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THE MICHIGAN DAfLY
Tuesday, May 20, 4 975
Rage Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, May 20, 1975
Council Republicans pose revised city
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for most departments.
(Three per cent) does not
seem like much until you real-
ize that moat of thet general
fund budget is in people, the
fringe benefits associated with
these people and the materials
and tools necessary for those
people to do their jobs," said
Henry.
"AN ACROSS the board cut
of three per cent means that
more jobs will be lost and that
less service will be provided
to the general public," Henry
added.
The Republicans further cri-
ticized the Democrats for pro-
posing a salary freeze on ad-
ministrative and supervisory
personnel earning more than
$18,009. "Freezing salaries will
force those people to unionize,"
contended Councilman Ronald
Trowbridge (R-Fourth Ward),
"and that will only cost the city
more money."
The Democrat's suggestion for
a new human services or human
resource department was also
n i x e d by Trowbridge who
claimed, "it would only create
more bureaucracy and an ex-
pansion of government which
will cost us more money and
increase government power and
interferences."
THE REPUBLICANS did not
comment on HRP's proposed
$1.1 million in budget altera-
tions.
Besides the increase in the
police department budget, which
would allow for the continuation
of 17 positions cut by Murray in
his budget, the Republicans also
proposed allocating $62,085 to
the fire department for an addi-
tion of three firefighters; $53,916
to the District Court for the ad-
dition of four positions; and
$46,500 to Parks and Recreation
for funding of approximately 50
part time positions, for a total
of $341,431 in budget additions.
The $341,431 in budget cuts
proposed by the Republicans in-
cluded $160,931 from General
Fund departments; $55,000 from
the General Fund Contingency
_budget; and $3,500 from fire-
fighters overtime.
The Republicans also inti-
mated that they will pressure
the University for additional
funding assistance, particularly
in the area of police department
funding. While the University is
paying for 22 officers this.
budget year, it has offered fund-
ing for only 11 jobs for the year
beginning July 1.
POLICE CHIEF Walter Kras-
ny previously complained that
the officers the University is
funding could not provide ade-
quate service, adding, "Unfor-
tunately, we're not in a posi-
tion of refusing them service"
it the University doesn't pay for
it.
Calling the University "paris-
itic," Councilman Roger Bertoia
(R-Third Ward) last night vow-
ed to "carry on - the battle for
quite a while" of soliciting addi-
tional funding from the Univer-
sity.
A further complaint issued by
the GOP last night centered
around a letter written by Dem-
ocrat Mayor Albert Wheeler to
the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment (HUD), which the Repub-
licans claim may delay the
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WHEELER explained in the
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