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Budget Workshop August 17, 2004 Page 2 travel expenses, training and tuition and safekeeping fees for water and sewer investments. The Council discussed the water purchase for annexations from Lamar County Water Supply with Finance Director Anderson. Councilman Guest said we have been trying to purchase these lines from LCWS for years. Councilman Wilson felt they should look at the revenues and ask if it would be profitable. Councilman Wilson suggested appointing a committee sometime in the future to discuss this. Utilities Director John Clack came forward to present the Water Production Budget. Mr. Clack said he conferred with his supervisors on each of the departments so he could make these recommendations. He suggested reducing minor apparatus to $6600.00 and reducing communications by $2000.00. Because of the historical trends in electricity, he suggested reducing that by $40,000.00. He called for a reduction in Associations to $3000.00 and a reduction in training and tuition to $5000.00. Councilman Wilson questioned the total of $367,000.00 on chemicals. Mr. Clack said they had just called for bids and when they were in, they could adjust that line item accordingly. He reduced curbs and sidewalks and manholes by $500.00. Councilman Wilson asked why some of the cost of repairing the bridge they talked about last night shouldn’t be partly in the Water Treatment Budget. It was the consensus of the Council to split the cost of the bridge fifty-fifty between Water Production and Public Works. On a question from Mayor Fendley, Utilities Director Clack said the $25,000 was for repairs to a basement sub-floor at the Water Treatment Plant and for repairs to the old Maxey Buildings.