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City Council Minutes August 26, 2002 Page 5 Councilmember Kuester stated that she wants to see a way for new groups to use the fields. She further indicated that there shoUld be a formal process to record N-kind contribution or donations from associations for field use and development. COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN MOVED TO APPPROVE THE FIELD USE POLICY WITH AN AMENDMENT TO PRIORITY ONE TO READ AS FOLLOWS: "THIS ASSOCIATION WILL BE THE ASSOCIATION WITH SENORITY IF IT SERVES THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS." COUNCILMEMBER TVEITE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO APPROVE THE FIELD USE FEES AND DEPOSITS FOR SHELTERS AND FIELD USE AND TO WAIVE THE FEES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. COUNCILMEMBER TVEITE SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-1. COUNCILMEMBE KUESTER OPPOSED. The City Council recessed to the Training Room for a budget Worksession at 8:20 p.m. Budget Worksession The Council reconvened at 8:25 p.m. City Prosecuting Attorney Chris Johnson gave an update on the criminal and civil cases being handled by his department. Chris Johnson indicated that he is requesting to hire a part time student to handle some of the routine office work and court cases. City Administrator Pat I~daers distributed a handout on the part time Fire Prevention Specialist. Fire Chief Bruce West gave an update regarding the position of Fire Prevention Specialist. He indicated that if the position is authorized, he is proposing to expand the school pubhc information and education program to allo~v them to go out on a more regular basis over the school calendar year. The City Administrator distributed a handout by Steve Rohlf regarding the Heritage Preservation Commission budget. Discussion was held by the Council regarding potential grants that could be received by the Commission. City Administrator Pat I~daers indicated that at the last budget Worksession on August 12, 2002, a $362,100 budget gap had been identified. The City Administrator reviewed proposed adjustments that could be made to reduce the gap to $128,600. The Council concurred with the recommended changes. The City Administrator discussed the possibility of collecting a gas franchise fee. He suggested that the funds be used for the pavement management program. It was the consensus of the Council to authorize the City Administrator to continue discussions with the representative of Reliant Energy regarding the gas franchise fee. Discussion was held regarding the possibility of charging a fee for police services related to car lockouts. It was the consensus of the Council to charge $20.00 per lockout. Chief Zerwas indicated that he would check with other cities to see how the fee is charged.