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Regular City Council Meetrng August 5, 2004 Page 15 tuition could be taken down to $1200. On associations, he said he had two of those and they totaled $490. The line item was taken to $500. Mayor Fendley asked about machinery and tools. Mr. Napier said they used that mostly to replace tools as needed and he would be comfortable make that $1500. Councilman Guest questioned what lease and rental was for. Mr. Napier said that was the black and white copier at City Hall Annex and he could do with $4200 for that. On Electronic Data Processing, Mr. Napier said that was for subscription to AutoCad and an upgrade on a computer and could be brought down to $1600. There was a total savings of $8850 in the Engineering Department. Councilman Wilson asked why $17,000 was take out of capital outlay. Mr. Napier said that was to buy another vehicle to replace the 1994 Suburban, which has over 100,000 miles and the clutch is slipping. On additional dates for discussion of the budget, the Council set Tuesday morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. City Attorney Schenk reminded them that they will also have budget items on Monday night. It was decided to discuss the Police Department and the Library Monday night. On future agenda items, it was mentioned to discuss zoning issues for the Historical Commission and discuss collecting deliquent court fines. City Attorney Schenk and Judge Hunt said the law had changed and that is why it was mentioned to discuss the collections. Councilman Wilson asked if there could be a moratorium for one year on any step or grade changes. He said that would save $63,000. He also suggested that for new hires, the step raise should be changed to six months, one year, three years and five year. Lisa Wright said she had an agenda item for a tax abatement for the Historical District in September.