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this leeway. Councilmember Cook agreed that additional consideration should be given to increasing the street budget and she would like that looked into immediately. Mayor Gonzales asked if perhaps City Manager Martinez could, at Mid -Year, look into the proposed Barber Green patching machine. It is his understanding that this machine would save the City a considerable amount of money in street maintenance. Councilmember Beltran inquired about the Barber Green machine: Is this a regular machine that is going to lay 20 feet across? What is the cost and will the City have to get more trucks and personnel to transport material and operate the machine? Superintendent Rivera said the cost of the machine is between $80,000 - $100,000. The machine lays a path of 8 ft. to 12 ft. current City trucks and street employees would be able to accomplish the maintenance operation. Councilmember Rios stated the Council needs to be careful not to give the departments a false impression that everything will be okay in six months or at Mid -year. The City will not, all of sudden, have money to do everything. Parks Director Hutton reported there is a 20 to 30 percent reduction in this budget, there are six vacant positions frozen and there is no purchase of equipment. Director Hutton cautioned what the level of service would be; what they can do and with what they have. Councilmember Sandoval raised the question of whether it would be feasible to return the Parks Division to Human Services. Director Hutton responded that the Parks Division has done best where it has been at the longest, in the Public Works Department. This is due in part to the support system from the other Public Works divisions. This type of support, both equipment and personnel, cannot be achieved under Human Services. Mayor Gonzales said the Parks was put back with Public Works, because of the complaints received when it was under Human Services, due to the inability to utilize Public Works resources because they are not under one common umbrella. Under Public Works they have the ability to interact with the other divisions and share equipment and manpower. Councilmember Bennett was concerned that the condition exists where departments feel they cannot interact and assist one another. She stated she did not understand this situation as we are all just one City. It should not matter which department the equipment and personnel are located in. Resources should be available to all City departments. Councilmembers disagreed as to where the Parks would better function. City Manager Martinez said the City needs to address