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of using the lawful gambling fund. She stated that she knows it is not much but it may be helpful <br />if the wages could come out of there. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated that the lawful gambling fund rules do not allow paying for salaries. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if there was another fund that portions of the salary could come <br />out of that would qualify. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated there were none that she was aware of as most of them are related to <br />capital purchases, roads, and those sorts of items. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if there was a park dedication fund. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated that the fund is for capital purchases. She stated there is also a capital <br />maintenance fund but it is more for unbudgeted capital options, such as the resurfacing of tennis <br />courts, things having to do with the parking ramp, these sorts of maintenance related items. <br /> <br />Interim Parks and Assistant Public Works Director Riverblood stated that the lawful gambling <br />fund does specify that recreation is one of the uses that 75% of the annual funds should be spent <br />on, and this could probably be a general fund transfer to take care of recreation related purchases <br />that are now coming out of the general fund. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated that it does not allow for operational expenditures outside of police <br />spending and it was very restrictive of its uses. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht added that this fund is currently being used for playground replacement. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley stated that what it seems like is the discretionary is really $430,000 and he is <br />considering the non-union increases because he believes that needs to be done to match everyone. <br />He stated this does not give the budget much wiggle room, especially if the Council does not like <br />a 13.8% tax increase then the budget needs to be reduced to get down to a better number. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff asked, from an end of the year standpoint, if the capital fund gets one- <br />third of any excess. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated that the capital maintenance fund gets 30%. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff asked if one of the saving destinations was the equipment fund. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated that the equipment fund, the capital maintenance fund, and the PIR <br />fund each receive 30% and the facility fund receives 10%. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff asked if Finance Director Lund feels confident that the equipment <br />fund will be replenished since it will be depleted due to the capital requests. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / August 23, 2022 <br />Page 5 of 16 <br /> <br />