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