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salaries for the inspectors over to CDBG funding. Councilmember Beltran inquired about the amount of hours being worked by the two provisional Code Enforcement Officers. Director Zamora replied the individuals are working 40 hours per week. Building Community Development Director Zamora reported the 1994/95 Requested was $474,586 and the 1994/95 Recommended is $391,771 with the modification to the budget being $1,000. Councilmember Bennett asked why there was an increase of $10,000 over last year. Director Zamora replied that it could be in part due to reclassification of an employee. Councilmember Sandoval asked if the Budgets in Community Development were as lean as they could get. If you are asked to make additional cuts where would you cut. Director Zamora said he would work with the City Manager in order to make the necessary cuts. Councilmember Sandoval asked if the department's budget was adequate or more than adequate. Director Zamora said the budget was adequate. Even with the proposed cuts, he feels confident that the department would be able to provide good service. Code Enforcement Director Zamora reported total Request for 94/95 is $204,229 and total Recommended is $196,765. This is the budget mentioned by City Manager Martinez wherein, the salary amount could be offset by utilizing CDBG Funds instead of the General Fund. That amount would be $109,000. The other item looked into on request of the City Manager, was the funding of the vehicle used by Code Enforcement. This amount is approximately $5,000 and is eligible to be funded by CDBG Funds. Councilmember Cisneros asked if the funds being allocated from CDBG are from the Administrative portion. Director Zamora responded yes. Councilmember Cisneros asked for reassurance that none of the CDBG projects would lose funding as a result of these new allocations. Director Zamora replied no. The monies in the CDBG fund that are being allocated to Code Enforcement are surplus, from previously allocated projects that the Council has considered. Councilmember Cook stated her opinion that Code Enforcement is playing a big part in the City. She asked Director Zamora if this budget was going to be sufficient to do what needs to be done in Code Enforcement. Director Zamora replied yes. Mayor Gonzales asked for clarification on the dollars being allocated. He asked if these were the new dollars or last year's monies. Director Zamora asked Andres Soto to provide the numbers. Mr. Soto stated $72,340 are from 1993-94 and $36,900 is from 94/95, allocated to the Contingency Account. 2