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Regular City Council Meeting September 8, 2003 Page 13 City Manager Malone said if the Council has had time to look at the handout that Mr. Campbell had prepared, the areas highlighted in red indicate where bills for electricity had not been received. He said that Mr. Campbell has been keeping track of the utility account for many years and he indicates that, based on the average usages and the way it is apportioned throughout various budgets, those accounts do not seem to come through that bottom line figure of $150,000.00 over those three departments. He has indicated what those accounts should be budgeted. Mr. Anderson advised that they had already dropped to $605,000.00 because there were some distribution costs related to ground storage that were budgeted in this account and it would have been budgeted in Department 83, which is in the Public Works. So, that number is $605,000.00. Councilman Bell said that Mr. Campbell is saying to cut $150,000.00 from this account. City Manager Malone said they will be able to make reductions of $125,000.00 in Department 82 and $25,000.00 in Department 86 for a total of $150,000.00. After further discussion, it was the consensus of the City Council to adjust the electrical account in Department 82 and Department 86 in the amount of $150,000.00. After discussion, a motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem McCarthy to leave the Fire Department as it is regarding cutting overtime and adding three firemen. The motion carried 6 ayes, 1 nay, Councilman Bell voting no. City Manager Malone said on the basis of the utility franchise transfer of $400,000.00, there are several ways it is calculated. On this first sheet that he was passing out to the City Council, they were talking about transfer of funds from the Water and Sewer Fund, which is an enterprise fund that is supposed to pay its on way. That fund does not have the services of the Attorney, Finance Department, City Clerk for all the record keeping, or the City Engineering Department, all of which provide services. He pointed out the total budgets of all of those departments in the General Fund are supplying services to the Water and Sewer Fund for a total of $1,923,216.00. If they just took 50% of that, that