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Mounds View City Council July 12, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 2 Public Works Director Lee stated the water cooler at Public Works no longer functioned and had to be replaced. He stated the humidity at the Sanitary Sewer Lift Station was causing the control panels to fail, so the humidifier had been replaced. Council Member Many asked whether that was a heavy duty humidifier, and Public Works Director Lee stated that it was. Council Member Stigney asked why city water couldn't be used in the water coolers rather than purchased water. Public Works Director Lee stated that they felt it was cheaper to purchase water for the water cooler than to have to provide a refrigerator in which to place bottled water. Council Member Stigney stated he objected to purchasing water for the water cooler, and Public Works Director Lee stated he actually didn't know whether they were purchasing it or refilling the bottles, but he would check into it. Council Member Marry asked what the third item on page 10 was, and Charlie Hansen stated it was probably a herbicide for the golf course. Council Member Marty questioned what the fence was for at the Mounds View Manufactured Homes on page 12, Item 113846, and Public Works Director Lee stated it was for repair of a fence that was damaged by a snowplow. Council Member Marty questioned the expenditure at page 14, Item 113865, Stockyard Days, Hole Sponsorship, for $100. Charlie Hansen stated that it was a reciprocal hole sponsorship, and it basically evened out. Councilmember Marty stated he was aware that they had in the past, but that nothing had been received from them yet this year. Council Member Marty noted that the total Kennedy & Graven expense was $9,854, and he asked why only $4,900 had been invoiced to Pro Craft Homes. Mayor Linke stated that this had been covered before, and it was because the City covers half and Pro Craft Homes covers half. Council Member Stigney asked on page 12, YMCA, what the difference was between contractual recreation and other professional services. He asked if it were four quarters of that. Charlie Hansen stated it is a quarterly amount, so it would be four times that amount. He stated it was simply carried forward from past budgets. Mayor Linke asked staff to check on the item at page 9, under Kennedy & Graven, Charter Commission, for $1,415. He felt the Charter Commission has a set amount they can spend until they have to come in for some kind of approval. Council Member Marty stated he thought it was $1,200.