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Sessic~ 1594, May 19, 1993 Page2 said the b~get inc],r~ a 3% ~ of livirr/ra~-~e. *Mrs. ~ arrived at this time. Mr. Ollex]orff said he would like to avoid cutting --~:,loyee ra~es if at all possible, however, a 1% cut would save $90,000. It was suggested a .~maller ra~e could he given now, then more at midyear. ,Mr. Schocmer arrived at this t{m~-. Discussic~ returned to U(RS, and Mr. Wag~e~ ex/ges~a perbape $1,200 of the aaaiti~lal amount they request~ could he alloted so their ~loyees would receive a small raise. Mr. Sdlocmer agreeing__, Mayor Majerus asked about the paramedic position, and Mr. Ollendorff said the City nc~ has the ~m~ manbet as last year, but two less than two years ago. In response to Mr. Price, Mr. Ollerrbrff sa~d there was about $30,000 in the budget for office equipment; he is suggesting $10,000 could be postponed un- Tree trimming was discussed, and Mr. Ollendorff said the $2,000 list~__ is the ~e over what was alloted last year; r~ving it m~ns the tree trimming number for both years is still the ~ (3,000 trees~__). Una_er reductions, it was decinca to ~)ve tree trimming, Police/Fire Confer- ences, and the watering device for a savings Of $7,000. The itens ur~l~r po~L~ were discussed and there was general a~m~_nt to emit $10,000 in furniture/office equ~. Mr. Olleraorff preferred to leave in firefighting equi~a~elt ($8,600) but ~t part of fire equipment re- serve and sidewalk/curb neTe~_irs. All a~e~__ firefightir~ equ].r~nt sbauld be left in. Mayor Majerus and Mr. Wagner mr3gested r~m~ving the entire $60,000 in fire equi[ment reserve and $45,000 of the $60,000 in sidewalk/curb repa~s. It was noted that would change the to~l b~w~3et allotment for this last iten to $75,000, the same amount that w~s spent last year. Mr. Price pointed out that delays in re~air of infrastructure will cost more when ~ at a later date because of inflation. He asked what ~m~loyea reac- tic~ would be to a 2.8% ra~e ins~ea~ of 3%. Mr. Ollendorff did not feel en- ployees would be angry, but Mrs. Sc~m~n not~ that would save only about $18,000 for curbe and sidewalks and would not make zew~ of a difference. The Mayor point~ out that mcr~y can always be ~.~Jr]~a for this if sales and use tax monies beccee available. It was a~_in~a z~{~es would ~main at 3%. After further discussioa, all ~ that fire equi[~nt reserve should be ~3ved, alerag with $45,000 f~u~ sidewalk/curb re~airs. All of the above re- sulte in a savings of $122,000, eliminating the anticipat~__ deficit. Discussic~ returned to UCRS. Mayor Majerus asked if there was any way for