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STAFF <br />REPORT <br />TO:Mayor Fischer and Members of City Council <br />FROM:Laura Linehan, Assistant City Administrator/Community Relations Manager <br />Sam Magureanu, Finance Director <br />Heidi Heller, City Clerk/HR Manager <br />DATE:September 24, 2025 <br />RE: Community Support Program <br />ACTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED: <br />Staff is requesting that the City Council consider a motion to approve a Community Support <br />Program utilizing the 10% Fund to begin in January 2026. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Staff presented an overview of the city’s charitable gambling, 10% Fund, and proposed the <br />creation of a Community Support Program at the September 10 City Council Workshop. <br />Little Canada Charitable Gambling and the 10% Fund Background <br />Charitable gambling occurs within the City of Little Canada. Charitable gambling is a “form of <br />incentivized giving” where a charity or nonprofit group, rather than a municipality or private <br />casino, oversees gambling activities such as bingo or lotteries and uses the proceeds to further its <br />activities. <br />Three organizations in Little Canada operate charitable gambling (pull tabs and bingo) at various <br />locations in the city: the Little Canada Fire Department, the Little Canada Recreation <br />Association, and Canadian Days. The city’s charitable gambling locations are <br />at Mama T’s Castle Tap, Hoggsbreath, Gordies Place, Twin Cities Billiards, Little Canada Bingo <br />Hall, and a booth during Canadian Days. <br />The city collects 10% of the gambling profits, kept in the city's “10% Fund” (Fund 408), which <br />is classified as a Capital Project Fund. This fund is used to account for the amounts received and <br />related to the city's charitable gambling contributions. These funds may only be used for <br />expenditures identified in Minnesota Statutes, section 349.12, Subd. 25. <br />10% Fund Revenues and Expenses <br />Historically, the city conservatively budgets an anticipated annual revenue of $22,000 for 10% of <br />charitable gambling profits. However, actual revenues have been over $30,000 since 2017, <br />except for one year (2022).