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Budget <br /> The budget established by the City Council was $25,000. The City portion was established at <br /> $10,000 and the hope was that sponsorships could cover the remaining $15,000. The <br /> sponsorship letters were mailed out to all Arden Hills businesses in January. Below is the <br /> current amount of sponsorships that the City has received: <br /> BUSINESS NAME AMOUNT <br /> Anchor Bank $1,000.00 <br /> Arden Pharmacy& Gift $250.00 - <br /> Bethel University $500.00 <br /> Boston Scientific Corp. $750.00 <br /> Bremer Bank $100.00 <br /> Geroge's Shoe Repair $100.00 <br /> Kim's Tailor $50.00 <br /> McDonald's $100.00 <br /> North Heights Lutheran <br /> Church $250.00 <br /> Pace Industries $50.00 <br /> Presbyterian Homes <br /> Brausen's Item TBD <br /> One free <br /> Super 8 Hotel night <br /> $250 <br /> Allegra Printing printing <br /> Staff is planning on sending out a second batch of letters in the next few weeks. However, the <br /> sponsorships are so low that City Council may want to consider assigning follow up phone calls. <br /> The current budget for our event is attached. The Committee has been trying to watch the <br /> budget and have been trying to find activities at as low of a cost as possible. The fireworks are <br /> the main attraction of this event and that is $7,500 from the budget. The $20,000-$25,000 <br /> seems to be an appropriate and manageable number for the overall event budget. The budget <br /> does not include any staffing from City Hall or Public Works. This event has always been a <br /> mandatory work day. The City Hall staff had four hour shifts and the Public Works employees <br /> had eight hour shifts. The City Hall hourly staff either have to adjust their hours to work four <br /> hours less during the week to accommodate the Saturday shift or the City would be obligated to <br /> pay comp time at time and half. Up until this point, staff has been asked to save the time and <br /> date of this event and that a mandatory shift will be given out. The City will need to work with <br /> the union to work out something for the Public Works crew. Unless they take a shift off during <br /> the week to adjust their hours, they would be paid overtime for the event. Does Council have a <br /> preference on how the shifts are handled? <br /> -2- <br />