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Session 1695, Minutes May 12, 1997 increase in Workmen's Compensation. General, Police and Auto Liability is expected to increase about 1596. The City expects a rebate from the insurance pool of about $100,000, which is down a little bit. Larger rebates had been received in the past. Under 72 I. I 0, Miscellaneous Outside Personal Services, $7,000 is for U City in Bloom. Mr. Ollendorff received a letter from them in which they stated they would not be needing an increase. The City provides them with thousands of dollars of trucks, labor, mulch and other assistance. There is an increase of approximately $400 in the St. Louis County Municipal League dues, which are not included in the budget. Conversation ensued at this point about the Council's travel budget, new travel forms and the fact that the travel budget meets the new Council travel guideline of .0596 of the City's budget. The Mayor commented that the C~'s network should be utilized more ef~ciently, to minimize the need to process large amounts of paper, such as the travel forms. Further conversation resulted from the newtravel forms. 724.26 Public Officials Insurance is liability insurance, in case one of our elected officials are sued. The City participates in an insurance pool, where we buy insurance along with eighteen other cities. Boards and Commissions are also covered under this policy. I0.11 PERSONNEL: This department includes a personnel director and one secretary. It covers fringe benefrts and support programs for City employees. 721.04 Medical, Dental and Surgical Services doubled because of the mandatory drug tests mandated by the Federal Government. A copier was budgeted to be shared with the City Clerk, Personnel and Administration. I O. 12 ADMINISTRATION: 72 I. I 0 Miscellaneous Outside Personal Services, includes University City Residential Service (UCRS), Senior Service Board and Arts and Letters Commission. All three have requested extra monies. The Senior Service Board is provided $28,000 towards their bus maintenance and their driver. One of their two buses is worn out and they are applying for a grant for a replacement bus. They are asking for a $5,000 contribution to go towards the local share. This one time amount has been included in the budget. The Arts and Letters Commission is currently budgeted at $ 1,200 a year. This goes towards their expenses involving activities such as the Photo Show and the Sculpture Project. They are asking for a one time grant of $ 1,000. They propose to institute a returning artist series. The artist would be a University City alumni who has succeeded in the Arts and is being brought back to visit area schools, speak and participate in various other kinds of programs. The current allocation for the UCRS is $52,804. The City Manager received a letter from them requesting an additional $5,400. They wish to use the additional monies for small pay increases for staff. Council asked to discuss the issue of approving additional funds for UCRS at the next budget study meeting on Wednesday night, alter a copy of UCRS's budget could be reviewed. In 721.03, Mr. Ollendorffstated that attorney fees are now contractual and placed in the budget as a line item instead of as a separate budget. Under the Summary of Capital Outlay on page C-I I, the detail is incorrect. It should be listed as a replacement computer for $ 1,600, not a fax machine and file cabinet. I O. 15 MUNICIPAl COURT: An additional staff person was hired for this department and the overtime and temporary was reduced drastically in the budget. 714.00 Overtime, was budgeted to be reduced from nineteen thousand to eight thousand, but it will end up, this year, at approximately twelve thousand. The new budget year, only nine thousand will be budgeted. Responding to Mr. Munkel, Mr. Ollendorff explained that the large increase in 727.06 over the past two years was due to billing from the REGIS program, a county wide service that helps the City build court dockets, enter cases and tickets. We have been anticipating an increase in use. Assistant City Manager Rose explained that an increase will probably be seen for the next few years, until new automation methods are brought in line, which will in turn, cause this amount to level off. The Capital Outlay includes a computer and software which is part of the automation needed to improve the traffic violations system.