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..h— ENS Subsidies — continued — bake Elmo is being pressured into doing the same thing. Fie would like to see the money the County has given these communities divided equally. Whittaker said the principal reason for subsidy was because some people cannot afford to pay. This should riot be a Citys° problem and can be handled through welfare or Medicare. The present program is subsid.izing'ineffieiency. Some communities are providing more service than they can economically afford while others are providing none. The County should have control if they are going to subsidize them. Now, no one has control. Pott repeated his previous statement of equal. distribution, and feels this should. be done according to population, not mill rate. The Administrator will write a letter to the County and involved Gommilnities stting the City°s position. 1—r) — Commissioner Schaefer said the County Hoard is considering retaining a lobbyist, Tom Ryan, 'for the purpose of recovering the monies expended by the involved communities and the county in the I-94 lawsuit. These monies would be recovered from the let,rislature. POLICIES: A. Water Surface Use Committee — Bob Peterson questioned. whether the Council desired the committee be abolished. Z"..^e Administrator said. the Council still would like recommendations for the regulations; the enforcement power would come from standing committees and staff. Mr. Peterson £eels committee members, on the lakes, are more aware of problems. These people can be called when problems arise on the Lakes, rather than calling City officials, Armstrong agreed with this intent, he sees this committee as functioning independently$ making recommendations to the Council and receiving information as pertains to this committee, yet, not one that reviews, matters for Council consideration. The Administrator said the way to structure this and be assured everyone knows what they are doing is to say the committee is there to develop regulations for the City Council to act on. Enforcement will be done by existing ,groups, He feels a committee that does not meet regularly and does not function as part of the bureaucracy will complicate the process. Problems can be handled at ,City Hall through the Building Inspector, Engineer.' or staff. .Non —lake residents should serve on this committee as they also use the lakes and may find problems with the regulations. The DNR wants the City to hold a hearing on these regulations. It is in the best interest of the City to have feed -back from non —lake residents. The Council agreed the committee should continue work on the regulations and also suggest non-lakeshore residents to serve on the committee.