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Mr. Hamel asked if these funds should have been in the budget last year. Mr. McGuire responded that these monies cannot be held over, but must be committed, according to Federal law. This resolution commits it to the fiscal system's development program. . Mr. Hamel asked whether this could I:>e considered "under the cover" funds. Mr. Henry stated that countercyclical funds are given to the city based on unemployment and other aspects and are based on a , Federal formula. Money has been appropriated to the various projects and they are trying to extend these through next year. He also said , that the money might not be entirely used. Ms. Miller asked what the money would be used for. Mr. McGuire said that the money would be used for ongoing projects to develop an automated budget system. The budget report that the council would receive on April 17 would be the initial product of that design. This project will include the expenditure system. It will take about , 18-24 months to complete the project. Mr. McGuire also stated that this money has been appropriated through the Data Processing budget and this department had six positions funded by countercyclical funds; the recommendation is that this money be kept in that section of the budget. He said that there may be some unspent funds in the Finance Department relating to this project and they would request that these funds be transferred to the Data Processing budget to keep those six positions on the project until it is completed. Mr. Henry noted that the number of positions had been reduced to four. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. . Res. No. 3318--A resolution authorizing the transfer of operating contin- gency monies in the general fund for the acquisition of a security and fire alarm system for the Library and for repair and upgrade of the sound equipment for the council chamber. Mr. Henry noted that this is an emergency, especially pertaining to the Library security system. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, to adopt the resolution. Mr. Obie questioned the urgency of these items in regard to the council chamber sound system. He stated that he felt there were other priorities rather than the sound system upgrade and repair. Ms. Smith asked if there were restrictions on what this money should be spent for and if it had already been appropriated. Mr. Henry responded that in regard to the sound system, they were trying to make corrections to the system and to make it a more workable one, but in regard to the Library, it is much more of an emergency situation. - 2/27/80--6