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Budget Committee Meeting August 24, 1999 Page 8 productive, and no one can challenge that. City Manager Malone also pointed out that we have had Councils that wanted to do more, and people have come and asked for things such as the Gateway Project, the Children Advocacy Center asking for money for support, and when the City Council wants to do that, they have found ways to accomplish those things. People have come in saying that this town does not have any recreation, and the City has built a swimming pool, and built it a lot cheaper than anyone else has done, and it looks great and is serving a great function. We have the community building things such as the Think Child Safety. The best Small City in Texas did not get there because the City of Paris did not work towards that effort. Chairman Pfiester called the attention of the Committee to the City Attorney's budget. City Manager Malone went over the line items with the Committee which were basically carried forward. Under the Capital Outlay account, he said there is a desk for the Prosecutor, desk chairs for the City Attorney's office and a lateral filing cabinet for the Legal Assistant. Under Machinery, Tools and Equipment there is a new computer for the Legal Secretary, a ink jet printer for the Prosecutor, and there were law books also budgeted. The City Clerk went over her budget with the Committee pointing out an increase in office supplies of $1,000.00 due to requirements of the use of bank note paper, which is required to be used for certified copies of birth and death records. There was an increase in communication due to the cost of the fire alarm, and the internet for issuance of birth certificates from anywhere in the state. Under Capital Outlay one lateral file and binders for the birth and death records were noted. Gene Anderson, Director of Finance, pointed out from the budget of his department, the capital items of desks and chairs that he iasking for are for the clerks in his office. Mr. Anderson explained that the ones they are using came from Camp Maxey and there is a need for replacement of those. Mr. Anderson said he needed new file cabinets for storage of additional records. Mr. Anderson stated that as far as the up -grade to the AS400 Computer, which is the main computer on