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City Council Regular Meeting — 08/22/OS <br />Minutes - Page 24 <br />��ttrt�ilm�l�s�l�i�t �������1T�s�--�as � pr�x�,ri-r�. ��. <br />detailed recom�77��7��ti���� �i��i b��i�;�x t�r��t�. �7i7�1 ����t�id f� ��r� <br />them to staff and the City Council when completed. � <br />� <br />� <br />Further discussion included rising medical ��s�s� ��rt an� ]�t7�- <br />term funding; and the need to remain cons��� '� i�i ���'�'i t��. <br />� <br />Consensus was, in terms of ���Etia�g a axEr��ua�� levy, that the <br />upper range would be 8% to {�"�t an m�l�ina t�urtC��e reductions <br />from that point. _ <br />,�r,i�r� kr��,�������►��, �#?�3 . T �i�t�r�� �tr�t <br />�+rf r. ���c}��� ��}�� ����i;��r� tir iewed his historical comparison of <br />s ��� ��� tia r�� r� -� �}�c�r�ed operations versus inflation; and <br />r�:��:�.k���.�� ;-ar�ti�is��,�`ta������ �i����k p�li�w� �s��ti�r7�r,t� r�����d �� ��� <br />�'a3rlti� t�n 4i �� � � • � �t:� �a� ��.Pa i rLrr��ri 1 L���.s�rr�: ri �F rras �e� ��� f �� t f'r�. icr� �; <br />f*€� k��;� C� ;i�Cmc,'r�t �; ir� ��n �,F hi ��c rr}• i�a� �� t3��n�� i�.; �r�3 �z� <br />��i����� k�pr�ference for reducing City Manager salary amenities <br />ratl���t]�an cutting employees. Mr. Kysylyczyn cautioned the <br />��� i� a�n '`�� I I p���� � i���" �,�ra ����x�� ��i c�� f�� s 17� T�url, i i � <br />T x�t f�� �t�#���� �7; � fl� �� }}���i7� k�e 11��' = i7 I��rr�R i�r� ��i �� k� <br />,� <br />10. Consider Fire Training Officer and Fire Department <br />Response to Accidents with Injuries <br />Mayor Klausing spoke in support of employee initiative to find <br />innovative ways to provide department efficiencies, as a <br />challenge previously provided to employees from the City <br />Council, and asked the City Council to consider the Fire <br />Department proposal as an award for their innovative leadership. <br />Mayor Klausing noted that the City couldn't continue to sustain <br />double-digit levy increases annually, and needed to look at <br />innovative approaches. Mayor Klausing endorsed the upcoming <br />proposal as an appropriate initiative worthy of Council support. <br />City Manager Beets reviewed his recommendation for <br />authorizing a full-time Training Manager/Firefighier/Daytime <br />Shift Supervisor in the Fire Department and provided a <br />spreadsheet detailing short and long-term cost savings. Mr. <br />Beets opined that the position would improve the level of <br />training in the department, and thus the quality of public safety <br />�`ire '�'raining <br />Officer & <br />Fire Department <br />Response to <br />Accidents with <br />Injuries <br />