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contribution and $15,000 budgeted in sponsorships /revenues. Currently, the sponsorships are <br />listed below: <br />..................... ............................... <br />Anchor Bank <br />$1,000 <br />Arden Hills Tobacco <br />$1,000 <br />Bethel University <br />$500 (plus venue/ <br />shuttles /food) <br />Hood Packaging <br />$1,500 <br />Country Financial <br />$500 <br />Northwestern College <br />$500 <br />Smith's Medical <br />$500 <br />Arden Pharmacy & Gift <br />$250 <br />Bolton & Menk, Inc. <br />$250 <br />Catholic United Financial <br />$250 <br />Pot -Of -Gold Bingo <br />$250 <br />Kim's Tailor <br />$50 <br />McDonald's, Q.S.C., Inc. <br />$100 <br />Parkshore Apartments <br />$50 <br />Presbyterian Homes of Arden Hills <br />Shuttle /Pontoon <br />Super 8 Hotel <br />One free night stay <br />Staff sent out a second batch of sponsorship request letters in March. We are currently ahead of <br />last year's sponsorship total. However, there are still quite a few sponsors from last year that <br />have not donated. The sponsorships increased last year after Council members made personal <br />phone calls to businesses that had not yet committed. Staff divided the businesses into five <br />different lists and assigned each Council member a list to call (Staff will hand lists to the <br />Council members at the meeting). A few of the Council members worked with staff to send a <br />personalized letter and then followed it up with a phone call. This seemed to be an effective <br />method. <br />The current budget for our event is attached. Staff has been trying to manage the budget and <br />have been trying to find activities at as low of a cost as possible. The $20,000 - $25,000 seems to <br />be an appropriate and manageable number for the overall event budget. The budget does not <br />include any staffing from City Hall or Public Works. This event has always been a mandatory <br />work day. Last year, the City Hall staff worked four hour shifts and the Public Works <br />employees worked eight hour shifts. Staff plans on keeping these shifts similar to last year's <br />event. While the staff was able to cover the work assignments, it would be beneficial to have <br />additional volunteers to cover areas that were minimally staffed last year and added areas of need <br />for this year's event. <br />-3- <br />