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COMMUNITY RECREATION BOARD Minutes Fr: 10/20/97 C.! Attendance: Staff: J. Asfahl- Comm. Rec., C. Blesener & C. McNaughton-Commers Dist. 728 Com. Education Community Representatives: Doug Thompson - Hassan, Gary Eitel - City of Rogers, Mark Berning - City of Otsego, Roger Holmgren - City of Elk River, Shidey Slater - City of Dayton, Guests: Virginia Wendel, Vem Heidner, Larry Fournier - City of Otsego, Sandy Borders, Jason Osberg - City of Dayton, Pat Klaers - City of Elk River Community Representatives absent: Jeff Gongoll - lSD 728 A.) Call meeting to order: - The meeting was called to order at 12:00 by Roger Holmgren B.) Changes / additions to agenda: None C.) Consider consent agenda: Motion by Mark Berning to approve consent items as follows: C.1) Minutes from 9/15/97 C.2) Accept city of Elk River as payroll agent for Secretary and Program Supervisor C.3) Staff attendance at MRPA conference Nov. 11-14. Motion seconded by Gary Eitel. Motion Carried. D.) Staff Reports/Informational Updates: Jeff A. mentioned that each report item had a narrative attached to today's agenda. With respect to time Jeff only verbally reported on item D.7. E.) Discussion / Board Action Items: E. 1) Discussion with Otsego City Council Representatives: Jeff A. provided a brief review of events that has lead to today's meeting with several of the Otsego Council representatives in attendance. Their concerns consisted of: the cost to Otsego has risen from $18,724 in 1997 to $22,928 in 1998, their proportion of dollars they expend as a city on recreational activity is only 50% of what they pay as a contribution to the joint powers program, and were enough residents participating. Otsego urged the board to review how each community is asessed, to look at concepts to make the user pay more, and consider limited services via a specific contract with Otsego. It was mentioned that not all Recreation Board communities provide funding for the recreational activities that we administer, thus additional increases to user fees begins to prohibit participation, while for many recreational activities some communities encourage participation with nominal fees / and willingly subsidize the program. On a motion by Doug Thompson, seconded by Mark Beming the budget committee is to consider various alternatives for assessing communities, as well as review the proposed budget and revenue generation concepts. Mark Berning was also assigned to work with the budget committee joining Doug T. And Gary E. Motion unanimously carried. It is expected that the budget committee will have some recommendations at our November regular meeting. E.2) Discuss options for nonresident fees and related services: Tabled The meeting adjourned at 1:05 pm on a motion by Shirley Slater, seconded by Doug Thompson. Motion Carded. Next regular meeting: Monday November 17, 1997. Respectfully Submitted,