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Special Budget Wark Session - City Council August 30, 2000 Page 5 well as the City Council. City Manager Malone said the city revenue accounts have been adjusted to show a$10,000.00 revenue from the V&CC. City Manager Malone handed out notes pertaining to the Paris Public Library's budget along with a memorandum from Ms. Lewis with some of her concerns about items that he has cut from this budget. City Manager Malone pointed out that there have been a number of reductions in the previous year and there are a number of items where the request has been cut. City Manager Malone said Library Director Beverly Lewis has made some personnel requests which he has not placed in the budget, such as adding 8 hours a week to a Clerk I position to make a full time position for Technical Processing, adding 10 hours a week to a Clerk I- Public/Technical Processing to make a full time position, reclassifying a Clerk II to Paraprofessional - Cataloging, and adding an additional Clerk I for the Children's Library. He said the reclassifications will be considered after receipt of the salary and wage study. Steps due will be given and adjustments will be considered after receipt of the study. City Manager Malone went to the capital outlay portion of the Library budget. He said the request under Furniture and Fixtures has been reduced from $3,500.00 to $2,000.00 for shelves and reading chairs. Under Machinery, Tools, Equipment, the requested $8,000.00 is for a new security system for inventory control, and under the line item Books, the requested amount of $176,500.00 was reduced to $155,000.00, which is slightly under the appropriation in the fiscal year previous to this. On a question by Councilman Plata, Terry Townsend, Director of Public Works, came forwarding discussing equipment that has been requested for the Parks - Right-of-Ways Division. Mr. Townsend pointed out that the