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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1982 -3- 3. E. Intern - Continued ie the Comprehensive Plan-,-the-new-Zoning-Ordinances Mattaz said- this assumes that the Administrator is not being kept busy at this time. Novak suggested that the City Council may have to cut down on the Administrator's responsibilities if the work related to this project becomes too great. The Council agreed to wait until the Counties had reviewed the budget for the Waste/Energy Plant to determine whether or not the City could afford an intern. The Council also discussed the fact that the City may have to employ the City Attorney and Engineer and Planner to review parts of this application and that those costs will have to be taken into account. F. Surface Water Plan - Was not discussed. G. Capital Improvement Program h. Parr The Council agreed that it may be difficult to budget an additional $8,000 into the Park Capital Improvement Program in 1983. Morgan indicated that he would like the Park Commission to review the Capital Improvement Program again before the Council meets on the 21st. Novak indicated that she had great pride in our park system, but, that perhaps more development would significantly increase our maintenance and police costs to a point where it would not be practical to manage this. Mctta.zindicated that, if the Park Commission reviews the plan, he would like to see the Vita Course taken out of the 1983 Budget and he would like the Park Commission to consider putting the Vita Course in a more active park. The Council also agreed that the bleachers in Pebble Park and the playground equipment in Tablyn Park and the tennis courts for Demontreville Park ought to be reevaluated. There is some feeling that these items may not be necessary before 1986. Mottaz expressed his concern that the City might put additional money into this reserve while it still has some of the proceeds of the Park Bonds in this fund. He doubted the wisdom of keeping $60,000 in the reserve when the City is paying 7% interest on the money investing the money at 12% and the cost of the equipment this money will buy is going up at a rate of 9% or more per year. Morgan said that there is a balance in this fund because the Park Commission had been able to generate and match grant monies and save a considerable amount for the City. The Council agreed to ask the Park Commission to review the Capital Improvement Program and make a recommendation September 21. 2. Maintenance Department - The Council discussed the philosophy of creating_reserves to buy equipment. Whittaker explained that the City was no longer in a position to put significant amounts of money into reserve each year; because the City was at its State mandated levy limit and did not have sufficient room within that limit to levy for reserves. Whittaker also referred the Council to his August 31 Budget Memo,where he discusses the effect of putting money into reserve. The Council agreed that all additional funds within the levy limit should be levied so that an equipment reserve can be built back up, even though this will not pay for all equipment purchases. The Council expressed its feeling that this reserve will limit the amount the City has to borrow and decrease the amount of interest the City would have to pay for equipment in the future.