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<br />City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />August 25, 2009 <br />Page 5 of 12 <br /> <br />compensate the City for their use of the rights-of-way. He asks if Comcast <br />returns any of its own money to the City of Louisville. <br /> <br />COUNCIL COMMENTS <br /> <br />Councilor Clabots asked if CCTV shared the list of equipment with the City of <br />Lafayette and the Town of Superior. <br /> <br />Mr. Howard Zaremba, 1211 Madera Street, Broomfield, CO, a CCTV <br />representative stated the City of Lafayette recently authorized a payment to <br />CCTV for PEG fees. He noted the Town of Superior has not shared any PEG <br />funds with CCTV. They will seek PEG fee funds from Broomfield, and the Towns <br />of Superior and Erie. <br /> <br />Councilor Dalton asked how much the City of Lafayette contributed to CCTV. Mr. <br />Zaremba estimated the City of Lafayette contributed $15,000 of their PEG fees to <br />CCTV. <br /> <br />Mayor Sisk supported Staff's recommendation. He stated the City of Louisville <br />has been very generous with CCTV and felt a 50/50 split of the PEG fees is fair. <br /> <br />John Bollinger, 143 Salina Street, Lafayette, CO commented on the list of <br />requested items provided by CCTV. He stressed the need to reach out more in <br />the field, which will require multiple field cameras and additional editing software. <br />He emphasized CCTV's desire for quality web casting. <br /> <br />MOTION: Councilor Muckle moved to approve Staff's recommendation for a <br />50/50 split of the PEG fees between the City and CCTV 54 for 2009 and on an <br />annual basis until 2013. Councilor Dalton seconded the motion. Roll call vote <br />was taken. The motion passed by a vote of 7-0. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION - ACTIONS TO REDUCE THE GAP <br />BETWEEN GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES <br /> <br />Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. <br /> <br />City Manager Fleming reported Staff prepared a list of over 80 recommendations <br />for reducing the gap between General Fund revenues and expenditures. Council <br />reviewed all the options, considered public comments and directed Staff to start <br />implementing recommendations with the exception of 1) creating a neighborhood <br />improvement district for Memory Square Pool and 2) eliminating the Fall Festival <br />and 4th of July fireworks. Council directed Staff to (A) work with stakeholders to <br />update the admission rates and charges for Memory Square pool and (B) identify <br />ways to reduce costs or generate new sponsorship for City sponsored special <br />events. Staff was directed to identify ways to reduce the gap between General <br />