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386 <br /> Buildings and Transportation - Account No. 465 <br /> (continued) <br /> approximately $600,000 worth of equipment is normally <br /> scheduled for orderly replacement, but instead, the <br /> City is only replacing $95,000 of that in this budget. • <br /> Request was made concerning the number of motorized ,. <br /> equipment the City has and Mr. Ference provided an esti- <br /> mate, but offered to provide more detailed information <br /> after the luncheon recess. Mr. Ference responded to <br /> questions by citizens to advise of City' s procedure <br /> for disposing of used equipment at auction conducted <br /> jointly with the County on an annual basis. Mr. Fades <br /> indicated in response to question by a citizen that it <br /> becomes uneconomical to retain older equipment as down <br /> time increases. <br /> The consensus of Council was to withhold action on <br /> Account No. 465 until afternoon, pending receipt of <br /> additional information. <br /> At 11 :00 a.m. ,` Mayor Weymouth announced that he was ex- <br /> pected at another meeting for a short time and would <br /> return after lunch, and relinquished the chair to Vice <br /> Mayor Williams. <br /> Buildings and Transportation - Account No. 790 <br /> .. . . I I -I <br /> City Manager Fales briefly reviewed this sub-program, <br /> stating that it is proposed to eliminate General Fund <br /> subsidy of the system and the estimated balance is to <br /> be returned to the General Fund, following establishment <br /> of the County Transit District through the Metropolitan <br /> Transportation Commission. <br /> Councilman Norris, member of the Transit District Board <br /> of Directors, advised that the MTC had already approved <br /> eleven cities in the County for funding. City Manager <br /> Fales recalled that because Redwood City had established <br /> its transportation system before the plan was adopted by <br /> the State, it was not eligible for funds, and that <br /> efforts had been made to get legislation passed that <br /> would not penalize Redwood City for being a pioneer. <br /> Under the County Transit District operation of the sys- <br /> tem might be taken over entirely, in which case there <br /> would be no need for it to be in the budget next year. <br /> Bob Schonfisch, Silver Hill Road, proposed a flat per- <br /> t centage budget reduction across the board. <br /> Assistant City Manager Smith explained in response to <br /> question by a citizen that the change from 19-passenger .• <br /> to 24-passenger buses had only a negligible affect on <br /> costs. <br /> Mr. Teply (see above) , asked whether, in the event the <br /> County takes over jurisdiction of the transit system, <br /> -6- <br /> Budget <br /> Study <br /> V17/75 <br /> -• W <br />