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City Council Meeting Minutes October 14, 2014 Page 7 of 23 through general taxes. He was concerned about the non - resident fee schedule and noted their fees remain the same, while the operational costs of the Recreation Center go up. He stated at some point he would like to have a discussion on the fee schedules. Mayor Muckle was also in favor of changing the language to "Establish" the Community Gardens Pilot Project. Council member Loo addressed the Community Gardens Pilot Project and stated it was similar to the Helburg Memorial. It was her understanding the Community Gardens advocates were raising some seed money. She did not believe it was fair to ask one group to raise money and not another group to do so. She was not sure she wanted to change the wording to "establish" Community Gardens. She was comfortable at leaving it at evaluating. Council member Stolzmann stated the reason she changed the wording was to change the line item for funding. It was to give clear direction to staff to dedicate some time for work on this project. Council member Loo did not feel it was fair for staff to dedicate some time on this project and not on the Helburg Project. Council member Keany agreed it would be helpful to see the revenues and the cost recoveries together. He inquired why the FTE for the Cultural Arts position appears in two parts of the budget, in the Recreation Budget and the City Manager's budget. Finance Director Watson explained it was an error. The Recreation budget should show zero and the FTE position should be in the City Manager's budget. Recreation Superintendent Martin responded to the questions relative to the Parks and Recreation staffing as follows: Open space is requesting two additional seasonal employees; a Park Ranger position would be desirable, but is not included in the budget; Parks has one additional full time employee request and depending on the food and beverage contract for the golf course, if a contract is not secured, an additional staff person would be required. Within the Recreation Division, they foresee additional staffing needs for the Senior Center, due to the influx in that population. Council member Keany stated his understanding that the increase in the maintenance division is offset by reduction of two part -time or seasonal positions. Recreation Superintendent Martin confirmed Council member Keany's statement. Mayor Muckle inquired about mowing the golf course and whether maintenance would be in -house and less contracted out. Council member Stolzmann asked what significance do the plus signs, asterisks and pound signs have. It was noted they were errors.