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Mounds View City Council December 10, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 30 MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Thomas. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 5672, a Resolution Adopting the 2002 Budgets for Funds Other than the General Fund Council Member Marty commented that it is interesting to note that, in reviewing previous years’ budgets for the golf course, with all the alleged improprieties this year the budgets are really very similar to what they have been in the past. Council Member Marty questioned why the golf course remedial lawsuit improvements fund was zeroed out for this year’s budget. City Administrator Miller indicated that those dollars were for the cost of bringing the golf course up to par and that lawsuit no longer exists. Council Member Marty indicated that it was his recollection that there were more steps that needed to be completed to keep the course from reverting back to its previous condition. City Administrator Miller indicated she had worked with Ken Mathison and he has reviewed all the numbers and he feels the dollars, as budgeted, are adequate. Council Member Marty explained that sofas and televisions were coming up through the fairways and that is how the City got involved in the lawsuit and he is concerned that the situation may happen again if all the steps to solve the problem are not completed. City Administrator Miller indicated that the maintenance dollars are in the budget that the golf course staff thought were necessary. She then indicated that the line item that was zeroed out for the coming year was set up for that lawsuit and that lawsuit is completed. Acting Mayor Stigney commented that he felt there would be some future improvement in the budgets if it were a goal of the Council to strive for more efficient services and operations. Council Member Quick indicated that for the 17 years he has been on the Council it has been a goal of the City to do things more efficiently and cost effective. He then commented that Council Member Stigney should consider the community as a whole when making decisions as a Council Member because it seems that the Council could work to do something that benefited the majority of the City and, if Council Member Stigney did not like the idea, he would not support it. Council Member Marty commented that he feels differing opinions are good for discussion purposes and even though Council does not always agree the Members are all working for the betterment of the entire community. He then asked if the cable technician would be discussed at a later date. City Administrator Miller indicated that the matter would be discussed sometime during the course of the coming year.