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-2- 2) Commissions - The City has a variety of active commissions, including Planning, Charter, Cable TV, Civil Service, Lakeside Park, Parks and Recreation and Human Rights, which serve as advisory bodies to the City Council and, when functioning jointly with other political subdivisions, operate as an administrative body responsible to the City Council . An example of the latter is the North Suburban Cable Commission, a consortium of 10 suburban municipalities established to coordinate the franchising of cable TV service in the 10 municipalities, which the City is a member of and the Lakeside Park Commission. With the advent of a Joint Powers Agreement between Mounds View and Spring Lake Park for the operation of Lakeside Park, it is anticipated that the level of service provided in Lakeside Park will be modified . The impact this Joint Powers Agreement will have on the services provided to Lakeside Park will be discussed in detail in the Parks and Recreation and Finance Departments Public Service Programs. The increased activity of the North Suburban Cable Commission towards a Cable TV franchise will not impact on the expendi- ture of additional funds, but will necessitate additional • activities in the Clerk-Administrator ' s Office which will be addressed in that section of the Public Service Program. Also, a heightened desire on the part of members of the Planning Commission to improve their knowledge and awareness of planning and zoning issues will result in the need to dedicate a small amount of funds, not presently budgeted, to allow for attendance of commission members to seminars and -workshops. *R It is not anticipated that services will be expanded by these commissions other than what has been previously mentioned. Impacts on the budget will result from increases in training costs , Recording Secretary salary and increased operating costs for the Festival in the Park. 3) Elections - The elections activities of the City are limited to the maintenance of the voter ' s registration cards, provision and maintenance of voting and ballot counting equipment and supplies and administrative services, including election judges, necessary for the legal and efficient conduct of elections. Over the next five years, these services will change only when special elections are held, which cannot be anticipated, or the State or Federal governments modify the rules and regulations for the conduct of elections in such a way that increased expenditures are required. 111