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Elk River City Council Minutes <br />November 18, 1996 <br /> <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />· Industrial Base <br />· Internal Business Retention/Growth <br />· East Highway 10 Development/Redevelopment <br />· Downtown Redevelopment <br /> <br />Mayor Duitsman thanked Paul Steinman for the report. <br /> <br />5.3. Utilities Commission Update <br /> <br />Councilmember Dietz updated the Council on the November 12m Municipal <br />Utilities Commission meeting. He stated that the Utilities Commission discussed <br />several issues including the watermain installation to the new ice arena, electric <br />rate study, education pclicy, and service territory acquisition. <br /> <br />5.4. Community Recreation Board Update <br /> <br />Jeff Asfahl updated the Council on the recent Community Recreation Board <br />meetings. He indicated that the Recreation Board has appointed him to the Ice <br />Arena Commission. Jeff updated the Council on the progress of the Youth <br />Initiatives Program. He indicated that the Community Recreation Board will <br />begin to expand on the strategic planning process by looking at the next five <br />years. Jeff commented that the Community Recreation Board has been <br />discussing the need for a professional development consultant which would be <br />used to weave all existing recreational and park plans together in order to crc= ~re <br />one master plan for the region. He indicc~ted that the funding necessary for this <br />consultant is approximately $15-20,000. <br /> <br />Councilmember Scheel indicated that she would like to see orchestra or classical <br />music included in the Community Recreation Board program activities. <br /> <br />5.5. Budgets for the City Enterprise Funds <br /> <br />The City Administrator briefly updated the Council on the three enterprise <br />budgets as follows: <br /> <br />Garbage Collection Program <br /> <br />The 1997 Garbage Collection Program budget is proposed in the amount of <br />$664,000. This is a $31,150 decrease from the adopted 1996 budget. The 1997 <br />budget has decreased due to a decrease in the garbage collection rates. <br /> <br />1997 Liquor Store Operating Budget <br /> <br />The 1997 Municipal Liquor Store budget is planned in the amount of $876,200. This <br />is a $393,150 increase from the adopted 1996 budget. A majority of the increase <br />is located in the capital outlay category and will be used for the purchase of <br />land for a future Westbound Liquor store and $25,000 for the refurbishing of the <br />old Northbound store in order to make the facility leaseable to another business. <br /> <br /> <br />