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Commission who had to work differently. That may be a rationale for doing two separate events <br />this year and not necessarily carrying it forward. He noted it will be more expensive to do two <br />events but may provide some special recognition this year. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht agreed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove referenced the funding and asked if the Commissioners have a fund <br />balance that the event for them could come from. She referenced the employee event at Superbowl <br />and asked if there would be a charge for that or would it come out of their fund. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich replied there are two year’s allocation for the one party. A quote was <br />received from Superbowl for the employee party and depending on direction tonight, quotes would <br />be obtained for a sit-down dinner at Northfork or another venue that is a little more upscale. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman commented that he didn’t want to diminish the work the Commission <br />does but this event has been done the same way for a while now and to change it for the sake of <br />pageantry, may set a precedent that he didn’t support. He recognized it wouldn’t be a large amount <br />of money but stated camaraderie is important as well. He noted when he was on the Commission, <br />he had no expectation of a sit-down dinner. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell asked if there was a way to keep the expenditure down if there were to be <br />consensus on two parties. She suggested being creative and perhaps not doing a sit-down dinner <br />which would create an expectation that more will be spent every year going forward. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff recalled going to a party as a Commissioner and being excited that it <br />was an event and the fact that it was or wasn’t a sit-down dinner didn’t matter. He commented <br />that coming out of the COVID-era and spending more time on things like Staff events and morale <br />is money well spent. He agreed with splitting the events for this year and limiting it to this year <br />as an exception year. He acknowledged the point made about not wanting additional expenses <br />was valid but he felt it would be nice to do something to get people back together. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht supported having two different groups because they work hard and it is <br />very minor in the grand scheme of things. His stated there is a benefit of encouraging comingling <br />but there are other ways to do that, which was his only hesitation. He was in support if Staff felt <br />it was best. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma commented that with the fact a lot of Zoom meetings had to occur, this would be a <br />nice way to thank the Commissioners. He supported two different events this year but would like <br />to see review after the events to potentially bring it back to one in the future. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove referenced the budget and asked if there are already funds budgeted for <br />the Commissioners’ event. She also asked if it would be possible to hold the event within the <br />budgeted range or if additional funding would be needed. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / November 9, 2021 <br />Page 3 of 12 <br /> <br />