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City Council Meeting Minutes October 2, 2018 Page 5 of 15 • She would like to know why the increases in Cultural Services. ® She noted large increases in the Administration area and would like to know how that ties to KPIs. Mayor Muckle stated it has been our practice for years to support the Rec Center out of the General Fund so his hope is that we are still supporting it to the same level we were independent of the new tax. The new tax is for the new parts of the center. We should support the Fund from the General Fund to the same degree we did before the new tax. He feels is a reasonable use of General Fund money. He agreed it is difficult to transfer money to the Golf Course for any reason. It should be an independent enterprise fund and should support itself. Mayor Muckle agreed a balanced budget is a good idea but there is no need to be overly concerned about the out years at this point. He is not sure we need more funding for TMP projects until we know what we want. Councilmember Loo asked for information on how specifically the golf course is underfunded. Our goal is have it pay for itself. She wonders how we get more people to use it if we aren't going to spend money on it; how do we make it self-sufficient.. Councilmember Leh asked for information as to why exactly the course is not self- sustaining; what costs are driving this. City Manager Balser stated staffwill be prepared to answer as much of this as we can on Thursday. Mayor Muckle closed the public hearing. RESOLUTION NO. 47, SERIES 2018 — A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2018 BUDGET BY AMENDING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WATER UTILITY FUND, WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND, SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING FUND, AND GOLF COURSE FUND, FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN SUCH FUNDS PUBLIC HEARING (advertised Daily Camera 9/28/18) Mayor Muckle opened the public hearing. Director Watson stated this item is to confirm the new FTEs for 2018. There are six positions that are permanent increases that were already approved; most are for the recreation center expansion. The other FTEs are to pay for short-term positions that will not carry forward to 2019. Most of these are related to work generated from the hail storm. He reviewed the fiscal impact to the General Fund. Councilmember Stolzmann asked when other hail impacts (changes to revenues and expenditures) will be addressed in the budget. Director Watson stated there will be another budget amendment to address those.