Minutes - Council Work Session - 09/03/2019 - Special

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cost to the City of$174 per week. He stated that for soccer the City receives about $5,000 to $6,000 per season from the association and about $2,000 to $3,000 per season for softball/baseball. Councilmember Heinrich asked if the City has investigated doing advertisement opportunities on the fields as that could provide additional revenue. Mayor LeTourneau asked if the City would sell the advertising. Councilmember Heinrich stated that she is unaware of how other cities advertise but noted that some cities offer advertising on the fencing around the fields to gain additional revenue. Mayor LeTourneau asked where those funds are then allocated. Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood stated that ARAA asked the City to amend its policy to allow for similar advertising on fences, which would allow the organization to seek advertisers/sponsors to pay for things like equipment and uniforms. He did not believe that there would be a great potential for revenue for the City. Councilmember Heinrich stated that she would be interested in finding out more information on that topic. Mayor LeTourneau asked if the hope would be that the advertising would offset the hundreds of thousands of dollars in maintenance costs. Councilmember Kuzma commented that reviewing the budget line by line seems trivial as the department heads are experts in their area and have made recommendations. He stated that he would be interested in the overall budget and what is needed for that to be able to pass. He stated that the past year has been focused on the citizen survey and providing input to staff on the desired service levels. He stated that staff then developed a budget based on that direction and members of the Council have then said that is too much and they want to cut it back. He stated that staff did make cuts on the budget as directed. He asked if the Council is comfortable with the budget as proposed. He stated that this budget includes zero dollars for roads. He stated that if the budget cannot be passed the City would revert to the budget from the previous year, which is a concern. Mayor LeTourneau stated that the exercise the Council is going through is healthy to understand how everything goes together, especially for new members. He asked for input from the Council on the currently proposed budget number. Councilmember Heinrich stated that she would like to deal with the road funding but part of her stance in being elected was that she is willing to go line by line. She stated that she is being asked these questions and she has a duty and responsibility to be able to answer those questions. She stated that she is not willing to just look at the budget and say go ahead. She agreed that the staff is qualified, but this is her job to wrestle with these details as every taxpayer dollar makes a difference. City Council Special Work Session /September 3, 2019 Page 8 of 17