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City Manager 431 The Acting City Manager presented the budget for the City Manager, saying the budget is much like last year's, allowing for an increase in gasoline. Discussion followed on the position of City Auditor assigned to the Office of the City Manager. Mayor Gonzales was of the opinion that to be perfectly impartial all audits should be accomplished through an outside auditing firm who would submit their audit re- ports directly to the City Council. Mayor Gonzales said he did not feel the City Council could expect to receive a totally impartial audit report if the person doing the auditing was directly responsible to the City Manager and the City Manager in turn made recommendations to the auditor prior to the report being submitted to the City Council. Mrs. Andengaard submitted that all yearly financial audits, for as long as she can recall, have been conducted by an outside audit firma Councilman Rehrer said an internal auditor was needed to audit individual departments on the direction of the City Manager, to determine if the departments are operating cost effective. co (j) Councilwoman Garcia offered that an outside auditing firm would provide the City with Q whatever type of audit the City desired; you get what you ask for, she stated. Q City Auditor Young clarified the position and function of the City Auditor by reading Q the job description for that position. Moved by Mayor Gonzales, seconded by Councilwoman Garcia, to tentatively approve the City Manager's Budget with the deletion of the City Auditor position. Motion did not carry. Council members Hayes, Cisneros, and Rehrer voting NO. Personnel Acting City Manager Elliott presented the budget for the Personnel portion of the City Manager's budget. Mr. Elliott reported Mrs. Madsen, Administrative Assistant/ Personnel, has prepared the budget and requested a new position of Intermediate Typist Clerk, which he had eliminated upon review. Discussion followed on the staffing in the Personnel Office. Mr. Elliott provided that the office presently consists of Mrs. Madsen and a CETA Clerk Typist. Moved by Councilman Hayes, seconded by Councilwoman Garcia, to tentatively approve the Personnel Budget as recommended by the Acting City Manager. Unanimous vote. Police Acting City Manager Elliott stated that Lt. Malouf would like to address the City Council on the matter of a new position. Lt. Malouf stated he had requested an added position of Clerk Typist under the Services Division of the Police Budget, however, the position was deleted by the Acting City Manager. Lt. Malouf outlined the split clerk typist, backup dispatcher, and teletype operator manning requirements in the Services Division. After brief discussion, moved by Councilwoman Cisneros, seconded by Councilman Hayes, to tentatively add the requested clerk typist to the Services Division of the Police Budget. Unanimous vote. Scheduling Councilman Hayes requested that a list of all items and positions added by the City Council to the Preliminary Budget be preapred and ready prior to meeting for adoption of the final budget. Staff responded that the list would be prepared and provided to the City Council as requested. Recommendation was made to meet on Wednesday, June 25, 1980, at 6:30 p. m., to con- sider final budget adoption. Councilman Rehrer advised he would be on vacation for two weeks. JUN 191980