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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 13 , 1992 3 PAGE 11 4 5 6 kept operational anticipating the growth of Apache Plaza. 7 Changes in drinking habits have also impacted the liquor 8 industry. 9 10 Regarding the availability of the proposed 1993 budget , 11 Councilmember Marks suggested that the process could be 12 opened up. He recommended that copies be available at the 13 county library, the school library and the fire stations 14 in addition to those already located in the liquor 15 operation sites . 16 17 Jerry Faust , who chairs the Planning Commission, feels 18 the budget is a matter of perspective. Regarding the 19 matter of salaries , he feels no one is being overpaid. He 20 recalled the frequent turnover of City Managers and felt 21 some emphasis should be put on retaining present 22 employees . He also feels that residents get very good 23 service from the Public Works Department . 24 25 Mr. Faust noted there is an anticipated $131 , 000 loss of Local Government Aids and questioned where this was accounted for in the proposed budget . 28 29 The City Manager advised that $20 , 000 was included in the 30 budget anticipating a portion of this loss . An increase 31 of 7 . 2% would have covered the total anticipated LGA 32 decrease. 33 34 Mayor Ranallo stated he initially became involved in 35 local government because of frequent turnovers of staff . 36 He too sees longevity as being important but feels that 37 realistically salaries will not retain an employee if an 38 attractive enough offer is made elsewhere. 39 40 The Mayor inquired if any members of the Council had 41 additional direction for the City Manager . There were no 42 responses . 43 44 Mayor Ranallo thanked all of the department heads who 45 attended the meeting. The new budget format will be 46 presented at the next Council work session . 47 48 8 . PUBLIC HEARINGS 49 50 There were no public hearings . •