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I 'I I .1 '1' 'I I I' 'I I. I- 'I 1 I, I I' I,' I I. City Manager's Message, page 3 Thirdly, faced with a mandate from the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, the City is charged with the responsibility of converting its water supply from ground water to surface water. This effort requires the City to incur an additional contractual obligation of approximately $7.25 million or roughly 74 percent of the 9.8 million of Texas Water Development Bonds issued to the ~a Porte Area Water Aut~ority.' This ~ost has to be borne by the utility customer. The,completion of th~s critical project entails the building of approximately 17 miles,of transmission main from Houstonis Southeast Water Purification Plant as well as an equity ownership i,n that plant. .Phnning efforts indicate that the transmission main? be sized for the year 2010. All of these improvements are mandated to be,in' place by January, 1990 - a deadline imposed by the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District~ PERSONNEL In planning for staffing levels in FY 1988-89, a total of 40 new positions were added., Of these, 33" are scheduled, to be part-time positions. The following are the new positions recommended: Fire: 3 Fire Fighters Police: 1 Po 1 ice Officer 1 Part-time Dispatcher Finance: 1 Data Processing Manager/Analyst Parks & Recreation: 1 Parks Maintenance Worker 17 Part-time Workers ~ Ljttle Cedar Bayou Park 15 Part-time Workers ~ Northwest Park Public Works: 1 Water Production Worker Thirty-three of the new positions are the direct result of matured bond programs. Of the remaining seven positions, six will be added upon the annexation of Bayshore Municipal Utility District. The remaining position is the Data Proces?ing Manager/Analyst position. The Data Processing Manager/Analyst position will facilitate the modernization and conversion of the City's data process~ng system into a true management information system. This position was recommended in a Management Information System ~tudy that was conducted in FY 1987-88 and will help,ensure maximum utiliza~ion of the City's investment in computer technology that was made in lQ84.