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Minutes of the Special Meeting August 22, 2001 Page 8 City Manager Malone announced that the next department for consideration was the City Manager's Department. City Manager Malone discussed the hiring of the MIS Tech which will be placed in the City Manager department budget for the first time this year. This employee will serve all departments of the city, but will be supervised by the City Manager. Mr. Malone said that in the past the city has been paying contractors to come in and do all of the city's computer work, and because the city now has so many computers, the city needs a full-time person dealing with the computers. Mr. Malone explained also that Tommy Haynes, Project Coordinator, had been moved to head the Community Development Department which is being reorganized, thus taking the expense of that position out of the City Manager's budget, as well as adding back 50% of the cost of the City Manager's secretary who had been assisting Mr. Haynes. With the reorganization, Mr. Haynes would have the Administrative Assistant previously budgeted in the Engineering Department budget to help him. Mr. Haynes and the City Engineer will share the Administrative Assistant. City Manager Malone reviewed the budget of his department, advising that office supplies are up $500.00; postage is up by $100.00; insurance and bonds are down by $1855.00. Under the capital account for machinery, tools, and equipment, he recommended cutting that account by $1,000.00. The next budget considered is the budget of the Paris Public Library and Betty Landon, Library Director, came forward to discuss her proposed budget with the City Council. She noted that she was reducing account no. 01-0104-64-00 , insurance and bonds, by $8,400.00 due to an error in the budget.