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DISCUSSION ON COMP TIME IN LAW ENFORCEMENT Councilmember Insell addressed the council regarding compensation time for C.I.D. officers. Currently there is 972 to 975 hours of comp time for the C.I.D. department. Mr. Insell said unless more officers are hired, the comp time is going to continue to grow. Mr. Insell said he thinks that the Quorum Court should approve to pay the comp time down to 40 hours and the city should reimburse the county for the metro C.I.D. Sheriff Ron Webb said he did not think that the Quorum Court would authorize paying the officers for the overtime. He also said that if the county was to pay comp time, all the officers in the Sheriffs Department should receive paid compensation. Chief Deputy Jim Smith gave the council a copy of a letter that he passed out to the Sheriffs employees that would force officers to take comp time. Sheriff Webb recognized the fact that forcing the employees to take their comp time would make the department run even more short handed. Councilmember Insell asked for the Sheriff to attend the August 8 meeting to report on comp time. UTILITY RATE HEARING STUDY PRESENTED BY WATER UTILITIES Councilmember Insell moved to take a five-minute break before starting the utility presentation. Councilmember Ford seconded and all voted for. Mr. Larry Tharnish, Utility Manager and Mr. Jim Ulmer, an engineer with McGoodwin, Williams and Yates, Inc. at Fayetteville gave an opening presentation to the council regarding water and sewer rate studies. After an hour presentation, the Mayor announced that the Utility Department will continue their presentation at the next meeting. PAID BILLS REPORT The council was given a copy of the paid bills report for the month ending June 30, 2000. There being no further business, Councilmember Mitchum moved that the meeting be adjourned. Councilmember Insell seconded and all voted for. JOE M. BIARD, MAYOR DENISE M. JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK