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Mayor Gonzales said he would like this studied and looked at in Mid -year. 4119 Engineering/Personnel Mr. Wang said the second item he would like to discuss with the City Council is that of the requested new position of Assistant Civil Engineer. Mr. Wang stressed the large workload, the complexity and ever changing additional technical demands made on him. Mr. Wang said he found himself reacting to situa- tions rather than having the time to properly plan and execute each task. Mr. Wang said he is the only technical person on board who can properly communicate in the necessary technical language with developers, outside agencies and the like. Discussion followed. Mayor Gonzales proposed that Mr. Wang's request for an Assistant Civil Engineer be granted and that it be funded by deleting the position of Parks and Cemetery Super- intendent as that particular budget is top heavy, having two superintendents on board. Discussion followed. Council Members Cisneros and Rehrer opposed deleting the Parks and Cemeteryp Su er- (o intendent position. Council Member Hayes felt he would like to reflect ontheMayor's proposal and look at this budget again before deleting the position. Q Councilwoman Garcia was of the opinion that one permanent person assigned ned to t Cemetery did not warrant a Superintendent all to himself and that the ase Q singed to the Cemetery should be transferred under the Parks Superintendent, thus the position of Parks and Cemetery Superintendent would not be needed. Councilman Hayes recommended that $25,000 tentatively be included in this budget for the Assistant Civil Engineer position and that the rest of the budget stay as it presently exists. Councilwoman Cisneros said she agreed with Councilman Hayes' rec- ommendation. Councilman Rehrer asked why couldn't the Administrative Assistant position assist and do some of the work Mr. Wang wants the Assistant Civil Engineer to do. Mr. Wang replied that the Administrative Assistant is very important and vital to the overall operation of the Community Services Department, however, the role is in the fiscal and personnel areas, not in the technical engineering field. Mr. Wang said with a staff of 60 individuals, the need for an administrative person is in it- self a complete assignment. Discussion reverted back to eliminating the position of Parks and Cemetery Superin- tendent. On Council consensus, the Community Services budget was tentatively approved as presented with the inclusion of the position of Assistant Civil Engineer. Electric Mr. Gale Drews, Electric Utility Superintendent, presented the Electric Utility Budget saying that already, the Council has taken a step in the right direction by their recent action to adjust the Electric Utility rates. Mr. Drews said this action would insure the citizens now and in the future with good services at a reasonable cost. Mr. Drews said first and foremost in his current budget is the expansion of the sub- station to enable us to provide the community with uninterrupted service. The ex- pansion would be accomplished by purchasing another transformer, delivery of the transformer is approximately one year. Mr. Drews said for this summer the City should have sufficient power for peak times, however, it will not have the backup should something go wrong. Mr. Drews said the second item he would like to work on is to reduce our system losses. Mr. Drews explained that more capacitors on the lines are needed for more stability. Mr. Drews said the City purchases and pays for 11% more power than it sells. Mr. Drews said he would like to work on reducing the 11%. The third item discussed by Mr. Drews was that of reorganization of the department. Mr. Drews said he is proposing an upgrade in the position of Meter Supervisor to Substation Superintendent, an upgrade in the position of Foreman Line Crew to Superintendent Transmission and Distribution and a downgrade in the Meter Super - JUN I 1 1980