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City Council Minutes Page 6 <br /> August 5,2013 <br /> ----------------------------- <br /> The City Council recessed at 7:50 p.m. in order to go into worksession. <br /> The City Council reconvened at 8:00 p.m. <br /> 10.1 2014 Budget <br /> Mr. Sivnon presnted the staff report. <br /> The administration, human resources, legal, library, and police departments <br /> reviewed their 2014 goals and requested budgets. <br /> Admihisti-afion <br /> Council consensus was to increase the cost of logo embroidery from $6 to "up to <br /> $12"in order to cover the additional cost of the Powered by Nature logo embroidery <br /> on items purchased personally be employees. Staff to work on clarifying whether the <br /> cost of the Powered by Nature etnbroidety would come from the city or economic <br /> development budget. <br /> Library <br /> Mayor Dietz requested library staff to bring back their maintenance of effort, and to <br /> look at alternatives for the storytellers,which are in the budget at$11,000. He <br /> suggested using volunteers for the program. <br /> Librarian Will Hollerich stated the storytelling program is one of most popular and is <br /> very well attended. <br /> Some Counciltnembers had concerns with a volunteer not being trained or good at <br /> storytelling as it may take a special skill with young children. <br /> Mayor Dietz suggested to Mr. Hollerich that he would like to see more consistent <br /> hours for the library as he gets complaints from library patrons. He suggested he'd <br /> like the Great River Regional Library Board to consider extending the hours to <br /> Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.,which would be an extra four hours <br /> per week. <br /> Parks Mabdename <br /> There was discussion on the diseased trees at the library and whether the Council <br /> should utilize contingency funding in 2013 in order to save them. <br /> Staff stated spring 2014 would be the best time to take care of the trees. <br /> ---------------------- <br /> Mr. Sitnon reviewed the 2014 preliminary General Fund expenditure budget, <br /> requested positions, budget analysis snap shop, and tax rate estimates at shown in his <br /> r,PM0WERIa 0 <br /> INATUREI <br />