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397 General Comment Reminder was made that Revenue Sharing Funds do not affect the tax rate and are available to the City for 0•••• certain specific uses only. (Revenue Sharing items are expected to be considered at the Budget Study Session um on Saturday, June 7, 1975. ) Ken Aldrich, 1159 17th, asked that additional copies of the proposed Annual Budget for 1975-1976 be available for the next Budget Study Session. Mayor Weymouth advised that in response to the unusual public interest in the proposed Budget this year, about 150 additional copies were already provided and, noting the advice of City Controller Ference that the cost of the document is about $6.00 each, Mayor Weymouth asked whether many additional copies are required. The re- quests for more copies were then withdrawn. Andy Bacigalupi, suggested copies of the proposed Budget should have been prepared in advance for distribution to any citizen requesting it, regardless of the cost. Mayor Weymouth explained that at budget study sessions held by the Council in all previous years, public atten- dance had been very nominal, often less than ten persons. Mayor Weymouth stated that copies of the proposed Budget were prepared to meet all needs experienced in the past, 00 ., but many additional copies of the proposed Budget were prepared immediately when the unanticipated interest of the public was demonstrated this year. He stated Council could not justify the enormous expense of preparing un- limited copies of the proposed Budget in sufficient quantity to provide a $6.00 copy to every residence in the City. Mayor Weymouth advised that copies of the proposed Budget are available for review in the Clerk's office and in the libraries, and suggested that since most persons present have copies that they share with those sitting near them. MOTION: Councilman Henderson moved, and it was duly seconded, to continue Council consideration of the pro- posed Budget at this time. M. L. Tepley, ( see above) , suggested the press might give the proposed Budget better coverage and that the Council might consider publication of the Budget in the newspaper. It was explained that newspaper publication of the 131-page Budget would be prohibitively expensive. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Public Works - Account No. 630 (Street Maintenance Program) (pp 64-66) City Manager Fales read the portion of the report of May 30, 1975 of the Director of Public Works relating to Street Sweeping noting that a saving of $8,700 plus one man year may be saved by reducing the sweeping schedule to three times a week in the commercial and -4- Budget Study 5/31/75