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• Page 8 UNAPPROVED <br /> October 13, 1998 <br /> Mounds View City Council <br /> involvement in the process. <br /> E. Consider Authorizing Amendment to 1998 Cable TV Budget. <br /> MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Koopmeiners to approve Resolution 5275, A Resolution Amending <br /> the 1998 Cable TV Budget. <br /> Stigney asked Whiting where the funds for the Cable TV budget came from. <br /> Whiting told the Council the budget is derived from the Cable TV franchise fee. The franchise fee <br /> money can only be used for cable related services: cable technicians, camera operators, 5 percent <br /> of staff overhead(Park and Recreation Director salary). <br /> Stigney asked if the franchise fee could be used at the New Community Center. <br /> McCarty stated as long as it was cable related. <br /> • Stigney asked: "If this money is being set aside for cable services, does that mean that it can <br /> never be used for anything else? It's desirable to spend whatever is there? Or is it desirable to <br /> maintain a balance for future uses?" <br /> Kessel stated it was his belief that the balance should not be spent down to zero. <br /> Pat, the City's video technician, presented a list of equipment that was being requested to update <br /> the City's video recording system. The list was put together by staff, and various vendors who <br /> service the City. The equipment will service the City for the next five to ten years and will <br /> streamline a system that is "patched together." <br /> Stigney expressed his concern that the equipment that was being requested wasn't really needed <br /> because the City had purchased a new mixer and some new cameras in the recent past. He also <br /> questioned the need to replace the microphones and contended that the City didn't need a system <br /> that comes with all of the "bells and whistles." The system that is being proposed is overkill, he <br /> added. <br /> McCarty asked Pat what recommendation the Cable Committee had made. <br /> Pat told the Council the Cable Committee's recommendation was to proceed with the acquisition <br /> of the recommended equipment. <br /> • Kessel told the Council the project would have to be publicly let for bids because the expenditure <br />