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3'62 ' s a Citv Manager - Account No 410 (pp 10-11) ' Mr. Fales indicated that the travel budgets of all department heads had been cut to $700 for the department head and $300 for the ma�or assistant and that his own budget had been cut accordingly (Counc�lman Bury returned at 9 42 a.m ) � Mr. Fales advised that his office will administer the Qommun�ty De- ° velopment Block Grant Program and that $10,000 has been �llocated for the purpose which will be funded from the Block Grant. � Lengthy discussion followed and Mr Fales cortunented and replied to k questions concerning the des�rability of employtng a firm to lobby �� for the City and the Port in Washington, advising that no such item was included in the Budget as nothing new is be�ng proposed, but that some cities have found it effective � , Discussion continued and it was pointed out that it is desirable to have Mr. Fales represent the City before various groups and that the $700 budgeted for travel and conferences for the Office of the City Manager is not adequate, but that possibly special authorization could be made from time to time without increasing the budget now MOTION Councilman Barrett moved to transfer the $4,650 cut from the travel and conferences section of C�ty Council-Account No. 400 to the same section of City Manager-Account No 420. Mayor Leipzig turned the chair over to Vice Mayor Barrett for the ' purpose of seconding the motion. Marcia Poncia, 408 Alameda, spoke in support of the motion, stating ' that she prefers to rely on the City Manager to lobby for the City when needed and suggested it would not be acceptable to most citizens for the Manager to have a budget inadequate for that purpose The motion failed by ma,7ority voice vote (P4ayor Le�pzig returned to the chair ) � Councilman Rhodes stated for the record that it is his intention to ��_ move to eliminate certain City positions, with no unfavorable re- !� flection on the employees who hold them, in order to avoid a property tax increase. • MOTION Counc�lman Rhodes moved, seconded by Councilman Biagi, to � � eliminate the position of Administrative Assistant to the City Manager. Discussion followed and Mr Fales commented and replied to questtons concerning the duties of the Administrative Assistant, the fact that the Manager's office will have increased responstbilities with admin- istering the Community Development Block Grant Program and increased activities of the downtown merchants The motion failed on the following roll call vote Ayes Councilmen Bia9i. Rhodes � � Noes Councilmen Barrett, Bury, Norris and Mayor Leipzi9 ' -3- . Budget Study , 5/8/76 } � _ - .� ��