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Special Budget Wark Session August 28, 2000 Page 2 Anderson said one big increase in the PEDC Fund is the way they budget their money, which is included in the City's budget because the city administers this fund. Mr. Anderson said any money that the PEDC has leftover,they rebudget that in total the following year and this inflates the city's budget. Mr. Anderson said there is approximately $500,000.00 in the contingency fund that has to do with the salary related items depending on what the salary and personnel study indicates. Mr. Anderson advised that in the Water and Sewer Fund, excluding the debt service, that this fund has actually only increased $300,000.00 over last year, and the bulk of that is the pay increase. City Manager Malone said there is very little change in the City Council's budget. He called the City Council's attention to the line item for Promotional and Advertising is where the city expends the revenue for hotel/motel tax, which goes to the Visitor's and Convention Council of the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce, and explained that the number increases because ofthe increase in hotel/motel tax. City Manager Malone said this is revenue in and revenue out which inflate the overall budget number. City Manager Malone said he has reduced the contributions line item from the present fiscal year which was $100,000.00 to $71,460.00. He explained that the Contributions account is set up to transfer funds to the Health Department in accordance with the contract with Lamar County and disburse the contributions of the City Council to other organizations. City Manager Malone said the amount budgeted covers only the city contribution to the expected shortfall in the revenues of the Paris/Lamar County Health Department and that is estimated to be $71,460.00 for the coming fiscal year. City Manager Malone said there are a number of requests that have been made to the City Council, including the North East Texas Council of Alcohol and Drug Abuse for $5,000.00, a request for the Children's Advocacy Center for $10,000.00, a request from CASA for Kids of $12,000.00, and the Noon Optimist Club & Boy's and Girl's Club of Paris have requested $2,000.00 for their Youth Football Program cost of water. He said that those requests total $29,000.00, an amount that has not been included in this proposed budget. City Manager Malone said this is a political