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Council Minutes of 2/.3/87 -5- 3) Sunrise Development has made a proposal to use asphalt, instead of concrete, with the difference in cost being given to the city for the improvement of Canter- bury Road Subdivision. Committee feels this proposal should be rejected and Sun- rise Development should use cement at the Canterbury Subdivision. 4) Engineer Schaller made a presentation on developing a 15 year maintenance/re- habilitation plan. Approximately 275 streets were evaluated and divided into similar structure categories. The evaluation is intended to be a tool which compares the conditions and characteristics of roads. Goal would be to have every road in the city upgraded within a 15 year period to keep them at their best. Total cost is $7,600,000 during a 15 yeax time frame; average cost per year would be $508,000. In addition, the maintenance program cost is approximately $956,000 over the 1S year period or an average of $65,000 per year. Outside of this study, funding for reconstruction of street projects to be done this year is $848,000. Committee feels the plan is very good but without funds it is of no consequence. Mr. Wilamosky, Chairman Finance Committee reported: 1) To expand a little bit on the CIC Meeting, election of officers was held with the following people elected: Robert Swietyniowski - Chairman; Don Newport -Vice President. Mr. Ed Biskind resigned; CIC discussed the appointment of Amy Watts as a member of CIC and this appointment was also conf firmed. 2) Finance Committee met on February 3rd, tonight, before caucus. Ordinance No. 87-3 was discussed; the purpose of the legislation is for land appraisal, specifically land off Marquette. Ordinance No. 87-2 provides for such an appropriation, on Page Two, the line item reads "Land Appraisal, Marquette Parcel", therefore, committee recommends that Ordinance No, 87-3 be tabled. 3) Committee discussed Ordinance No. 86-27 which goes back almost a year and pro- vides for appropriations of $7,880 for the Senior .Center Fund. This is the amount the seniors raised and asked council to appropriate last year; there was then a change of mind; it was quite a vexing situation. and committee is glad to get this matter back before council for disposition. Committee has no objection to Ordin- ance No. 86-27. 4) Mr. Wilamosky asked that under Section 1, Ordinance No. 87-10, the heading "Senior Center Advisory Board Approved Expenditures" be struck and the new line item, "Division on Aging Advisory Council Approved Expenditures" be inserted. This will conform and provide uniformity with the language of the by-laws of the Division on Aging. Committee feels this piece of legislation is necessary to complement the appropriation into the Senior Center Fund because there isn't really a vehicle to utilize the funds other than to transfer it into a fund until council appropriates it - it's really going to sit in a fund where it's not going to be able to be used. Ordinance No. 87-10 primarily provides a vehicle for the expenditures of those funds of $7,880. Committee has no objection to Ordinance No. 87-10 and will be asking for suspension of rule requiring three readings tonight. 5) Mr. Wilamosky also pointed out that in looking through the by-laws adopted on September 25, 1986, by the Division on Aging Advisory Council, there is a repetitive reference to Director/Administrator of Aging. There is no such position; council has never adopted legislation providing for such a position. The only position established for this division is "Administrator". 5) Committee discussed the need for additional funds for the Treatment Plant. Ordinance No. 86-137 provided for $73,655; Ordinance No. 87-2, put together by the administration, called for a decrease of $73,655. in the line item, Wastewater Quality Control and requested it be put into Chemicals, which was done; committee recommended breaking down the types of chemicals; Mr. Noble advised he needed additional money in Systems Equipment and Maintenance in the amount of $4,000 and $10,000 in Plant Equipment and Maintenance. Committee has no objection and will request legislation for the next regular council meeting.