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Finance Director Lund explained that rates, fees, and charges schedule is currently being worked on and some of that information could be in this schedule, but as of right now she does not know if those types of fees are proposed. Acting Mayor Riley stated that gas was a major increase and he understood gas was high and is coming down. He asked if it was a reasonable assumption to make that it would be less of an increase. Finance Director Lund reiterated this is preliminary and as it comes closer to the time of the final budget there may be a better idea of what is happening in the economy. She added she is using numbers from the past and accounting for the new vehicles and the increase in gas prices that have been seen, she is estimating these numbers. She said she will continue to watch the numbers but she does not feel comfortable reducing the gas numbers at this time. Councilmember Specht stated the fees can be looked at later. Councilmember Musgrove asked about the LOGIS contract and the $20,000 increase. She asked if that meant there would be an increase in Staff access or if they will be providing more Staff access. Finance Director Lund explained that there are so many software packages from LOGIS and this was the price increment increase in those items. She directed Councilmember Musgrove to page 26 of the package so Councilmember Musgrove can see what is increased. Finance Director Lund mentioned the largest part of the cost in the server backup hosting, which increased from $40,000 to $54,000. Councilmember Woestehoff asked if the major increase is a natural increase or if it is due to the body cam system. Finance Director Lund stated that the City is now backing up items on an off site server and she believes that this is the reason for the cost increase. Councilmember Musgrove asked because in the past LOGIS has only had so many staff and the City could not use them a lot because of their low staffing. She asked for confirmation that this is mainly programing increases not increasing any staff access. Finance Director Lund said yes and when looking at the software packages they are all from LOGIS. Councilmember Specht stated that he spoke to IT Manager Frederickson in July about another possible solution of Metro-iNet and there was a list of 18 items and how much is paid for each thing and it was still more cost efficient with LOGIS. Councilmember Woestehoff said he did some quick math and looking at the contract section it is only about a 6% increase, which is in line with what he would expect. City Council Work Session / September 13, 2022 Page 6 of 16