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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 13, 2003 APPROVED 1 Fire — Finance Director Rolek stated the proposed fire contract will be 1.2 percent lower 2 than last year. The budget has not been presented to the steering committee yet so it has 3 not been formally approved. Also, an increase for the Chief was not included in the 4 budget and this may require some shifting in the budget. 5 6 Mayor Bergeson questioned what the other cities in the Fire District are doing for salary 7 increases.. 8 9 City Administrator Waite Smith stated Centerville has approved a three percent increase. 10 11 PUBLIC SERVICES (RICK DEGARDNER) 12 13 Public Services Director DeGardner reviewed the proposed 2004 budget for Public 14 Services. 15 16 Councilmember Carlson questioned how many additional miles of streets did the City 17 have to maintain. 18 19 Public Services Director DeGardner stated they have added six additional miles since last 20 year and there are 202 total lane miles. 21 22 Fleet — Public Services Director DeGardner stated this item is proposed to be 42 percent 23 less than last year due to the use of certificates of indebtedness. 24 25 Government Buildings — Public Services Director DeGardner stated the price of heat is 26 estimated to increase 30 percent from last year. 27 28 Parks — Public Services Director DeGardner stated the depaitwent is proposing to reduce 29 overtime by two thousand dollars by reducing the supervised rinks to two and leaving 30 two unsupervised. Parks will also only plow selected trails and reduce broadleaf weed 31 control for the parks. 32 33 City Administrator Waite Smith advised that if the winter requires more snow plowing 34 than usual, this department may need additional funds for overtime. 35 36 Recreation — Public Services Director DeGardner stated this department is proposing to 37 eliminate an additional rink attendant in addition to the eliminated rink attendant from 38 last year. Also, professional services are proposed to decrease by 72 percent due to 39 producing the newsletter in-house from now on. 40 41 City Administrator Waite Smith stated the recreation programs are self-supporting and 42 even show a slight profit in some areas. 43 44 Councilmember Carlson questioned if the programs are growing with the City. 45 46 Public Service Director DeGardner stated they have grown tremendously and there is a 47 demand for more, but gym space is limited. If the Recreation Department is to keep up 48 with demand, space will be needed.