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Dr. Carr asked Ms. Charumilind where would additional training and/or conference attendance for <br />members of Council be found. Ms. Charumilind stated that it could be found under line items <br />Professional Development and Staff Training. Dr. Carr asked if these line items also included City <br />Council. Mr. Walker stated that he believed that those items have been budgeted for under Items <br />6115 and 6120. Ms. Charumilind stated that funds could also be paid out of Item 6010, Professional <br />Services. <br /> <br />Contractual Services <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that Contractual Services illustrated a decrease of 33 percent, largely based <br />on the fact that the re-codification of the City’s Municipal Code was completed in 2014. <br /> <br />Capital Outlay <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that Capital Outlay represented $12,000 of the total budget which will be <br />used to purchase three shades for City Hall Council Chambers. <br /> <br />TREND ANALYSIS <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that page three illustrated the trend analysis for the expenditures in <br />Legislative Services. She stated that the trend is steady for both Personnel and Contractual <br />Services, but tends to fluctuate for Capital Outlay depending on special projects undertaken each <br />year. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert asked if the microphone system currently used in the Council Chamber was also <br />available at Heman Park. Ms. Pumm stated there is a a brand new system that consists of nine <br />speakers for each side of Community Center hall, a projector with screen and eight hearing impaired <br />assists. Mr. Glickert asked where each Commission was assigned to conduct their meetings. Ms. <br />Pumm stated that the only commissions that do not meet at Heman Park Community Center are <br />CALOP, which meets at the library and Parks and Arts & Letters, which meet at Centennial <br />Commons. <br /> <br />FINANCE DEPARTMENT <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that the total budget for Finance is approximately $850,000. <br /> <br />Personnel Services <br />Personnel Services represented the largest portion of this budget at 78 percent, and illustrates an <br />increase of one percent due to the two percent cost of living adjustment for staff. <br /> <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that the fact that there is only a one-percent increase is due to the portion of <br />salaries and benefits that was transferred to Solid Waste Management to reflect the work performed <br />by the finance staff in the billing and collection of revenues for refuse. <br /> <br />Contractual Services <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that Contractual Services increased by 22 percent, due to the transfer of <br />maintenance contracts from IT to Finance. She stated that a large amount of the funding for this <br />contract is the financial software which is approximately $60,000 per year. Ms. Charumilind stated <br />that the decrease is also related to the transfer of bank and credit card charges to Solid Waste <br />Management <br /> <br />Commodities <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that Commodities represented the smallest portion of the budget and is an <br />area where they can monitor the expenditures closely. This classification includes office supplies, <br />new parking meter parts for repair and inventory, which is now being done every other year, instead <br />of every year. <br /> <br />Trends Analysis <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that the trend reflected an increase of 15 percent based on the decision to <br />upgrade the position of Senior Accountant to Financial Analyst. This request will be submitted to the <br /> <br />