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Regular City Council Meeting <br />June 9,2003 <br />Page 10 <br /> <br />of the citizens of Paris, along with employees of the city, seem to think that he <br />was recommending j ob cuts and other cuts without any type of consideration for <br />anyone. Councilman Plata said he would like for everyone to know that the <br />utmost thoughts in his mind were the taxpayers in this community, industries, <br />businesses, as well as homeowners who have inflated costs every year. Now is <br />the time for municipalities as well as other services providers, to at least attempt <br />to implement cost cutting features to benefit the consumer now and in the future. <br />This will probably seem as if the workload is increasing on a few people, but we <br />have asked this of the firemen and of other departments. When money is tight, <br />the city and businesses alike should look for ways to provide services more <br />efficiently. <br /> <br />Councilman Plata gave the City Council a summary of his recommendation as <br />follows: <br /> <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />° <br /> <br />Cut 2 production operators at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. <br />Cut 2 maintenance employees at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. <br />Cut 3 production operators at the Water Production Plant. <br />Cut 1 Lift Station maintenance employee. <br />Eliminate 5 vacancies out of Water Productions, Wastewater Treatment, <br />and Lift Station areas in the budget. <br />Move lift station operations out of the Water Production Plant and move <br />it over to Sewer Maintenance. <br />Transfer or hire at least 4 employees in the Parks Department to take <br />care of mowing outlying fields at the Water Production, Wastewater <br />Treatment Plant, all Lift Station areas, Sports Complex and Police <br />Station when everything comes online. <br />Install a 12 hour schedule for workers at both the Wastewater Treatment <br />Plant and the Water Production Plant or at least a comparable schedule <br />where employees do not overlap shifts. <br />Work out specs enabling the city to put operation of the Wastewater <br />Plant and Water Production plant out for bids from private <br />organizations (as chair of the Water Study Committee, I would like to <br />be involved in the spec process and also have council review specs <br /> <br /> <br />