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ounds View City Council Page Six gular Meeting December 9,.1991 Councilmember Rickaby stated that early in the process she agreed strongly on citizen input. She had proposed that cuts be made with a paring knife not a butcher knife. When she had proposed cuts, the response was that it isn't going to save that much money, so it wasn't considered. She felt that all that was considered was biq amounts. There had been a proposal to eliminate the Engineer's position because, for the most part, the City uses SEH. She stated that there had been three Councilmembers who were very supportive of that, however, several staff members had said other people would have to be hired to make up for a lot of the duties that the City Engineer does and that wouldn't save enough money. Orduno noted that elimination of the Engineer's position would result in only a $17,000 reduction to the General Fund. Mayor Linke stated that all items were considered. The Council had to look at cutting $130,000 out of the budget. The $17,000 of the engineer's salary comes from the general fund and the rest of the engineer's salary from the water and sewer budget. Councilmember Rickaby stated that one of the budget meetings was not so open to the people. It was the meeting that was held at the Public Works Garage and people couldn't have gotten there unless they had a four wheel drive r. amantha Orduno, City Administrator, stated that all rooms in City Hall were being used and notices were published and posted regarding the meeting at the Public Works Garage. Councilmember Rickaby also commented that there had been a big push for Street Light Utility in order to bring back some of the items that had been cut. Councilmember Rickaby stated that she was against bringing back anything that had been cut. Rickaby felt that the City would have to bite the bullet and get down to a bare bones level. William Werner, Sr., 2765 Sherwood Road, asked how the Council would do it next year. According to what has been said about the cuts the Council will have to make to the "body of the City government", "will it cut to the knees next year?" Mayor Linke responded that the Council would have to find some way to deal with the cuts. Mayor Linke asked Mr. Werner, Sr., if he had questions with regard to the budget and Mr. Werner responded that he had a philosophical point to make to the Council and the public. Mayor Linke asked Mr. Werner to wait until further questions had been answered and he would then get back to him. Greg Johnson, 2865 Highway 10, and began talking about how the City could ~llect more money if they rezoned properties from RO to B3.