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O SESSIC~ 1591 MINUTES OF ~E t~FIVERSlTY CI'AY C~t~WCIL May 10, 1993 At a special budget study meeting of the City C~uncil of University City held in the Fa~-~jency Operati~ Center of City Hall cn Monday, May 10, 1993, May- or Janet Majerus called the m~/ng to or~v at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the Mayor, the following memS~_rB of the Council ~ere present: Mr. Byrun R. Price, Mr. Jose~ L. ~a~-m~, Jr. Mr. Robert G. Wagner Mrs. Mary Vo Sc~-~n Mrs. Betty L. ~-,-~ecn ,Mr. Price arrived at 7:37 p.m. Also present were City Manager Pl-unk Ollendorff, Finance Director Willie Nor- fleet, and Assistant to the City Manager Kimberley TL~ly. ~he public was invited to attend the meeting as e. The 1993-94 City budget was the only subject ~he City Manager said t/he figure ~ for ~4a~ticnal revenue in the budget message cn page A-1 can be dlax/e~ fk-~ $278,000 to $215,000, which is due to $15,000 left flu,, p~uperty tax refunds ~ about 10 years ago; health insur- ance that will be $39,000 less than anticipated; $4,000 saved due to cutback in a part-time Planning E~U~ent position; and ~-J,~,loyment payments about $5,400 1~ than budget_~__. On page A-2 una~v Transfers, be said this account should contain money for fire equi[mgnt reserves and the building fund, but has only $60,000 for fire equilm~_nt since no funds are available for building improvements. At the hotten of the page, fe~ are ~_~w~gete~__ 3% higher for next y~ exDe[t for refuse collection. ~efuse costs have gone down slight- ly, he said, and prubably the best time to ask voters to ir~ase these fees ,Mr. Price arrived at this t~m~. Mr. Ollendorff said at the top of page A-3, under Taxes, a 15 cent property tax ~-~e is recu~era~ag a '~3are bones" budget would req,~e at l~t 8 cents, leaving no contingency or cushion at all. About $30,000 is left in this y~'s building fund, which is cu~itt~a to a paving project at Greens- felder Park and repairing leaks at H~n~n pool. ~e 15 cent incr~-~e brings the o~erating fund to 77 cents. If the state Supreme- Court approves the use tax or the State Legislature passes the revenue re~{~tributi~n plan, this in- cr~-~e will not be necessary. He said no fu~ng is n~n%d next year for the Police and Fire Pensic~ Fund; a cushio~ of a few cents would more than cover proposed i~pr~ve~ents. In respe%se to Mr. Wagner, Mr. Ollendorff said the revenue redistribution plan would raise $200,000 the first year; the use tax