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City of Centerville September 24, 2003 Council Meeting Minutes Motion bv Council Member Broussard Vickers. seconded bv Council Member Lee to approve the September 10.2003 Council Meetine: Minutes as amended. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. IV. CONSENT AGENDA 1. The City of Centerville September II, 2003 through September 24, 2003 Claims for Approval 2. Centennial Fire District Claims 3. Pay Request #2 - Dave Perkins Construction ($198,054.58) Peltier Preserve Motion bv Council Member Capra. seconded bv Council Member Broussard Vickers to approve the Consent Al!enda as presented. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Council Member Lee indicated Council received an updated disbursements list before the meeting and asked what the changes were. Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated that the change was to bring the City to the current date on disbursements. VOTE: All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. V. A~ARDS~RESENTATION~APPEARANCES 1. Fire Chief Milo Bennett - Fire District Budget 2004 Fire Chief Bennett appeared before Council to present the 2004 budget for the Centennial Fire District noting that they are aware of reduced funding. He then provided an overview of the budget and indicated they have been careful to reduce in areas where it was possible. Fire Chief Bennett indicated that the budget for 2004 is 1.12% below that of 2003. He then indicated that the cost per citizen has been moving very slightly down since 1990 and for 2004 the cost per citizen in Centerville is $24.10. Council Member Capra indicated that one of the things that the steering committee agreed to is that the capital equipment had to remain at $100,000 as that is the only way to keep up with costs for replacing vehicles. Fire Chief Bennett indicated that the trucks are on a 20-year replacement cycle but are very expensive to replace when the time comes. Council Member Lee commended Chief Bennett on reducing the budget. Page 2 ofl4