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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 18 2003 <br />Page 2 <br />He said there was a zero balance in Minor Apparatus. He said that there was <br />an expenditure of $500.00 for a phone, which had to be replaced the previous <br />month. <br />He said that the Communications - Telephone line item includes regular <br />telephone expense for the system, service, pagers, and cell phones assigned to <br />him and the MIS Technician, long distance charges, and repairs to the system. <br />He advised that his car allowance is $500.00 a month. <br />Property and liability insurance for city owned buildings and contents is <br />allocated under Insurance and Bonds. <br />Travel Expenses entails mileages, per diem, hotel/motel expenses, parking <br />expenses, tips, taxi, etc., for trips out of town on official business, and training <br />and business meetings. <br />City Manager Malone said the Training and Tuition line item covers TML <br />meetings, and training expense for him, the MIS Tech, or his secretary. <br />The Machinery, Tools, Equipment line item provides funds for the repair of any <br />office equipment, tools, and machines used in his office. <br />City Manager Malone said the Medical Expenses paid out was for the MIS <br />Tech for a pre employment exam. <br />Councilman Guest questioned the fact that last year hospitalization was <br />$20,500.00 and this year the budget is $18,467.000. Mr. Anderson explained <br />that, as had been discussed concerning the increase in the health insurance cost, <br />and in speaking with TML about how the city's claims have been running, it <br />was determined that the necessary contribution for the health insurance was <br />about $500.00 an employee. He said they took this year and extrapolated out <br />for the rest of this year. It is not going to cover quite all of it. Mr. Anderson <br />