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Roseville PWET Commission Meeting Minutes Page 5 -November 24, 2009 rinks, with proper training and supervision provided by City staff under some circumstances. Bob Willmus, Representing the Parks and Recreation Commission Ms. Willmus noted that outdoor ice rinks are intended to service neighborhood areas surrounding those parks, and were not intended to be a branch of the Roseville Youth Hockey Association. Mr. Willmus advised that annual costs of operating and maintaining those outdoor rinks were $40-45,000, basically consisting of 80% labor in addition to use of City equipment and the tanker truck to flood them. Mr. Willmus noted that, while identifie_ d as a dollar figure, it translates into an employee who was also utilized to other duties when not maintaining outdoor rinks, with those impacts and ripple effects recognized by the City Council in their budget deliberations. Mr. Willmus advised that impacts of the ripple effect were of great concern to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Discussion among PWET Commis those items appearing to be cost-say overall day-to-day operations witl deferring annual PMP maintenance and costing more in the long run; impacting risk management, such a response and environmental impact School Districts and bus routes; an decade saving time and equipmen based on amount of precipitation in and advances in technologies for th Mr. Willmus included recognizing res may not prove beneficial to the none departments; similarities in activities..shortening the life-span of roadways level of service for snow plowing frequency s icy intersections, with snow and ice chemical s; policies matching practices; impacts to the d reduction of salt and sand usage over the last t costs by managing the rate of application ice and snow, air and pavement temperatures, e type of materials and its applications. Further discussion included public perception of changing policies based on budget limitations creating situations impacting their driving habits; loss of life or major accidents based on reduced service levels; trade-offs in property taxes versus level of services provided; annual cost of snow plowing at this time estimated at $130,000; costs and other service levels of street sweeping funded through the stormwater utility fund, and cost considerations of the Discharge Ordinance currently being drafted; and possible revenues from a street light utility fee. Chair DeBenedet opined that some costs are impossible to control based on increased inflationary rates that served to cause issues with other aspects of the budget that made it challenging for the City to keep taxes at inflation or below. Mr. Schwartz advised that it wasn't so much inflation driving the need for increased taxes at this tune, but major cost impacts due to spending decisions made in the past, such as depletion of the Equipment Replacement Fund over the last decade, with depreciation funds not being funded, and new spending in 2010 due to the skating center geothermal refrigeration replacement project coming on board, as well as itnpacts from the state's reduction in Market Value Homestead