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Show Rees Wants Library Reimburesments Over Raise and Training by Harlow Clark The early part of the year is time for budget discussions. In the March 4 council meeting meet-ing Cedar Hills Council Member Mem-ber Jenney Rees asked Finance Director Charl Louw about several line items, then said, "I appreciate you wanting to give us a raise and additional training, train-ing, but my personal preference would be to put that back into library reimbursements." Louw replied he felt small er consistent salary increases are easier to justify and easier for residents to make sense of than larger infrequent increases. The two discussed the matter mat-ter briefly, with Louw offering the caution that fully reimbursing reimburs-ing fees for library cards in other oth-er cities might draw people who will get a card but never use it. Council Member Daniel Zappala said that if the city saves $20,000 in legal fees, "we could triple the amount we're reimbursing." '. ! X , i Cedar Hills Council Members are Rob Crawley, Mike Geddes, Daniel Zappala, Mayor Gaiy Gygi, Jenney Rees and Trent Augustus. Photo courtesy of Harlow Clarke |
