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Works Divisions centrally located at the Corporate Yards, would r facilitate a spirit of cooperation and allow the equipment and vehicles to be stored in a secure place. Councilmember Beltran asked isn't this the same type of thing that the Council has been referring to the City Manager for his review. City Manager Martinez responded yes; however, it had been educational for him to hear the views of the Council and those of the Department. Corporate Yards Director Hutton stated this budget has no employees or salaries. Director Hutton reported his concern with regard to the replacement of the electronic fueling system. The electrical storm, six months ago, took out the computer system for the fuel. He reported that all of the City's fleet, with the exception of the Fire Department, fuels at the corporate yard and in order to monitor and control usage it is imperative that the system be replaced. This involves an expenditure of $24,000. Assistant to City Manager Parrish reported this had been discussed during the budget meetings and the alternative of not replacing the system is to go to a commercial vendor for fueling. Director Hutton said that the City Council had recently acted to sell surplus property to the A.T.S.F. Railroad and the money from that sale could be utilized to fund the computer system. City Attorney Biggs reported this matter had been looked into. It was discovered that the property, although retained for water purpose use, had been purchased with general fund money and the property had not been conveyed to the Water Utility; therefore the money derived should go back to the General Fund. City Manager Martinez stated that by including the number from the sale of the surplus property and a couple of other adjustments, the deficit has been lowered from the $2,059 million to $1,872,859. Discussion followed with regard to vandalism. Director Hutton stated the yard has an alarm system and the Police Department calls the on-call person to check out the alarm. Director Hutton said he had no knowledge of whether the fuel situation was the result of loss or vandalism. He said he does know that approximately 2 to 3 thousand dollars in fuel a month is going somewhere. Mayor Gonzales asked if staff could look into the possibility of hiring a security guard to reduce the vandalism taking place at the yard. City Manager Martinez and Councilmember Rios stated they would like to see if the Police Department could take care of this situation. Finance Director Chamberlain said right now the fuel is under her direction and it is planned to transfer this function as well as the Stores to the Electric Utility. Auto Shops 5