City Council Agenda and Packet 1980 03 04

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• • Co�mail Wimutes - page f February 19. 1980 DEITELSHEES ANNEXATION Mr. WUrl reported that the request is for REQUEST approximately 10 acres. Councilman DelPisso moved that the leital- sbaes a:msacation request be referred to the Pl Commission. Seconded by Comm.-et- val. Mottos carried. LITTLE LEAGUE FEES ?br. Stahl stated that at the last e:14 DISCUSSION session. Council felt that the City s structure the fees so that they were .! ing 50% and the participant the other SOX. B. noted that approximately $4.800 vas spent on the program last year and the fees were raised between football and base- ball from $15 to $20. After reviewing and projecting the costs for 1980 it was est- imated at approximately $6.500 to $6.800 and with the Sox fee the participant fee was around $25. He noted that youth activities are based on a S0% fee, adult programs 1OOX fee and senior citizens pro- grams are at little or no cost to the participant. Councilman Meier stated that the matter of fees was brought to Council at budget session and be remembers the consensus of Council being .SO% participation fee. Mr. Stahl stated that a survey done in the metro area stowed Louisville as the only City that totally sponsors the pro- grams, many cities have businesses or nonprofit groups as sponsors. Councilman Fier asked if any other types of sponsoring has been looked into. Mr. Stahl stated he mot with the little league mothers association and several parents last year regarding sponsors for the programs. Some ways noted were set- ting up a nonprofit organization with vol- unteers from the community and the City donating a certain amount of money toward the program, with the program being run by the volunteers. Another was was to have businesses sponsor the teams. They would be responsible for uniforms and equip- ment with the City picking up the regis- tration fees. Councilman Meier stated that in talking with an old member of the little league group, it was his feeling that some parents would like to run the programs with the City contributing to the funding.