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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 28, 2003 <br />Page 7 <br />additional firefighters next year. He would like to propose to Mr. Malone that <br />the budget process start as early as May with budget impact items such as this <br />so the Council could begin to get the data. He said that this could be expense <br />only information. <br />Councilman Bell said that hiring three people will have an impact of <br />$150,000.00. The rank restructure will be another $85,000.00 for a total of <br />$240,000.00. This would result in the overtime budget being reduced from <br />$280,000.00 to $180,000.00. Therefore the overall negative impact to the <br />budget would be $135,000.00. <br />Mr. Anderson pointed out that there are two people out on extended leave and <br />when they return to work this temporary increase will go away by itself. <br />Mr. Anderson asked Chief Grooms how many structure fires occurred last year. <br />Chief Grooms said it was 150 and that does not include grass or vehicle fires. <br />Councilman Plata said he was not in favor of adding the three firefighters if <br />Chief Grooms cannot cut cost. Chief Grooms advised that he felt that the <br />Council will see some savings, but not dollar for dollar because of the <br />automatic overtime. <br />Mayor Fendley said that City Council could also give everyone another percent <br />raise for less money. <br />Chief Grooms said he was in no way suggesting that his numbers are perfect <br />because in trying to determine the automatic overtime, it was difficult to <br />extrapolate those numbers. He told Council that he was giving them his best, <br />conservative estimate. <br />Mayor Fendley announced that the City Council would take a 10 minute break <br />at 6:15 P.M. <br />