais. The Tech Electronics microphone bid worked on radio frequencies and had the option of working on the 5.0 frequency which is a different frequency than what WIFI and I-phones presently use. This system would not need anything being place on the ceiling for transmission. There was $30,000 budgeted for a new microphone system in FY 2012 and the bids came in under $25,000. Kansas City Audio-Visual bid was at $20,827 and Tech Electronics’ bid was at $24,925. City Clerk recommended the bid from Tech Electronic since it did not require any possible defacing of City Hall rotunda’s ceiling. All Council present agreed with the City Clerk’s choice. Since the bid was under $25,000 it did not need to go to Council for approval. Meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m. Joyce Pumm, MRCC City Clerk 2