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Regular City Council Meeting June 9,2003 Page 8 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 Maintenance Workers- Wastewater Treat. Production Operators - Water Treatment Lift Station Maintenance Worker Maintenance Vacancy - Maintenance Vacancies - Prod. Operator Vacancy- Maintenance Vacancy - Water Treatment Wastewater Treat. Wastewater Treat. Lift Station Councilman Plata advised that these positions would be eliminated from the budget, and going by the current budget and the savings represented that Mr. Malone talked about in the May 15th meeting, the savings are as follows' 13 positions cut from the budget ~ $25,000.00 each 20% benefits cut from budget Money saved from maintenance budget per Malone New vehicle eliminated from budget Money saved from sludge equipment per Malone $325,000. $ 65,000. $ 20,000. $ 13,000. $ 20,000. Total $ 443,000. Councilman Plata said these are recommendations to consider since the city is in a deficit. Mr. Campbell is saying that because of a new rule about back flush water which came down in January that the $40,000.00 for sludge equipment is needed in the budget. Councilman Plata said he did not hear Mr. Campbell say the city was out of compliance. That is why he questioned spending even $20,000.00 on equipment at this time when money is tight. Councilman Plata said the manpower reductions he was recommending are being brought about by comparing other cities' operations to Paris's and also by looking at the weekly work schedule for the employees. On a bi-weekly basis, there are 2 operators at the plant on three days, three operators are there for three days, and one day there are four operators at the plant. There should be a better employee schedule so as not to have personnel overlapping. Councilman Plata asked if two operators are what it takes for three days, why is there a variation