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City Council Minutes August 11, 2009 Page 8 of 10 from 2009. The main purpose of this budget is for payments of the Chamber Building loan. The Chamber reimburses the City for these payments. The Council made no changes to this budget. • Business Park Budget presented by Sandy Peine. The proposed 2010 Business Park budget is $1,000. This is a decrease of $246,269 from the 2009 budget. In 2009, the business park bond was paid in full. The Council made no changes to this budget. • Wages The Clerk informed the Council that wages reflect a 5% increase. She noted that the Cost of Living is presently at a negative -2.6% from June 2008 to June 2009. Council Member Ryan talked about the unemployment rate being high. He noted that this is a year that the Council does not have to make a wage increase. He noted that the Council should honor the `-' union contract as it was done at a time when economic times were different. He noted that the union wages will catch up with non -union employees. The Council discussed the wage issue. It was the consensus of the Council that non -union employees receive a step increase and no cost of living increase and union employees receive a step increase and a 2.5% cost of living increase as stipulated in the union contract. • Levy Increase The Clerk noted that the preliminary levy presented to the Council shows a 7.13% increase from the 2009 levy. The Council indicated it would like to see a revised preliminary budget prior to setting the preliminary levy. The clerk noted this would be done at the September meeting.