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Regular City Council Meetrng August 9, 2004 Page 16 the $145,000.00 for the budget for materials. Councilman Wilson asked if she could take the materials item down by $45,000.00, because the City of Paris was having to make so much in bond payments. He said possibly, if she could take it down by $45,000.00, she could add back an employee. Ms. McAnally said she would have to check and see if that would effect the Library's State funding. Councilman Wilson said he thought the State funding was only $5000.00. Ms. McAnally agreed with that but explained that if they go below a certain level in their funding, they will be kicked out of the North East Texas Library System, which gives them free training and negotiates discounts with vendors. Councilman Wilson asked if she had been in the Denison Library, whose budget was just $510,000.00, compared to our $800,000.00. She said she had and reminded him that Denison was just one of six libraries in Grayson County and that this was the only library in Lamar County. She said she could take more out of the materials line item, but she felt if she reduced it by $45,000.00, that would be damaging to the Library. Other cuts in the library were Communications and Telephone down to $4000.00 and Travel expenses down to $1500.00. On Utilities, Finance Director Anderson said the year to date was $9394.00 and she would take $1000.00 from that and would take training down to $400.00. She explained that promotional activities was for running ads announcing summer reading programs and schedules, and to buy pencils for patrons to use at the Library, and she could cut that to $400.00. She cut the furniture and fixtures line item by $100.00 and cut out the miscellaneous repair line item completely.