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City Council Meeting Minutes September 26, 2017 Page 6 of 11 She noted Adult Activities efficiency measures cost recovery target is 100% and it is has gone from 75-95%. Will there be adjustments to fees or anything to correct that? ' Seniors program shows good feedback on participation and offerings, but participation number looks low. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked about Rec Center Sales Tax Revenue, if we made it and enterprise would it count toward the general fund limitation. Director Watson said then the revenue would be moved over to the enterprise fund as well as expenditures. To be an enterpnse under TABOR, there are limits to revenue that is not enterprise revenue. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton would like more conversation of what the implications would be of making the recreation center an enterprise fund. Council member Keany asked if that would include golf. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton said he wouldn't rule that out. Councilmember Leh noted Human Resources shows an increase over time in citywide employees but noticed the training classes decreased significantly. He asked if there were any plans to change that or is that an effort to do things differently. Director Hix noted the cost of training continues to increase but we only have a budget of $10,000 per year so offer fewer classes Councilmember Leh asked about legal support subprogram and the new metric of legal memoranda. He discouraged the use of that measure It is not a good measure of work Toad, too specific a kind of document. He suggested breaking down the city legal work into substantive areas such as, water, urban renewal, land use, risk management What work load is in each area Council member Leh noted the Municipal Court sub program and his desire to see work Toad, case load broken down into different kinds of hearings. Council member Keany asked for clarification Council member Leh said a breakdown on Court appearances on the way to trial, code enforcement hearings; different types of hearings Also, trends in the court Mayor Muckle supports most of the recommended budget He asked Council member Stolzmann to summarize the Open Space and Parks fund discussion by the Finance Committee OPEN SPACE Councilmember Stolzmann reviewed the Finance Committee's discussion of the open space funding. Three alternatives were presented for a targeted balance of the Open Space and Parks Fund and the committee asked for a fourth alternative noted in the discussion of inter -fund transfers That alternative would be a way of stepping back and saying 2005 voters allowed the tax to be spent differently but the policy was not really changed until the downturn in 2007. Alternative 4 looks at how to rebuild back to pre-