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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 13, 2015 Page 17 Councilmember Willmus expressed his concern in reducing the impact on the storm water utility fund to continue supplementing this program; and personally offered his support to staffs recommendation in discontinuing the program. For those residents who have participated, Councilmember Willmus noted there were vendors specializing in spring and fall clean-up; and with staffs list of alterna- tives available, he suggested putting that out as an educational piece for those us- ers. Councilmember Etten offered his overall support for staffs recommendation as well, suggesting that the program be continued in 2015, while providing that edu- cation to the community and users of the program during that timeframe to alert them that this was the final year of the city program. Councilmember Etten urged caution in how the City provided lists of vendors without the perception of providing a recommendation of those vendors as well, especially when those ven- dors were not licensed by the City. Councilmember Etten noted that the NYFS had a senior chore program and suggested that information also be made available as part of those educational efforts, and suggested staff and legal counsel work through how those vendors could or should be listed and the lines to be drawn. While it would be a nice thing to do for residents, Councilmember Etten reiterated his concern about the lines needed and his liability concerns. Mayor Roe recognized the good point made by Councilmember Etten in the Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) as a charitable organization provid- ing this program, suggesting other groups as well such as scouts or faith commu- nities that could also fill that gap. Mayor Roe noted that another option may be for those organizations to offer sign-up opportunities for leaf pick up and/or haul- ing as needed, which could serve as a fundraiser for those groups depending on how modeled. Councilmember Willmus stated that he envisioned listing possible vendors or groups not unlike what the City did for those offering tree services. Councilmember Etten clarified that the City licensed those vendors, and it would be hard to license this broad of a group. Mayor Roe suggested that the City could provide educational information to resi- dents about what questions to ask potential leaf pick-up vendors, and what infor- mation to get before choosing one. Councilmember McGehee consulted with City Attorney Gaughan and suggested a call could go out to vendors and/or organizations to provide their name to the City to add to the City website if interested in providing this service, which should provide no liability to the City as it would not be vouching for them.