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City Council Meeting June 17, 2002 Page 8 noted. A motion was made by Councilman Weekly, seconded by Councilman McCarthy, to allow city staff to deal with this problem and bring back to the City Council a different policy in dealing with locking water cut-offs. The motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. City Manager Malone advised that the next item was placed on the agenda at the request of Mayor Pfiester, which was discussion of and possible action on the following preliminary revenue figures and potential additional expenses as they relate to goals and objectives of Council Members. He said on this request the City Council has been furnished with preliminary revenue figures and potentially additional expenses that might be considered by the City Council relatively to any goals and objectives they might have. City Manager Malone added that the city was more than one-half a million dollars in the red in the Water and Sewer Fund and that this is something to be considered when deciding to purchase locks and meter cut-offs. The Mayor asked if there were any other issues that the Council Members would like to see changed, or to be brought up in future meetings. Councilman Plata stated that he would like to see the departments not go up but cut their budgets back and just get what they really need. Councilman Bell stated that this was done last year and we held the tax rate the same as the previous year. He pointed out that they were going to do a water rate study and felt that everyone involved knows there will probably be an increase in the water and sewer rates. Councilman Bell there has not been a increase in these rates in three years. Mayor Pro Tem Manning wanted to know how they were going to come up with $98,000.00 of property taxes that are below budget projections. Mayor Pfiester said they could come up with a way to save expenses.