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Budget Committee Meeting August 31, 1999 Page 5 time a month taking a depository collection of materials and picking up the depository collection that was there. These locations are group senior centers, nursing homes, and one is a small library. The mobile library is also utilized to deliver material to home -bound which includes eleven citizens who are simply unable to get to the Library. Another thing that mobile library is used for is, in the summer they have a mobile library summer program and it goes to nine locations five in the city and four in the county. They delivered the same similar type of items they provide in the library. Ms. Lewis said they had found that the demographics of the children who are not reading as well, shows that many of them lived in areas where they had no transportation to come to the Library, or both parents were working, so holding a summer reading club with it's accompanying pre - school story time at the same time, and this summer over 1,400 kids were served with this program. In the Library they served about 1,000 kids. Ms. Lewis said this shows there is a great need for this service. Steven Burgin, Fire Chief, appeared before the City Council passing out a budget summary and documentation for the 1999 -2000 fire department's budget along with cost estimates for dilapidated structures, and an alternative rank structure proposal. Mr. Burgin said in going through the budget for the Fire Department, you have the summary form showing an increase in personnel due to the fact that we are adding the final three firefighters this year of the nine that they had requested about five years ago. Six firefighters were added last year and these three will get the Fire Department up to the manpower they need for opening of the two new stations. The budget does show the proposed salary increase that the City Manager has discussed, but it does not include any other changes to personnel cost. Mr. Burgin pointed out that the supply account has gone up due an increase of Food - Humans and told the Committee that 99% of that is spent on the inmate program. They work the prisoners and the city feeds them a meal. Wearing Apparel has increased, and Mr. Burgin explained that what they are doing is they have to buy a standard amount of uniforms every year which is three sets per firefighter. Mr.