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Civil Service Board for its recommendation, once it is approved the City will advertise and hire. She <br />stated that the trend illustrates a moderate increase for Personnel Services, fluctuations for <br />Contractual Services and a steady movement for Commodities. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow asked Ms. Charumilind if she could provide him with an explanation of the statement <br />stating that “Printing services have increased by 100 percent due to having additional printing <br />functions in-house”. Ms. Charumilind stated that the City used to contract with an outside service for <br />printing needs and this year the City began to do it in-house. The savings can be seen under line <br />item 6150, Printing Services, where the budget has been reduced from $2,000 to $1,000, as well as <br />in the reduction noted in the line item for Office Supplies. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch stated that it appears as if Office Supplies went down $3,000 and printing went up <br />$1,000, so you are saving money by doing the printing in-house? Ms. Charumilind stated that was <br />correct. <br /> <br />MUNICIPAL COURT <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that the Court holds 35 sessions per year that are conducted on the first, <br />second and third Wednesdays of each month. <br /> <br /> Traffic; conducted on the first Wednesday <br /> <br /> Trials & Housing; conducted on the second Wednesday <br /> <br /> Non-Traffic; conducted on the third Wednesday <br /> <br />The total budget for Municipal Court has increased from the previous year by one percent. <br /> <br />Personnel Services <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that the largest portion of the budget for the courts is Personnel Services <br />which reflected a decrease of six percent due to a transfer of the Municipal Judge’s compensation <br />from part-time to Contractual Services and the elimination of medical insurance which is no longer <br />being provided to the position. She stated that a portion of the increase to the total budget is <br />reflected in the City’s pension contributions due to a change in the amortization of unfunded accrued <br />liabilities from 30 years to 15 years <br /> <br />Contractual Services <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that the Maintenance Contract for the Court system has also been <br />transferred from IT to Contractual Services. <br /> <br />Printing Services <br />Ms. Charumilind stated that insurance liabilities and fees paid to the bank for credit card processing <br />increased by 17 percent. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert asked Ms. Charumilind why there was an asterisk at the end of the sentence under <br />Pension Contributions. Ms. Charumilind apologized and stated that her intent was to add the <br />Missouri Statute at the end of the page. She further explained that when the employer pension <br />funds paid are below 80 percent, they are not allowed to change or adjust the plan. Currently the <br />non-uniform pension plan is being funded at roughly 78.8 percent. The Pension Board members are <br />trying to catch up on the unfunded liabilities to get the City up to the 80 percent range. <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe asked Ms. Charumilind how the City maintains the non-uniform plan at 78.8 percent. Ms. <br />Charumilind stated that every year the actuary makes a calculation to determine what the City’s <br />contribution should be. The City can increase their contribution in order to reach the 80 percent <br />range, but it will have an impact on the general fund balance. She noted that a major part of the <br />pension plan is made up of investments, so if the market performs well it can reduce the amount of <br />the City’s contribution. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow stated that years ago when the market was flying high the City did not make any <br />contributions at all. Then there was a significant downturn in the market which really clipped the <br /> <br />