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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 23, 1994 The Administrator stated that he was uncomfortable in not having department heads part of the discussion. Not giving department heads a vote may make sense, however. The Administrator did feel that department heads should be part of the discussion. The Administrator did not feel there was lobbying for certain items last year, and felt that eliminating department heads totally from the process, might result in lobbying of committee members outside of the meeting. Last year each department had to present their requests in front of each other and did it objectively. In this way, each department gains greater appreciation of the needs of others. Scalze pointed out the charitable organizations making donations to the 10% fund, and suggested that representatives of these charities be contacted to determined if they would be interested in being part of the process. Since the charities are giving the money, they may be interested in having some input into how it is spent. Hanson pointed out that the proposed guidelines do not make Canadian Days nor the Historical Society part of the process. Scalze pointed out that 10% funds are a source of funding for various things, and anyone who might be a benefactor of those funds should be involved, otherwise perhaps only citizens-at-large should be on the committee. Morelan pointed out that the difference with the charities providing the 10% money and the Fire Department is that none of the money can go back to those charities, except for the Fire Department. Morelan stated that he was not sure where the situation was with Canadian Days since they will be getting into charitable gambling effective April lst. The City Administrator felt that issue should be looked at after Canadian Days has operated their pull tab site for a few months. LaValle asked if the City could provide funding to a 501C3.