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Special Budget Wark Session - City Council August 30, 2000 Page 3 lose $60.00 because he gets time and half. Mr. Anderson said the 24/48 is common practice, and advised this needs additional study. The consensus of the City Council was to see if this could be worked out, and to include the Fire Department's employees, as they are paid overtime on the same basis as the EMS employees. Mr. Klinkerman advised the City Council that he did appear before the Commissioner's Court presenting the EMS budget and explained to them that it was felt that the extra ambulance was a necessity. Mr. Klinkerman pointed out that their bottom line of their budget increase by $400,000.00, but at the same time, if the Council would look at page 169 of the budget, they will see that the 1999-2000 budget bottom line was $1,320,000.00, and the projected revenue for this fiscal year was $1,338,000.00. He said that the direct cost to the EMS has been paid for by revenues. Mr. Klinkerman said next year their grant total goes to $1,721,000.00, and the projected revenue is $1,550,000.00. City Manager Malone went over the budget for Cox Field Airport pointing out that there are no changes in personnel. He said under the personnel line items there is a full time Airport Manager, one part time maintenance person who assist with mowing, 30% of the Project Coordinator position, and 10% of the City Manager's Secretary position. City Manager Malone said there were increases and reductions throughout the budget that are small. There was a request for $75,000.00 worth of T- Hangars to be constructed and to be rented out to pay the cost over a period of time. City Manager Malone said he cut that amount out of the capital outlay along with $2,500.00 for small improvements, $2,500.00 for furniture for the terminal and he cut that by $1,000.00, and cut $800.00 that was budgeted for small equipment. City Manager Malone said the communication system line item was reduced from the current year by