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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT 7 budget presented since then. Councilmember Stoesz remarked that the real impact for the 270 position will be seen fully in 2022. The council concurred that the position is included. 271 272 It was clarified that the purchase of a gator boat was moved forward in the capital 273 program. 274 275 Items no ted by the Mayor: included, but not limited to, Park Center medians, Rice Lake 276 Estates lights, trailer mounted message board, no on the street maintenance worker, 277 Wensel Farms replacement, Fiber engineering wood for playground, $5,000 for the parks, 278 Reshenau repairs, Sunset Park, Marshan boardwalk removal, recreation coordinator (no), 279 pavement management (change downward), marked patrol. 280 281 Mayor Rafferty noted the contingency amount. Administrator Cotton said the 282 contingency has not been at the current level in her time with the City; should the funds be 283 transferred for park use? There is no budgeted funds for this year going to the parks and 284 trails fund. It makes sense to think about how that will be brought up to the $90,000 285 budget in 2022. 286 287 Mayor Rafferty talked about creating a fund for parks and trails repairs, to address matters 288 that come up. Not for this year but maybe next year. 289 290 The mayor said the council has worked hard to get where it is at with the budget. He 291 suggests bringing the contingency down to $75,000 and taking the reminder to bring the 292 parks fund to $60,000 with a supplement from the closed bond fund of $22,000. 293 Administrator Cotton said the $22,000 should come from the General Fund Reserve 294 because she thinks that would work best; that would also not have an impact on the tax 295 rate. 296 297 The council expressed support for the change, funded from the General Fund Reserve. 298 Councilmember Stoesz remarked that, if the funds aren’t used for the parks, the council 299 should be able to bring the funds back. The budget actions provided in the packet will be 300 amended to reflect. 301 302 Moving back to the council agenda budget approval items, Ms. Lynch explained the 303 budget amendments noting that many on the revenue side have to deal with COVID 19. 304 On the expenditure side the amendments relate mainly to personnel savings, parts and 305 supplies, and contracted service. The budget adds $315,000 to the General Fund Reserve 306 as a result of amendments (keeping the City at the 50% reserve balance). 307 308 Final reporting on the Coronavirus Relief fund is Item 2C. Ms. Lynch reported that the 309 full amount granted was used and staff is coming forward with a final report (broken out 310 by expenditure categories outlined by the state); staff is also asking the council to approve 311 a federal grants policy. The council concurred. 312 313 3A) Metro INET IT Services and Execution of Joint Powers Agreement for Services – 314