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City Council Minutes Page 7 <br />July 21, 2008 <br />----------------------------- <br />Resolution Approving Summary Publication of the Ordinance <br />MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN AND SECONDED BY <br />COUNCILMEMBER FARBER TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 08-55 APPROVING <br />NOTICE OF SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE 08-08, AN <br />ORDINANCE REPEALING ALL OF CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE II, "TOBACCO" <br />AND ADOPTING NEW CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE II, "TOBACCO." MOTION <br />CARRIED 5-0. <br />6.2. Boys & Girls Club Ugdate <br />Ms. Johnson presented the staff report. <br />Ricky Solomon, Boys & Girls. Club representative - gave a presentation on the Boys <br />Girls Club's needs. <br />Joely Prescott -Read the speech that helped her to win Youth of the Year. <br />Ricardo Lopez, Board President -Stated he wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the <br />Boys & Girls Club. He stated it is a great community need and provides a place of hope and <br />opportunity. He stated the Club has laid off staff and cut back on services. <br />Gil Somorra, Director of Operations -Stated the Boys & Girls Club is working through a <br />complete overhaul and is involving others in the community. <br />Councilmember Gumphrey and Farber stated the city need's to do what it can to come up <br />with the $10,330 for 2008 and review the $40,070 with the 2009 budget. <br />Mayor Klinzing and Councilmembers Zerwas and Motin raised the following concerns: <br />^ Fulfilling funding requests from other organizations such as ArtSoup and RSVP. <br />• Unfilled positions within the city. <br />^ Economy and its affect on the city's budget. <br />^ Funding not available in City's budget without cuts elsewhere. <br />^ Salaries paid to the Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors. <br />^ Don't want to raise the Net Tax Capacity rate. <br />Ms. Johnson reiterated there is a budget shortfall for 2008 and staff will need to evaluate <br />what services to recommend cutting from the budget. She further- noted there are no <br />contingency funds for use this year. <br />Mayor Klinzing noted that the Boys & Girls Club needs to focus its efforts on retaining <br />community support. <br />Staff was directed to review the 2008 budget and come back with ideas of where the funding <br />could come from and that the $40,070 requested for 2009 will need to be reviewed with the <br />overall budget approval in September. <br />6.3. Consider Logo Sales to Public <br />• Ms. Allard presented the staff report. <br />