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Minutes of the Special City Council Meeting <br />August 23, 2001 <br />Page 2 <br />City Manager Malone announced that the Council would be <br />considering the Fire Department's budget tonight. He pointed out <br />that in the reorganization, the Code Enforcement Officer's position <br />was moved from the Fire Department and placed in the Community <br />Development Department, so this would be a change from the previous <br />budget. <br />City Manager Malone said they have not placed the additional funds <br />in the proposed budget numbers for the master certificate pay which <br />was requested and that amount would be approximately $3,000.00 . <br />He recommended placing it in the budget. <br />Mr. Malone said that Chief Grooms has requested certificate pay and <br />EMT patch pay and that funds have not been placed in the proposed <br />budget for those items. The cost to the budget for the year would be <br />approximately $13,800.00, and he also recommended that this <br />expenditure be placed in the budget. <br />City Manager Malone advised that in the overtime account the, Chief <br />Grooms originally asked for $240,000.00. Since the initial numbers <br />were run, he has reduced his request to $184,000.00 ; however, when <br />they were putting the numbers together, the overtime was reduced to <br />$120,000.00. He said in order to restore the overtime to what the <br />Chief had requested, the City Council would have to add $64,000.00 <br />back to that account. City Manager Malone advised that the Fire <br />Chief estimated that $24,000.00 is needed for the EMT certification <br />program and that the remainder of the cut is needed to pay the built- <br />in overtime. <br />Ronnie Grooms, Fire Chief, came forward giving the City Council a <br />handout regarding the proposed plan for the EMT certification <br />