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Mounds View City Council May 12, 2003 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br />Finance Director Hansen indicated he would hold off but informed Council that the delay would 1 <br />mean the City will have a binder rather than a policy and that means Council will not have policy 2 <br />information and numbers for the budget discussions in August. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Council Member Quick suggested directing Staff to insure the bus and the beach in order to 5 <br />ensure that timeframes are met. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Mayor Linke indicated he spoke with the Mayor of Spring Lake Park and he had information that 8 <br />only 30 people, on average, use the beach itself and they do not think that few people justifies the 9 <br />costs involved with keeping it open. He further commented that the City of Fridley has over 100 10 <br />people per day at Moore Lake Beach and they are closing it as a cost saving measure. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Council Member Quick asked how much it costs the City for the beach. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Finance Director Hansen indicated that Spring Lake Park is proposing to cut $8,000 from their 15 <br />budget for Lakeside Park but some of that was for things like the Satellite so he estimates a 16 <br />savings of about $7,000 from the beach. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Council Member Gunn commented that the beach is often closed due to Swimmer’s Itch. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Council Member Quick suggested dropping the beach and continuing coverage on the bus. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Council Member Stigney asked that the bus be added on the bottom line and tell them it may fall 23 <br />off of the list depending upon the Lions. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Finance Director Hansen indicated that the timing of the decision would determine whether it 26 <br />was too late to remove the bus from the policy. 27 <br /> 28 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Gunn. To Direct Staff to Drop the Insurance on the Beach and 29 <br />Inform Spring Lake Park that Mounds View Agrees to Close the Beach and to Direct Staff to 30 <br />Continue Insurance Coverage on the Bus. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Council Member Stigney commented that he feels this is “cart before the horse.” 33 <br /> 34 <br />Council Member Marty indicated the City may need the bus if it decides to take over the 35 <br />Community Center due to ADA requirements. 36 <br /> 37 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 1(Stigney) Motion carried. 38 <br /> 39 <br />8. CONSENT AGENDA 40 <br /> 41 <br />A. Licenses for Approval 42 <br />B. Resolution No. 6001 Approval of Golf Cart Lease Agreement 43 <br />C. Resolution No. 6008 Authorizing the Hiring of Nicholas Fleischhecker as a 44 <br />Sanitary Sewer Maintenance Employee 45