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City Council Study Session Summary September 11, 2007 Page 4 of 5 opportunity cost to Louisville residents. She went on to say the State Library is surprised that Superior hasn't started to develop a library plan as they are the largest municipality without a library. Councilor Muckle said that it was not reasonable to expect Superior to help with capital expenses. Councilor Marsella clarified that the $105,000 covered operational not capital expenses. Mayor Andrew Muckle of Superior stated that he was surprised that this discussion was brought to Study Session based on the last task force meeting. Councilor Marsella said that it was brought before Council for discussion because the proposal from Superior seemed to be a step back and that the task force felt that they needed to discuss their position with Council before proceeding. Mayor Andrew Muckle said that he was surprised by the discussion because he felt that there had been progress at the last taskforce meeting and that they were going to meet again for further discussion. He stated that Superior was still waiting for data to be provided because they do not feel that circulation data is the best formula. He went on to say that if Louisville was looking for an increase of $280,000 that would not be acceptable to the Superior Council. He also stated that building a library was not something Superior would do. Mayor Sisk stated that Louisville does not want to be taxing the residents of Superior. He stated that he felt the task force had done the correct thing by bringing it to Study Session for discussion. Councilor Dalton asked what Superior's vision was for library services and what data are they looking for. Councilor Sackett said that sometimes to have success in this type of position, the City needs to bend over backwards to accommodate other parties for the success of future projects and that may include sharing proprietary information. Assistant City Manager Balser said that Superior was asking for data that the City/Library does not collect. Library Director Mojo stated that they have given Superior all the data they can legally give including the financials. She said that the system the Library has is one of the most advanced systems in the state, and does not collect the data that Superior is looking for. Further, it is against State Law for the library to provide patron information. Mayor Andrew Muckle said that if services are cut then that would have a serious impact on future collaborative efforts. He also stated that the current agreement has a release clause and that the Town of Superior could forgo paying the January payment.