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Page 8 <br />October 13, 1998 <br />Mounds View City Council <br />Plan Update process in the City's future development and encouraged continued community <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 <br />fee money can only be used for cable related services: cable technicians, camera operators, 5 <br />percent 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 />