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Mounds View City Council August 27, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 14 <br /> <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney stated this needed to be looked at because he believed a part of this <br />should fall under his retainer. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty agreed and stated this amount seemed to be substantial and a good part <br />of the budget had been used for attorney’s fees. <br /> <br />Assistant to the City Administrator Reed stated there was a provision in the contract that any <br />remaining funds would go back into the Festival in the Park and if these fees were removed that <br />was what would happen. <br /> <br />City Administrator Miller stated she recalled Mr. Riggs was in attendance and met with members <br />of the Festival Committee. What had come out of those discussions was how much the event <br />had cost the City in the past and the agreement reflected those past costs which was reflected in <br />that $4,000.00 figure. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre asked if attorney’s fees had been addressed in the past. City Administrator <br />Miller replied this had not been addressed. She stated it was her understanding that these costs <br />would not be costs incurred in the future. <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney asked if the contract protected the City, or did it only protect the <br />Festival Committee. <br /> <br />Sherry Gunn, 8120 Red Oak Court, stated the City’s donation had always been $4,000.00, which <br />was applied to the fireworks, but this year because of the contract that the City had required, they <br />came up short. She stated they did not ask for the contract and they understood they would not <br />have to pay for the attorney’s fees. <br /> <br />City Administrator Miller replied they had not discussed attorney’s fees. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre stated he personally liked the contract idea, but it was not fair to the Festival to <br />have fees such as these come up without warning. <br /> <br />Ms. Gunn stated it was not in the contract that they would have to pay for the attorney’s fees. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick stated typically they charged the other entity for these types of charges. <br />He stated the attorney was sort of a City employee, and it was up to the Council to determine <br />where the money came from. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty indicated the Festival had been going for many years, it was for the <br />citizens, and they were operating it at a "bare bones" budget. The festival was not making any <br />money, but it was providing a nice service for the citizens. He wondered if they could just cut it <br />off at $4,000.00, and the City could pay the additional amount above $4,000.00 for this year <br />only. He stated the Festival would be paying for the "lion’s share" of it anyway. <br />