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and Fire Chief Hall responded that they are looking at bringing it back in-house utilizing the Pare and Streets Divisions and will review it at I -year. Moved by Councilmember Sandoval, seconded by Councilmember Bennett to, tentatively approve the Public Works Department Budget including the reorganization. motion. carried. Councilmembers Rios and Beltran voting NO. Councilmember Beltran stated that if we are going to talk about being frugal then we must be consistent. It cost the City $116,107 to get, rid of former City Manager Lewis. mayor Gonzales responded that Mr. Lewis had resigned. Councilmember Sandoval said that at a previous council meeting, he had voiced concern over reclassification of individuals; however, he did not Feel this was the appropriate time to act on this matter. He stated in his opinion reclassification is an unfair practice, because there are manly other employees that equally deserve to be reclassified. The City should have a mechanism to permit the Council to examine each request on an individual basis. City Manager Young said there is already in existence a reclassification policy and, that he will stress to the department directors that employees are not to be worked out of classification. Moved by Mayor Gonzales, seconded by Councilmember Sandoval to, approve Resolution No. R-74-93. Motion did not carry. Councilmembers Bennett, Rios, Cisneros, and Beltran, voting No. Councilmember Cisneros said in the past, the Council has always rece.ive.d revised budget information prior to adoption of the .budget. Manager Young asked if the Budget Resolution with the .revised figures had been 3rovided to the City Council. Director Acevedo replied no, only the original was provided to the City Clerk's Office.. RECESS The Council recessed from 5:02 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. to allow for the reproduction. of Resolution No. R-74-93 for the Councilmembers. Councilmember Beltran stated he was unhappy with the budget since there are 33 positions averaging over $80,000; six positions over $102;000* and 2 positions over $135,€00. He stated he could not accept this type of a budget, that there were too many items he questioned and that he would recommends reviewing the entire budget line item by line item,, spending as much time as is necessary to complete the process thoroughly. Councilmember Bennett said the reason she voted against the budget is that she wanted to see a finalized budget, what are the changes. City Manager Young said the only change has been that of the proposed Sergeant position to Corporal. Finance Bisector Acevedo said that would 3