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Councilmember Haas Steffen suggested this might be the only way to get the gravel roads done in the City. She asked if this could all be done on a "graduated" basis. She reiterated she would like to know the impact of the franchise fee and the impact of receiving the revenues through the general tax levy. Mr. Schroeder asked if this discussion means that the City Council thinks it's a good idea to pick up more than the current 50% share. Mayor Gamec responded that he would like to see some of the figures back before he really made a decision. Councilmember Haas Steffen repeated that she does not like franchise fees but she feels that the roads and road maintenance are City functions. Councilmember Beyer agreed. One of the suggestions on having a franchise fee was to use it for street maintenance but future councils could get creative and use that money for other things. Case #5: Report from Finance Committee 1) Officially Receive and Designate Donation for D.A.R.E. Program Finance Officer Hart reported that the City had received $3,000 from a D.A.R.E. fund-raising golf tournament and that it's purpose is to enhance the D.A.R.E. Program. Motion by Mayor Gamec and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to accept the $3,000 donation and designate such for enhancement of the D.A.R.E. Program. Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Beyer, Beahen, Haas Steffen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. 2) Authorize Various 1997 Capital Purchases Finance Officer Hart stated that the Finance Committee had been presented with a list of capital outlay items, included in the 1997 budget, that do not require compliance with any level of statutory bidding laws and some that do. The list was reviewed by the Committee and they recommended proceeding with the purchases. Motion by Councilmember Beahen and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to ratify the Finance Committees motion to proceed with the purchase of the capital outlay items included in the 1997 Adopted General Fund and Enterprise Funds Budgets. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Beahen, Beyer, Haas Steffen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. 3) Authorize Budget Amendment for the Purchase of Replacement and New Computer Equipment Finance Officer Hart explained this is the first budget amendment. Staff had computer replacement in the budget but we have the opportunity to replace all the Macs with PC's. This would be 14 work stations, plus two laser printers, etc. The savings is about $2,000. City Council/January 28, 1997 Page 9 of 11