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. . . - Council Member Claire requested that the City Manager's staff prepare a Report with an itemized list of the proposed increases in the City Manager's Budget, and the justification for each of them, and schedule the discussion for the next Budget Session. City Manager Everett said the list would be prepared and presented to Council at the Budget Session, July 6,1998. MEMO 6130/98 Mayor Howard discussed the Healthy Start Program and the City's assistance. She also emphasized the need for Healthy Start to look to the community and acquiring grant funds to finance its activities. She said she looked forward to the Report that will be presented to Council on the specific items just discussed. 2) City Attorney - Director of Finance and Financial Planning Brian Ponty; Finance Director Ponty said that the City Attorney's Office had gone several years before 1997 without an increase, at which time it was set at $390,000 per year. He said the next two budgets would increase about 3% per year. - Council Member Claire, member of the Council Legal Committee, along with Council Member Hartnett, advised that the City Attorney had not asked the Committee for an increase, and the 3% proposed increase was a staff request. He also said the editorials stating that the City had a $1 million attorney were false, and the City Attorney's services were some of the least expensive in the County. 3) City Clerk - City Clerk Jorgenson; City Clerk Jorgenson said the Legislative function of her proposed Budget focused on the Council's priority of improved communications by requesting expenditures for an Optical Imaging System. She explained that $50,000 had been set aside for such a system in the ITSC Budget and the $8,000 requested in her Budget was for implementation of the program. City Clerk Jorgenson said that Assistant Moore had already explained the $9,300 increase to the City Clerk's proposed Budget, representing the transfer of certain Council support services from the City Manager's office. City Clerk .Jorgenson advised that Election expenses had almost doubled from the 1994 Election to the 1995 Election from $9,508 to $18,407, and increased almost $11,000 in 1997 to $29,023. She said further increases were to be expected and an - additional $7,000 was budgeted for that event. BUDGET STUDY SESSION MhfuTE BOOK NO. 57 JUNE29,1998 MINUTES Page No. 015 PAGE 11