The Turlock City Council approved a number of mid-cycle budget requests last week that will see an additional $155,220 come out of the City's General Fund Reserve.The majority of requests were related to personnel expenditures - with $100,000 going to overtime pay for the City's firefighters. The Fire Department requested an additional $150,000 for overtime costs, as the department has spent approximately $550,000 per year on overtime for the past several years and only $400,000 was allocated for overtime in the 2016-17 budget. City Manager Gary Hampton recommended - and the Council approved -only allocating an additional $100,000, however."The idea is to continue trying to find efficiencies in the Fire Department for overtime costs...it's very clear they aren't going to be able to carve $150,000 out of their overtime.