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City Council Meeting Aug. 12. 2002 Page 9 Mr. Anderson pointed out that he has an estimated number of overtime hours, and that number is consistently estimated low from what the actual number is. He said that if they wanted to go back and really add everything in that is actual cost that overtime number is always larger, but it has been their premise is the city wants to work with the county and the city is not trying to see how much money we can get from the county, but we are trying to work with them, the city wants to work with the county as a partner to provide a good ambulance service. Mr. Anderson stated that he has never gone back and added all of the overtime back in, particularly for the dispatchers that could be added back in. He said this was done just to try and keep the contract consistent, because sometimes the overtime can vary a lot from year to year depending on whether or not someone quits, retires, and how long it takes to replace the dispatcher. Councilwoman Neeley asked Mr. Anderson if he was saying that if there is more overtime than what was projected the city pays the overtime? Mr. Anderson said that was correct. Councilman McCarthy wanted to know where that money was coming from for the overtime. Mr. Anderson advised that the money is budgeted in the Police Department's budget. Mr. Anderson said that the next page has to do with the rescue truck, personnel, and Mr. Klinkerman can go into details on exactly when the rescue truck is dispatched, which is pretty much every time there is a traffic accident, because the ambulance is packed with medical equipment they cannot carry the necessary rescue equipment. Mr. Anderson advised the city has the cost of one driver, one firefighter and their related benefits. Mr. Anderson said this is another area where the city gives the county a break. Mr. Anderson said the city has one driver and one firefighter which it takes to man a truck and if you wanted to man that truck 24 hours a day, which it is, that takes six people because of the three different shifts. Mr. Anderson advised that if the city wanted to be real strict about what the contract says we can do, the city could add four more people right here to the contract. Mr. Klinkerman explained what types of rescue could be accomplished with the rescue truck. Mr. Anderson said that the rescue truck itself and how the city allocates the cost to the contract was an issue that the county brought up at the meeting. He