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Regular Council Meeting <br />9-23-02 <br />Page 16 <br />Roll Call: AYES: All <br />NAYS: None <br />Motion Carried <br />Bid Accepted <br /> <br />• A motion to authorize a payment not to exceed $25,000 to the Pi Society for the <br />initial start up cost and the first year operating expenses. <br /> <br />*** Council President Buckholtz said we are going to vote on approval of this <br />pending an Ordinance to be drafted for the hiring of a part time person. <br />*** Mr. Diemert said to set forth the details on terms and conditions of the grant <br />that Council is considering here. I understand everyone understands what that is based on <br />the memo that you and Bill Thomas set forth. It would be good to have that memorialized <br />somewhere in a document approved by Council as to what they expect of the $25,000. <br />*** Council President Buckholtz said, then we'll call you and you can draft that. <br />So then we are voting on the motion to??? <br />*** Mr. Diemert said to authorize the $25,000 being paid now and the Ordinance <br />to be approved later on as to the terms and conditions. <br />Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mr. Marrie made a motion to authorize a payment not to exceed <br />$25,000 to the Pi Society for the initial start up cost and the first year operating expenses. <br />Council President Buckholtz asked, any discussion? <br />Mr. Marquardt said yes, I think that this is a pretty generous amount of money for a start <br />up organization that is pretty loosely defined. Plus I think it is not tactically the best <br />move. I think that if you are going to try and drum up support for this, you shouldn't put <br />as much money into it, and get other people involved with it to put up some of their <br />money and to draw their interest into it. I don't think this whole Pi Society is developed <br />enough to put up this much money for it, plus a part time staffer. I think we're putting too <br />much into this in the beginning without getting enough support from the business <br />community and other communities in the Hillcrest area. This will be a Mayfield Village <br />project, we'll have less opportunity to bring people onboard if everybody thinks the <br />Village is the supporting member on this. <br />Resident Sue Longo: Can you tell us what the Pi-Society is? <br />Council President Buckholtz said the Pi-Society is an organization that is starting up <br />under Bill Thomas and The Parks and Recreation Department. <br />~l <br /> <br />