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540 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 541 AUGUST 10, 1994 542 PAGE ELEVEN 543 544 Council member Dario noted the City Celebration Committee 545 requested the ball fields be upgraded at the last minute. He 546 expressed the fields should be maintained on a regular basis. 547 Council member Dario suggested a user charge for the fields. 548 549 Council member Brenner noted the Park and Recreation Committee 550 has requested the maintenance portion of their budget be removed 551 because they have limited authority regarding the expenditures. 552 553 Mayor Buckbee suggested the possibility of having the Park and 554 Recreation Committee be an advisory board with no budget. 555 556 Council member Brenner expressed the Park and Recreation 557 Committee may be responsive to the idea, since they do not want 558 to be responsible for the maintenance and want to more involved 559 in the planning of parks, etc. She felt the maintenance should 560 be included in the public works budget. Council member Brenner 561 noted she sympathizes with the Park and Recreation Committee 562 because they were not informed about what repairs Central Park 563 needed. 564 565 Clerk/Administrator Tamara Miltz-Miller suggested the City 566 Council direct the Park and Recreation Committee to investigate 567 restructuring their fee schedule to recover some of the costs to 568 maintain the fields. 569 570 Motion by Buckbee, second by Helmbrecht to have the ball field 571 maintenance costs of approximately $1,000.00 to be taken entirely 572 from the Park and Recreation budget; 573 the City Council and Park and Recreation Committee 574 should address the entire budget requests and funding 575 for 1995 at future budget meetings, 576 motion carried unanimously. 577 578 Employee Review Board Update. 579 Council member Brenner updated the City Council on a conference 580 call between Sanna Buckbee, Assistant City Clerk and the Employee 581 Review Board. It was noted the Employee Review Board agreed to 582 suggest a special meeting be held after the budget meeting to 583 discuss stepping up the time frame for the hiring a full time 584 administrator. Council member Brenner noted the plan for the 585 interim period appears to be favorable, however the person to 586 whom she would report is a concern. 587 588 Motion by Brenner, second by Buckbee to direct City staff to post 589 a special meeting notice of the City Council for August 17, 1994 590 to discuss the advertising for a full time Clerk/Administrator to 591 immediately follow the budget work session, motion carried 592 unanimously. 593