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City Council Meeting Minutes May 1, 2007 Page 5 of 9 Mayor Sisk requested a Staff prBsentation. Finance Director Leslie explained Resolution No. 25, Series 2007 would approve amending the 2007 budget by increasing appropriations in the General and Capital Projects Fund for additional spending requests. Capital Projects: The Land Management Department requested an additional $41,500 for expenditures to complete issues at the community park. The Finance Department requested $40,000 to purchase an additional module of the Innoprise Integrated Financial System. A Planning & Zoning module for the Community Development segment would enable them to link directly with Permitting Inspections and Licensing segment. Innoprise will provide the City of Louisville with a Demo Site Discount of $25,000 bringing the price of the Planning and Zoning module to $40,000. General Fund: The City of Louisville received a check from the Town of Superior for $75,000 to assist with the operating expenses of the new Library. Staff proposed 60% or $45,000 be used for Library Operations for temporary salary positions needed to operate the Library and pay for Staff to rl3-0pen the Library on Sundays for the remainder of the year beginning in August. The remaining 30% or $30,000 would be used for Library building maintenance and cleaning services. The total increase in appropriations for the General Fund is $75,000. The funds to cover these additional appropriations will come from the 2007 unreserved and undesignated fund balance. Mayor Sisk reported the FinancEl Committee supported the Supplementary Budget Appropriation. MOTION: Council member Marsella moved to approve Resolution No. 25, Series 2007, seconded by Council member Sackett. Roll call vote was taken. The motion passed by a vote of 7-0. SHOP lOUISVlllE CAMPAIGN OPTIONS Mayor Sisk requested a presentation on the Shop Louisville Campaign Options. Community Facilitator Muth expllained one of the business development goals of the Business Retention & Development Committee (BRaD) is a Shop Louisville campaign to help educate residents about the importance of shopping locally and to help address the decline of sales tax revenue. The following options were considered. Shop Louisville Gift Card Progmm: The program allows anyone to purchase a gift card redeemable at a participating Louisville business. It would create support for local businesses with a $30,000 commitment from the City. One option would be to continue with the gift card program if the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Business Association were able to commit funds to help offset the costs to the City. Shop Louisville Marketing Campaign: This program is a new branding campaign which includes a new specific Shop Louisville logo, posters, t-shirts, a presence at special events as staff and BRaD's timE~ allows (Taste of Louisville, Street Faire, July 4th, and