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City Council Study Session — 08/15/OS DRAFT Minutes - Page 10 also need to balance their availability to perform their normal day-to-day and routine workloads. Mayor Klausing asked if it was more costly to hire a job out or have someone on staff full time (i.e., operating engineer), given the high personnel costs for wages, health insurance and other benefits. Mr. Schwartz reviewed the contract maintenance anticipated at $62,000 for 2006 and the types of maintenance contracted out and justification for contracting out versus hiring a full-time City employee for that specific expertise. Central Garage Mr. Schwartz noted that labor for vehicle maintenance and shop expenses (with the exception of uniforms) was charged back to specific department budgets; and costs for the Central Garage would have city-wide impacts for increased energy costs. Councilmember Maschka asked for additional information related to fuel supplies and their purchase through futures, or state or county maintenance contracts. Mr. Schwarz advised that, due to shipping costs, it was proving more economical to purchase through a local distributor (Kath Oil), rather than off contract, and that the City had not done any futures buying to- date. Utilitv Bud�ets Mr. Schwartz advised that, overall, the requested increase was less than three percent, with the exception of personnel expenses. Sanitary Sewer Mr. Schwartz noted that the major expense request was to begin a sewer lining test project to reduce infiltration and root problems in the system. Mr. Schwartz was requesting $100,000 for approximately f� mile of lining of the older clay tile systems for 2006, with additional funds requested and mileage increased to two miles annually in future years as practicaL Mr. Schwartz explained the technology and economies of the lining system. Mr. Schwartz also reviewed the current televising system of sanitary sewer lines with problem areas addressed during reconstruction projects.