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Special City Council Meeting August 24, 2001 Page 4 the Peristyle. They will create plans and specifications for the project. After discussion, the City Council agreed to place $7,000.00 in the proposed budget for a study to be made regarding the Peristyle. Mr. Townsend said another part of the project is the floor of the Peristyle. He said the floor is cracked all the way across and could possibly be causing the problem. Mr. Townsend said the top of the Peristyle is just flat and suggested the city could put some type of cap or slope on top of it to keep the water off of it. There was discussion of spending from the 2000 Certificate of Obligation funds for the restoration of the Peristyle. The City Council instructed Mr. Anderson to check the certificate of obligations and see what the money can be used for and the balance in that fund. City Manager Malone asked the City Council if anyone remembers the discussion during a previous meeting of the uniform cleaning allowance in the amount of $17,100.00 that was not in the budget for the Fire Department. He advised that this is something that we are obligated to pay to the firemen and it is not in the budget. The City Council was in agreement to add back to the Fire Department's budget the $17,100.00 for uniform cleaning allowance. It was the consensus of the City Council to cut $5,000.00 from the Machinery- Tools and Equipment line item in the Parks, Recreation, and Rights of Way Division, leaving a balance of $55,000.00 in that account. City Manager Malone told the City Council that the city did not get the grant for the Depot Project and that there remains $50,000.00 in the budget for this project. Mr. Townsend advised that there was a pavilion and walking track that was included in this project. Mr. Townsend said he felt that if the City