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City Council Meetrng <br />August 10, 2004 <br />Page 10 <br />is moving. He said there is a direct correlation between the overtime and <br />revenue number. <br />Mr. Klinkerman said they have already used $159,601.00, which is 127% <br />percent of what he had budgeted. He said they tried to guestimate on overtime <br />usage, but with the new hospital system in place, there will be differences. <br />He mentioned that he had increased the line item for Motor Vehicle - Gasoline <br />because gas has gone up. He said they could eliminate batteries because the <br />equipment was so sophisticated that they take the vehicles to the shop and they <br />replace or fix everything. <br />Mr. Klinkerman explained that Durable Equipment was for replacing the <br />different computers in the field, at the stations and at the business office that <br />needed replacing, as well as radio equipment. <br />Mr. Klinkerman mentioned that he raised Chemical - Medical because the cost <br />of fuel has impacted everything they buy. He said that year to date, they had <br />spent $55,831.00, which makes them over budget. He said he orders most of <br />his supplies over the internet to get the best prices. Mayor Fendley asked if he <br />could use the hospital's purchasing group. Mr. Klinkerman explained that with <br />McCuistion, they could, but with St. Joseph, they couldn't. He had not talked <br />with Essence. He explained that they are getting a lot of things factory direct, <br />which is very cheap, but he would check to see if he could get it through the <br />hospital cheaper. <br />Mr. Klinkerman said the line item for photographic could be eliminated. He <br />said he increased Communications - Telephone, which included all the phones <br />at all the stations, the phones at administration, all the cell phones on all the <br />trucks, <br />and connectivity for downloading to the server. <br />Mr. Klinkerman said he was cutting the travel allowance by $2000.00, since no <br />