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AGENDA ITEM 1 E <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR Julie Bartell, City Clerk <br />MEETING DATE October 23, 2006 <br />TOPIC Accepting Donation from Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 6583 to <br />Defray Cost of Annual Safety Camp <br />VOTE REQUIRED Simple Majority <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 6583 has made a contribution to the Centennial Fire <br />District to defray the cost of the annual Safety Camp. The method of funding for this is <br />through charitable gambling proceeds. Because the Centennial Fire District is a joint <br />powers entity, it has no statutory authority to fix its own budget. This function is <br />performed by each entity participating in the joint powers agreement. Therefore, it cannot <br />accept the charitable gambling proceeds directly. In the past, the charitable gambling <br />proceeds have been donated to and accepted by the City of Lino Lakes, as a participant <br />in the joint powers agreement, and a check in the same amount was issued to the <br />Centennial Fire District for the purchase. In remaining consistent with past practice, <br />staffs recommendation is to accept the donation of charitable gambling proceeds from <br />the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 6583 in the amount of $1,000 and authorize the <br />issuance of a check in the amount of $1,000 to the Centennial Fire District to be used for <br />the annual Safety Camp. This transaction will have no net affect on the City's 2006 <br />budget. <br />OPTIONS <br />1. Accept the donation of charitable gambling proceeds from the Ladies Auxiliary of <br />VFW Post 6583 in the amount of $1,000 and authorize the issuance of a check in <br />the amount of $1,000 to the Centennial Fire District to defray the cost of the annual <br />Safety Camp. <br />2. Refer to Staff for further review. <br />3. Decline the donation of charitable gambling proceeds. <br />iiiRECOMMENDATION <br />Option 1 <br />