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Case #7: Make The Scene, Keep Ramsey Clean Committee Update: <br /> <br />Mr. Terry Miller, Chairman of the Make The Scene/Keep Ramsey Clean Committee and <br />Mr. Glen Hardin, Chairman of the Treasury Committee, were present. Mr. Miller <br />proceeded to review the proposed budget for the May 6 Clean Up Day and April Clean Up <br />Month. Ramsey's Project Manager, Jim Gromberg, proceeded to review the proposed <br />budget for education and public relations. The Keep America Beautiful Budget for 1989 <br />projects summarized as follows: <br /> <br />EVENT SOFT COST HARD COST TOTAL <br /> <br />Clean Up Day $42,251.25 $6,588.00 $48,839.25 <br />Clean Up Month $ 1,104.00 $2,,175.00 $ 3,579.00 <br />Educational $9,512.50 $9,512.50 <br /> <br /> TOTAL $43,355.25 $18,575.50 $61,930.75 <br />Mr. Miller requested that Council approve the Keep America Beautiful budget for 1989 <br />through the City's Landfill Abatement Fund; plans are to support future ),ears budgets <br />through donations and grant programs. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Sandra Ashley was present and recommended that the Landfill Tipping Fee <br />Fund #225 be used to fund the 1989 Keep America Beautiful projects. <br /> <br />Councilmember DeLuca questioned whether under State Statute, the Ramsey Clean Up Day <br />qualifies for funding by the Tipping Fee Fund. <br /> <br />Mr. Hartley stated that the Attorney General's office indicates that use of tipping fees is <br />very broad in authorit3,; that the funds can be deposited in a city's general fund and used to <br />abate the impact of being a host community to a landfill. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodrich replied that State Statute regarding use of landfill tipping fees is loosely <br />written and in the opinion of the Anomey .General, any project dealing with waste, waste <br />abatement or clean up would be an acceptable use of tipping fees. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Peterson and seconded by Councilmember DeLuca to approve <br />of funding in the amount of $18,575.50 for the Make the Scene, Keep Ramsey Clean <br />Committee for programs in I989. <br /> <br />/'.'lotion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Reimann, Councilmembers DeLuca, Peterson and <br />Peru-son. Voting No: None. Absent: Councitmember Cich. <br /> <br />Case #8: Review Status Of' Landfill Advisory Commission: <br /> <br />5¢. Hartley stated that the functions of the LandI~ll Commission and the Keep America <br />Beautiful Committee are overlapping. Staff is recommending chan~ng the name of the <br />LanchS.ll Co:'mmission to the Solid Waste Issues Committee and rnzldng it a subcommittee of <br />the Keep America B~utiful Comminee. <br /> <br />5~r. Gromberg noted that the ChaS-"man of the Lan&CilI Commission agrees with Staffs <br />recormmendation because them is a serious anendance problem on the Landf'd! Commission <br />and the issues the.',' have been ad~-essing wo,,Ad ~ ~trer se~ed ~cough the Keep America <br /> <br />'N <br /> <br />CiD' Counc/.1/Februa-D' 28, 1989 <br /> Page 8 of 11 <br /> <br /> <br />