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Minutes of the Special City Council Meeting August 23, 2001 Page 4 Chief Grooms told City Council that the certification is mandatory and that maintaining the certification is also mandatory. He is requesting funding for the certification incentive (patch pay) for the level of EMT. He said that persons with higher levels of certification would also be eligible but would be compensated at the same rate. The patch pay is a nominal sum and the formula is simply calculated - 55 firefighters times $25.00 per month by 12 months equals $16,500.00. After a considerable amount of discussion, itwas the consensus of the City Council to cut from the Fire Department's budget $171,000.00 for a tanker truck; reduce the request for four thermal imaging viewers to two, for a reduction of $32,000.00; reduce furniture and fixtures from $10,000.00 to $5,000.00; reduce the electronic data processing by $8,078.00, and remove the computer aided dispatch in the amount of $30,000.00, for a total reduction of $256,078.00. It was also the consensus of the City Council to add back into the Fire Department's budget patch pay of $3,000.00, overtime in the amount of $64,000.00, and certification pay of $13,800.00, for a total increase in the Fire Department's budget of $80,800.00. At this time, the City Council went back to the Police Department's budget and they were in agreement to cut from the budget the computer aided dispatch in the amount of $102,000.00, reduce the photographic supply account by $8,000.00, cut the request for three dispatch chairs in the amount of $3,600.00, and cut $3,800.00 from the machinery, tools, and equipment account, for a total reduction of $1179400.00. After discussion, the City Council agreed to add to the Police