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City Council Meeting Minutes October 14, 2014 Page 10 of 23 Council member Lipton agreed with Council member Dalton, but noted it is just a matter of shuffling funds from the General Fund to the Open Space Fund. He suggested not transferring so much money out of the General Fund so those items are paid for out of the Open Space Fund. He asked when the Superior Agreement for library services will expire. Library Director Barrett explained it does not expire. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton explained Superior residents voted to tax themselves for library services and as property values go up, Superior's contribution to the library goes up. Council member Loo inquired about the procedure to balance the budget when items are added. Mayor Muckle explained the procedure would be discussed after all the departmental budgets are reviewed. Council member Stolzmann noted the Library does an excellent job of recruiting volunteers and suggested making it a goal, which could be measured. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton supported funding the Library and Museum positions. PLANNNG AND BUILDING SAFETY DEPARTMENT Council member Stolzmann stated she would take the word "urban" out of the budget description. She requested the phrase "the Planning Division represents the department" be reworded. She did not feel the citywide goals need to be repeated. She supported the Building Safety Department goals. She was not in favor of all of the consultants and suggested taking a year off from consultant reports, which would save two hundred thousand dollars. She suggested cutting the parking permit study because if there is not a parking enforcement officer, there is no point in doing the study. She felt Council must look at other measures before doing the study. There were excellent performance measures, which she made suggestions on revisions such as landmarks, number of transportation projects and efficiency measures. Some measures did not hit the mark, and suggested a historic grant ratio for funding for the Historic Preservation Planner and benchmarks compared to other cities. Council member Loo agreed with many of Council member Stolzmann comments. She addressed the parking permit study and stated her understanding there was to be considerably more discussion on the subject prior to moving forward however the budget does not reflect this. She stressed it is a lot of money and she was looking for an introduction on parking plans and not necessarily looking for a consultant. She favored the Building inspection support to eliminate the public's long wait for permits. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton agreed with other Council members comments on this department. He did not support spending funds for the Historic Old Town Structure Survey. He had requested a recommendation of the historic significance for the City of Louisville which would limit the period a structure by age would be deemed historic. He stressed the City is still using the National Historic period of 50 years and felt it was time to stop this practice. He stated it could be a recommendation for meaningful historic