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In reviewing the General Fund for 1999-2000, you will see that a total of $19,757,399.00 is budgeted for services and a contingency of $250,000.00. Of the total revenues to the General Fund, $1,598,335.00 or 8.40 percent is provided by grants, fees, or contributions that cover expenditures that might not otherwise be funded. In order to serve the public efficiently, it is desirable to attract and retain the quality of employees needed to provide city services. I am proposing a five percent increase for all employees of the City of Paris. Other adjustments are made in accordance with market conditions as needed throughout the year. Additional personnel included in this budget are five new police privates in the Police Department, three additional firefighters in the Fire Department, five additional collectors in the Sanitation Division of Public Works, one additional mechanic in the Garage Division of Public Works, and the addition of a library paraprofessional in place of a clerk in the Paris Public Library. In the General Fund, significant capital expenditures include $500,000.00 to be spent toward the completion of the Santa Fe - Frisco Depot Rehabilitation Project, carried forward from the 1998/1999 budget, with the remaining $350,000.00 expected to be spent the following fiscal year. Also, approximately $50,000.00 is budgeted for a new AS400 computer and upgrading the network server. In the Police Department, $120,000.00 is budgeted for new patrol units. In the Fire Department, $700,000.00 is carried forward from 1998/1999 to partially pay for the construction of two new fire substations estimated to cost $1,203,000.00, with the remainder to be paid from funds generated by certificates of obligation. An additional $25,000.00 is placed in the budget for a pavilion at Lake Crook and $50,000.00 is budgeted again as matching funds for a Texas Parks and Wildlife Fund grant for Heritage Park. The purchase of an automated sideloading packer truck is budgeted in the Sanitation Division along with containers to begin a transition to an automated trash pickup system. This process is expected to take five years to complete. Additional equipment is budgeted to handle the increasing volumes of limbs and brush we are picking up. The proposed budgets of the various Water and Sewer Fund departments and divisions reflect the addition of only one more employee, a meter reader in the Utility Billing and Collection Division, and incremental changes in line item