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City of Paris Council Bcncflls Subcommitlcc May 4, 2004 Page 7 to retire, but that is no indication when they will retire Councilman Bell wanted to know the percentages of claims applicable to retirees based on the prior year. Alter further discussion, the motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy. The motion carried unanimously. Chairman Guest called for discussion of city policy and possible recommendation to the City Council regarding car allowances. Interim City Manager Townsend gave the committee a handout containing a summary of car allowances by cities in the population range of the City of Paris, car allowances paid by the City of Paris, a breakdown by city of those employees receiving car allowances, and a comparison by job and by city. Interim City Manager Townsend said Councilman Guest had mentioned in a prior council meeting that the concern was consistency. He said by looking at some of the other cities, you have a little bit of both. Interim City Manager Townsend said that in case when he was offered the job, it was part of his package, and in some other cases, it may have been based how much driving they were doing. He said he could not justify why anyone specific would have received a car allowance because he did not give it to them, but in most cases, that is what they were offered when they came to the city. Chairman Guest said the city spends $6,900.00 a month for car allowances. Councilman Bell pointed out that puts the City of Paris as the highest of the cities surveyed. Councilman Bell said he did not think that the city should be paying cat' allowances arbitrarily. By the same token, many if these employees utilize a vehicle during the course of the day. If they come to and from work, go home t'rom work and basically that is what they use their car tbr, it is a non tax deductible situation for anyone else. He said that car allowances should not be