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v7 placed in the individual departmental budgets are now allocated to Personnel , since that is the contact point for the activity . Councilman Rhodes noted one position was still vacant , and City Manager advised that a report would be on the next meeting ' s agenda . Councilman Rhodes stated further that if recruitment has not started , he felt that the position should be deleted , since the department has been able to get along without it , City Manager responded he might agree , if it were not for initiation of a safety program , in order to get insurance rates down . That position would be directly related to that area of responsibility , and if the safety program is worked out correctly , the savings would be several times that of the position ' s salary . Discussion followed relating to present costs due to losses . City Controller advised City had paid $ 5 , 700 in deductible for physical damage , which goes against the rating , City Manager commented further that the individual department heads do not have the time to develop a safety program . With the Analyst position , a uniform safety program can be developed , and this person would be responsible for keeping records , and for initiating and following through personnel actions . Councilman Williams noted that the government will be imposing new requirements on employers , requiring that very stringent records be kept . Councilman Weymouth moved to approve Personnel Administration as presented , seconded by Vice -Mayor Henderson and carried . General Services Administration , Councilman Weymouth noted proposal for acquisition of an offset printing press , and Assistant City Manager responded that the basic problem was that the present Xerox copier was being used substantially as a printing press , and that 40-50 , 000 copies were being run per month , and this is not what it was designed or intended for . He indicated costs would be cut in half , and that the City would probably realize a savings of $ 11 , 000 annually . City Manager noted also that use of the Xerox would be limited by means of a governor , so that no more than a given number of copies could be made . Assistant City Manager added also that the large model in the Police Departmet would be removed and the City Hall copier would be replced by a smaller model . Municipal Building Services , City Manager noted this was down due to reallocation of money that formerly was lumped under municipal activity . Vice -Mayor Henderson commented on improvements of employee facilities and City Manager advised this can be done by force account , once it determined what is to be done . Councilman Norris questioned proposal for expenditure 5-.13 -72 Adj . Reg . Mtg . Budget