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Special Budget Wark Session August 29, 2000 Page 6 though that is not the case. City Manager Malone told the City Council that in order to eliminate the confusion, it is proposed that residential customers pay the total amount that they have been paying for sanitation and sanitation related services and for that charge be removed from the commercial and business accounts. City Manager Malone said for that to be revenue neutral, the proposal is to establish a street use fee, which would apply to all commercial trash services that operate within the city limits of Paris, and the city would charge them a percentage of their gross revenue. City Manager Malone said the revenue from this fee is estimated to be less than $300,000.00. City Manager Malone presented the proposed budget for the Streets and Highways Division of Public Works, and advised that personnel cost has been reduced due to transferring 8 employees into the Parks, Recreation and Rights- of-Way Division. He said that there is an increase in food-humans from $800.00 to $1,000.00. There are reductions in the motor vehicles-gasoline account, lubricant, laundry and cleaning, and other supplies, insurance, freight and express, and the miscellaneous account. City Manager Malone advised that there are increases in training-tuition, testing/analysis and buildings and grounds for this division. He said the sidewalks and curbs account has been increased from $35,000.00 to $40,000.00 and streets and alley repair has been reduced from the requested amount of $525,000.00 to $285,000.00. City Manager Malone said that under lease and rental-equipment, the requested amount was $115,000.00 for lease purchase of equipment as follows: obligated for a Cat Excavator @$38,267.40, requested one 2001 Loader @ 424,000.00 annual time payment, requesting one 2000 Chipper Spreader @$32,400.00 time payment. City Manager Malone said these time payment contracts run for three years. There has been $58,600.00 budgeted to cover a current obligation on a Cat Excavator and to pay for lease of equipment needed from time to time. City Manager Malone advised that the purchase of a Chipper Spreader and Loader has been moved to the capital account to purchase it outright. He said under machinery, tools and equipment there is a request for $4,000.00 for the purchase of one Mini Dump truck and the chippers spreader and loader has been added in the amount of $208,000.00. Under motor vehicles, the requested