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138 Council Minutes January 6, 197(3 -0- Councilman Reiter mo\../ed to concur with the City Manager recommendation and retain the firm of Milif,er-Dunwidclie to prepare the re cessary plans ancfrspecifi- cations . Councilman: Ryan seconded the motion which carried unanimously. 16. CONS. CREATION OF CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR TAX LEVY LIMITATIONS Mayor White advised the audience that the City Manager was recommending that the Council establish a citizens' committee to help Council decide whether this matter should go to a referendum as to whether' the tax levy maximum should be increased in order to assure that the City has sufficient funds to operate the. City in the future. Lyle Haney advised the Council and audience that the legislature has proposed that for a city like ours a maximum tax levy be set. Last year we were at the maximum. Since then there were several increased approved by the legislature. Staff is look- ing at 5-year expenditures and revenues through 1981, and hppes to get back to the Council within 30 days . Staff is suspicious that the level of, services and employees will be more than the 6% plus per capita increase over the next five years which is what our recommended limitations are. In order to increase It beyond that, it needs vote approval. Councilman Stull said that we're not asking the people For more money, but asking what direction we should take and what their needs for services will be in the future and how much they are willing to pay for those services. Mayor White made a motion, seconded by Councilman Stull, to approve the setting up oi a steering committee consisting of seven members to study the needs of the commun- ity and that each member of the Council submit one name as a member, and the other two members to be selected by the Council From names submitted by the City . „ Manager. Mr. Jim Stewart asked what the function of the steering committee would be . Mayor Wnite responded it would take the report prepared by the Staff, study the revenue coming into the City, public „safety, human resources, amount of de- , veloprnent projected for the next five years and the cost of operating the government. The Mayor also said that they would make use of the community schools advisory commissions to get input regarding community attitude. It was envisioned by the Mayor that the Steering committee would consist of seven members with subcommittees under that working in each of the areas on the chart prepared by Mr. Cottingham. Councilman Ryan wondered if he was correct in reading into this proposal that each member of the steering committee would also be a chairman of a subcommittee. Mr. Cottingham responded in the affirmative, and that each subcommittee would deal with one of the broad program areas . Councilman Ryan opposed the motion that each member of the Council would pick one member and the City Manager two and recommended that the Council staff a committee large enough to do all of these things and after. that, pick a chairman and seven subchairmen. The Mayor responded that the thinking behind his motion was to get this off the ground as soon as possible. Mayor White thought picking a committee such as that recommended by Councilman Ryan could get burtdened down. Councilman Ryan said he was prepared to submit names for the City Manager to contact and he would like to do that.