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MIN~rE5 <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />NOVII~ffiER 8, 1995 <br />industrial areas. Economic development decisions will <br />be easier to make if the City has multiple sources of <br />funding. Fahey pointed out that the City has limited <br />TIF dollars available. Fahey stated that he challenges <br />the 10% Committee to think boldly, and if there is a <br />larger project that should be done, designate dollars <br />toward that project. <br />Morelan pointed out that spreading dollars around to <br />different departments keeps more people happy. Morelan <br />stated that he would hope the 10% Committee and the <br />Council would look at the priorities for the funds in <br />any given year, and if 80% of the funds go to <br />Administration, for example, one year, perhaps another <br />department receives the majority of the funding the <br />next year. Morelan suggested the Committee do more <br />long-range planning, than allocation of a certain <br />percentage of the funds between departments each year. <br />Morelan also stated that before the Council approves <br />10% funding for a project, that project had better be <br />worthwhile. Money should not be spent on projects that <br />are not really needed. <br />Fahey felt that the danger of focusing on a lot of <br />little needs is that there is never a focus on the big <br />picture. Fahey stated that he would be comfortable <br />using the £unds to improve quality of life issues and <br />reduce tax burden. Fahey suggested that in <br />prioritizing needs, support will go to life safety <br />needs first with park and recreation needs always <br />coming up last on the list. Fahey sugqested that 10% <br />Funds are an opportunity to enhance those things that <br />people enjoy. <br />Pedersen pointed out that the l0% Committee does not <br />set policy, but rather prioritizes need requests. <br />Pedersen pointed out that addressing the needs of the <br />Public Works Department, for example, through the use <br />of 10% Funds results in a tax burden reduction. <br />Pedersen pointed out that there has always been an <br />uncertainty associated with the 10% Funding, so the <br />City had been happy to take care of smaller needs <br />rather than undertake a large project that there might <br />not be adequate funds to finish. Pedersen pointed out <br />that two or three years ago there was concern about <br />whether there would even be charitable gambling in <br />Little Canada. <br />Scalze pointed out that the track record of 10% Funding <br />is that funding requests were prioritized with the top <br />priorities receiving funding. <br />8 <br />