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City Council Minutes Page 11 <br />April 20, 2015 <br />----------------------------- <br />Park for 2015. He stated there needs to be an organization who takes the lead on the <br />event. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz and Councilmember Olsen concurred. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz noted the city has always kicked in $10,000 for the event and because a <br />group didn’t take it on, has upped that amount to $15,000. He further stated he does <br />get calls from residents who question why the city is paying for fireworks with tax <br />payer money but he felt the fireworks were important and he didn’t want to see them <br />go away completely. <br /> <br />Councilmember Burandt further noted the city has had to kick in other in-kind <br />services with some of the logistics and coordination. <br /> <br />Councilmember Wagner stated she is currently working on a large event for her own <br />business scheduled in September and 60 days is not a lot of time to plan something <br />this large. She stated she would hate to see it moved so quickly and expressed <br />concern that the event may not be done right with staffing, cleanup, and emergency <br />personnel. She encouraged Lake Orono residents to be one of the groups to assist <br />with coordinating the event. <br /> <br />Mr. Benoit noted the city hasn’t had a chance to discuss the event with the state <br />patrol and county sheriff, so they can include this event in their budget and planning, <br />which happens during a normal budget cycle. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz suggested keeping this item as a regular topic on the Council agenda. <br /> <br />Council consensus is to have staff put together budget costs to have an <br />Independence Day event so any organization can step up will know the approximate <br />costs. <br /> <br />12. Adjournment <br /> <br />There being no further business, Mayor Dietz adjourned the meeting of the Elk <br />River City Council at 9:22 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />John J. Dietz, Mayor <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Tina Allard, City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />