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Council Minutee of 11/7/79 -4- 2) Firunce Comi.ttee alsa not on Novemher Sth. Tfie Msyar, Finance Director, Safety = Director, Service Mrector aud Roc Campiax Mansger mere slso ia atteadrmae. Siacuseed sa approgriation ordinaaca ahl.ch will ba graparad far the mxt regular aieatlng o# Crnmcil. Rec Complex xeveaus 3s eurrsatly ruanf.ag very cloae ta the ori.glnsl pro- jection of $367,000. As of 4ctober 31st, ars sbaut $129,000 shy; hsvi.ng curacantlp reaeived $437,851 in rerveute. Both Mr. Patre and Mr. Couts fsel Ehare wt11 be ao prablena in meetiag the arigiiul projecEion. The sxpamse s#c1e af the Fac Center is a totallq differeat story. 1xpendituras 4re running higher thao eot#mated +smIier this year. Have had tromandma iocromsea in the atea af uti2iti:es, p]:us expomsms ir? the area of chtnicais and just genera1 mtimtenmce of the bitildima itself. It ia projected at this tim that the 06M expenditure wi1l eac.eed ravaums by $30,040 to $35,000, which basicallp wama the O&M aloets is goiag to cc3?st about $35,000 more tt?en the Rec Canter is goiuS to bzing in in 1979. The :atimta depends consi+dersbly on the reve?ue received. Various aperatioc? and mairsteaance litu itar, vUch ue eapacted to excead the origftxtl estisste, are varfed. They fill t#ie wbo1e gmrut from apecial servicea, wages, sales tax, hospitalisat3on, FER.,S, etc. Ia diacuse ' tt?is projected deficit with the Adu.af,r?tsotiort and Fiaan+ce Director, it dcmw not appea:r that th+ere is going to be any meacu?red balanca in the Rscreation Cnplet Fund st the end of 1979 that ire are going to hav+e to have intert`und trmwt+ars with 6ecouse the?re is just not going to be ea+ough soney tn ottwr liae itees to pr"td+s far the deffcit in some oE the other line itaw. IC is the of the Gooodtt" tbSt an additional $40, 000 be approprtated Lo the loc Ccripieuc Fund to psovide the secoss+ary funds to keap the Rec Center operatimai. Tbere is a dsbt servi.ee to aonsider that is due aud payable whether the Uc Centar is open or closad. Feels t.hat $40,040 is a small investamt by Council tv k,eep thia us+et af North Olarted crpm. Is recaasending to Covancil an ordfnamce which will provide for an additional appsopriation of $40,000 for the Rec Ceater. Stuauld tbere ba an add3tional $5,000, as a carry over balance into 1980, Covncil caa re"propriste that into any other Camra1 Fund lim item it so chooses. Tha upcoul" approprrf,ations wi„1,2 also coataiu a A+umhor of other appropriatiana pri.aiarily dfrsctad at the Cmersl Fund. 2) Committee also discusasd vith Sarvice Director th* salary rsnge chmagss for adminiatraCive personnel at the fts Line. T'he incraas+as ia the rm"r are uct aerose? the board but the ehanges ase being reqvssted only Co eover those pesitione wbich are currently at a ssxierun or tl?ote rangas tbat N311 nat provide for a 4.689 iwrease. Ordinaace No. 79-155 provi.dea for thesa incresaes sad Comittoe has no objection. Mrs. Sharpe, Chairmaa of Bullding, Zoning and Diavelopmeat Com.tttee reported: 1) The acheduled oeeting of the aZD CoMwiCtase was attended oniq bq Buildin$ Comtissianer Gtmdq and a cZvsen residante who wanted to meet wl:tb the C.amAl:tteo, and Mrs. Sharge. Neither of the other Coas3ttee Meabers were in attend+nce so this meeting could not be held. President Limpert pointed out Chat two Gaamittee Qiairmen reported out this evening snd eupressed the lack of attaadmce of Council Comittee Membars or Coumcil-as--a- Who1e at acheduled meetinga. Council sheuld beor in mind that attending Cawadttee Meetings is just as important as aCt+endtng Coiu3eil Meet3ngs. It is at these meetings thaC Council gets input md knmledge as to what is gcing to coaw before Council. Mrs. Sharpe hsd rasidents ia attendmce for her meting aad it certainly didn' t 1oc?k very gaod for Cauncil tkot to have a quorun to met their n,aeds. Also had a aeetiug with cable TV repa,^smatatives which President had asked Mr. Petre to c.apacel on one night and resehedula sc that it wrould be passiblo for more Comcil Msmbsn to attand. Thia wae doee end it was very diaappointing that sa f+aa Com+cix Meaibers attended. It wae a very interesting preaentation and would tsave he3ped in a future dectaion as to whether North U3.trtsd vgated cable TV or did rnct. Praaident stres$ed that if inenbers are unoblo to make a weting, ttep let the Chairmn know ahead of time ao people cnn be natiffed and the meeting caacelled.