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BOOKMOBILE $15,000 was appropriated
<br /> to combine with $35,000
<br /> of the carry-over revenue
<br /> contained in Fund 24
<br />(Reference. Item 9 of Group I) to restore the Bookmobile to full
<br />service, on motion of Councilman Bricken, seconded by Council-
<br />man Yamamoto, and carried (4-2), with Councilmen Evans and
<br />Ortiz dissenting.
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<br />FIREFIGHTER I Two Firefighter I
<br />POSITIONS positions, amounting
<br /> to $29,400, were
<br /> deleted as originally
<br />proposed in the preliminary Budget, on the basis of "equity
<br />of sacrifice" and minimal damage to Fire Safety Programs,
<br />on motion of Councilman Ward, seconded by Councilman Yamamoto,
<br />and carried [5-1), with Councilman Evans dissenting.
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<br />CRIM~ ABATEMENT PROGRAM Council discussed the
<br /> level of funding of
<br /> the 'Grime Abatement
<br /> Program, and the
<br />various methods of raising the necessary revenue, outlined
<br />in a report from the City Manager. The City Manager stated
<br />that the total cost of the Crime Abatement Program for
<br />1975-76, with an increase of 88 personnel, including the
<br />Paramedic Program, is $2,176,000; for 1976 to 1977 the total
<br />cost would be $2,413,000; that if the Programs were funded
<br />for an increase of 110 positions, plus the Paramedic Program,
<br />the total cost is $3,153,000 for 1975-76, and $3,421,000 for
<br />1976-77; that based on the cuts Council has made, there is
<br />$1,000,000 that may be applied towards the necessary amounts.
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<br />Councilman Ward's motion to fund 88 positions for the Crime
<br />Abatement Program, with the proviso that 5 of the positions
<br />be placed in the Contingency Fund, was seconded by Council-
<br />man Yamamoto.
<br />
<br />Following discussion, a substitute motion, to fund 88 positions
<br />with no qualification, made by Councilman Ward, seconded by
<br />Councilman Yamamoto, failed on the following roll call tie vote:
<br />
<br />AYES: Ward, Yamamoto, Garthe
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<br />NOES: Bricken, Ortiz, Evans
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<br />ABSENT: Brandt
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<br />Prior to the vote on the previous motion, Mr. Tom McMichael,
<br />representing the Board of Realtors, and Mr. John Meola,
<br />representing ~anta Aha Citizens Against Crime, spoke in favor
<br />of a maximum Crime Abatement Program.
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<br />Councilman Bricken's motion to fund a level of 98 positions
<br />~approximately $2.3 million) for the Crime Abatement Program
<br />~ras seconded by Councilman Evans, and carried on the following
<br />roll call vote:
<br />
<br />AYES:
<br />
<br />NOES:
<br />
<br />Bricken, Evans, Ortiz, Yamamoto, Garthe
<br />Ward
<br />
<br />ABSENT: Brandt
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<br />CA 65B
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<br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
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<br />JULY 9, 1975
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