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OUR FILE

Via FAX 852-5701
December 08, 1991

Fraser Valley Regional Library
34589 Delair Road
Abbotsford, B.C.

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Attention: Mr. Gordon Ray

Dear Mr. Ray

Re: Proposed 1993 Bucger

City Council reviewed your proposed budget for 1993 and would like to have you attend

an upcoming Council meeting on January 11th to address their concerns. In particular

your budget overview sheets did raise some concern regarding the following items and we

would like clarification of what these increases are about and some backup material:

¢ allowance for wage increase $169,139, what percentage increase would this include?
the allocation for additional staff hours of $112,941 and the replacement hours

increase of $112,120, what is the background to these two items and what is the
consequence if approval is not received?

the employer expense of $63,190, is this the employer share of fringe benefits?

the increase in janitorial cost of $5,796. Has this been tendered? What is the total
janitorial cost? We were surprised to see this particular item increased by this amount
as our total City Hall janitorial bill is about $16,000.

what is included in the library supplies account? What would cause this account to
increase by over 50% for the second year in a row?

what is the background to the interest and bank charges expense after almost nothing
in 1991 and 1992?

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