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Louisville City Council Meeting October 5, 2004 Page 6 of 9 The following analysis was prepared by the City Manager's Office and the Office of the City Attorney: The total estimated initial cost for capital items and staff is $81,827. Annual staff time for on-going cost is estimated to be approximately $27,766. The capital items estimate included three bulletin boards for posting additional location; camera and projector for displaying documents for citizens observing meetings by television, and new software to provide electronic format for agenda-related materials on the City's Web page. Annual staff time included posting notices at one additional location, development of curriculum for city-sponsored seminars, drafting pamphlet of summary of Article 4 & 5, and preparation of written summaries of study sessions. PUBLIC COMMENT Susan Morris, 939 W. Maple Court, Louisville, CO voiced her opinion the financial analysis is inflated. She stressed that none of the items listed are required to present a plan. She questioned the estimated city attorney and staff time required to develop city- sponsored seminars and pamphlets. She voiced her disappointment in the financial analysis presented by the City Staff. Margaret Hombostel, 655 W. Hawthorne Street, Louisville, CO stated the financial analysis needs fine tuning. She stressed the charter was created to bring open government to public. The charter amendments fine tunes the charter to further provide open government. She asked Council to look at the amendment as a chance for citizens to voice their opinion. Bob Muckle, 1101 Lincoln Avenue, Louisville, CO stressed the goal of the charter amendments is to encourage the public to be involved with the City government and to make the process easy to do so. He expressed his opinion that money spent to promote open government would be well spent. Ty Gee, 253 Hoover Court, Louisville, CO, explained in January of 2004, twenty Louisville citizens voiced their concern over open government in Louisville. In early June, the Charter Amendment Petition was circulated and returned with 10% of the signatures of the registered voters. He stated the financial analysis is wrong, and premature, as the Charter amendment only requires a plan. Pat Hornbostel, 655 W. Hawthorne Street, Louisville, CO expressed his sadness that people of good will disagree over Charter amendments, which would make government more open. He stressed the amendments are not about particular personalities, or politically charged set of events, but about how government should work and how citizens can access information. He expressed sadness that the opposition to the amendments is the cost. Eva Kosinski, 1301 Jackson Court, Louisville, CO stated the vote for the Charter Amendment may establish a vote of low confidence from the citizenry. A major concern for her was having the agenda of meetings in a timely fashion