02-23-94 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 23, 1993 is fully developed, there will be no more park dediaation fees coming in. Morelan felt that the City's share of improvements going by a City park should be paid for from this fund. For example, street improvements going by Nadeau Park. However, Morelan was not sure the fund should be used for improvements along Jackson Street since the west side of Jackson Street is not park land. Morelan felt that if there was land available for a park that the City wanted to purchase and the Park Acquisition Fund was depleted, the City could always bond to raise funds for the purchase. Scalze suggested that that Park & Recreation Commission look at this issue and make a recommendation to the Council. Morelan expressed concern with the cost of a new fax machine coming from the Water & Sewer Capital Replacement Fund. Morelan noted that the City would have a fax machine regardless of whether or not it was used by Gopher State One Call for utility locations. The Administrator pointed out that the City gets 70 to 80 faxes each month from Gopher State, and that Gopher State is the heaviest user of the fax machine. The Administrator stated that while he did not believe this was an inappropriate source for funding a new fax machine purchase, that funding could come from somewhere else. Scalze stated that she did not have a problem funding the fax machine from the Water & Sewer Capital Replacement Fund if Gopher State One Call is the major use of that machine. The Administrator pointed out that items like the City's computer system are not being charged aqainst the Water & Sewer Accounts even though a portion of the computer system use is by those departments. The Administrator pointed out that allocation of these types of expenses among the various City accounts all even out in the long run. Upon motion by Pedersen, seconded by Scalze, the workshop meeting was adjourned. 12