Fo Flak’ THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM - 2580 SHAUGHNESSY STREET TELEPHONE: 944 - 5411 PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. FAX: 944 - 5402 V3C 2A8 OUR FILE Via FAX 852-5701 December 08, 1991 Fraser Valley Regional Library 34589 Delair Road Abbotsford, B.C. V28 SY1 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? Continued Page 2