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Councilmember Jeffrey stated he is not opposed to eating the meals but he agrees that it would <br />be impossible to figure out an exact count — it would take too much time. He added he is not <br />opposed to cutting back but please do not have staff have to chase people down for a count. <br />Mayor Ramsey brought up trips to the capitol, etc. where it's an all day deal — meals and mileage <br />expenditures should be paid for by the City. <br />Councilmember Tossey stated he would agree with that but that he would like to have that <br />number be as low as possible. <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that other expenditures we should discuss are the golf tournaments. There <br />is a public purpose to attend these tournaments but we need to talk about how many should go <br />and to which tournaments. <br />City Administrator Ulrich reported that many of the golf tournaments are funded through the <br />Economic Development Authority. He listed a few of the annual tournaments and reported that <br />$3,356 was spent on those last year. <br />Councilmember Elvig agreed this needed to be discussed. It's a real opportunity for us to be out <br />there. City officials should be at these — spending time with business owners is a great thing to <br />be doing. <br />Mayor Ramsey asked if Council should limit the amount that gets spent. <br />Councilmember McGlone stated we have a lot of staff participating too. <br />Councilmember Jeffrey suggested reading through the policy and coming back with suggestions. <br />Councilmember Wise suggested maybe a shared cost. <br />Councilmember Jeffrey stated he is not opposed to staff going and Council too as he feels <br />connections need to be made. Staff are great community stewards. He recommended coming up <br />with key tournaments — 50/50 staff and Council — limit the number and bring back to a work <br />session for review. <br />Councilmember Tossey suggested talking about what kind of influence we can have and what <br />the benefit is for the City. <br />Mr. Ulrich clarified staff will determine key tournaments, number of golfers and split 50/50 with <br />City Council and staff and come back to a work session. <br />Deputy City Administrator Nelson stated that the EDA has typically budgeted money for these <br />and invite the business owners. She asked if this will be for outside the EDA budget — Council <br />responded yes. <br />City Council Work Session — January 4, 2011 <br />Page 5 of 8 <br />