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<br />Mr. Robinson stated that he has already talked to some of the business community about <br />this idea and the excitement level was high. He reviewed his proposal and talked about <br />the amount of money the City could expect as well as donating a percentage of the <br />advertising funds to Youth First Community of Promise. <br /> <br />Discussion ensued relating to Prime Advertising and the cost to hire them. Discussion <br />also ensued relating to the fact that the proposal from Youth First would bring in revenue <br />for the City. <br /> <br />Councilmember Jeffrey was in favor of contracting with Youth First, stating that at the <br />end of the year, the newsletter will cost us nothing and Youth First Community of <br />Promise will get a donation - it makes sense. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated we have previously discussed bringing it in house and to go <br />off Councilmember Jeffrey's point - we would be looking at $42,000+ to bring it in- <br />house if we even have staff that can contribute in this capacity. <br /> <br />Councilmember Jeffrey stated that he is not interested in doing an RFP to save a couple <br />bucks. If we bring it all the way in-house, he would move to talk about that but he is not <br />sure what staff s interest or capabilities would be. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen stated that once this gets down to a matter of inserting ads it may <br />be able to be done in-house. He asked if that is what we are paying someone for is to go <br />out and get these ads. He wondered if we should be having staff in some capacity trying <br />to "pitch" our magazine; however, he did not know if there was any incentive for staff to <br />do that and how do we monitor it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated that we do that right now with the Business Expo, for <br />golfing events, etc. We have a list of businesses. He asked Mr. Robinson how often the <br />companies change their ads. <br /> <br />Mr. Robinson stated that usually there is something new every month because people <br />want to see different things. . <br /> <br />Ad size, illustrations, staff time, etc. were all discussed. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone stated that he did not want to see staff going out and selling <br />advertising for the newsletter. When you bring in a third party and one that donates to a <br />local charity and the City turns a profit on something that's been a cost in the past, there's <br />not a lot to think about. He suggested doing a year's trial. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey stated he would somewhat agree with that but he wondered if we should <br />offer this opportunity to someone like the Ramsey Rotary - they may want to generate <br />these dollars for their causes. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session - June 2, 2009 <br />Page 9 of 13 <br />