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Minutes of the Special Meeting August 22, 2001 Page 7 agencies that had requested the contributions amounting to $25,000.00. Mr. Malone pointed out that the Depot Rehab Project account is down $25,000.00; the capital - machinery, tools, and equipment account is up by $8,000.00 as it includes a Laserfisch scanner for the paperless agenda and website; and the code books -ordinances account is up $4,500.00. City Manager Malone advised that one item that has not been placed in the budget that has been discussed is funding for the character training as proposed. City Manager Malone said he has talked to President Bobby Walters of Paris Junior College and Mr. Walters has had his personnel contact the people in Oklahoma City who operate the Character First program. The City Manager said that they have training available in Oklahoma City at a cost of one day of training for an individual for $500.00 plus an additional fee for materials and that this individual would then be certified to teach classes, after they go back for an additional day of training at an additional $100.00. City Manager Malone said what they have proposed to do is for Paris Junior College to send a person to be certified and provide training for city personnel at PJC. City Manager Malone said the city can then train the City Council and Department Heads for approximately $2,500.00. To include the supervisors would be approximately $6,360.00. To include all personnel it would cost about $16,000.00 and that is without each person having the material furnished, and to include the material it would be approximately $37,000.00. City Manager Malone told the City Council that according to the people they talked to in Oklahoma City, they do not recommend training each employee. The Character First program contends that department heads and supervisors will lead all of the other employees by example. After discussion, no action was taken on the character training.