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Special Council Minutes of 3/30/89 -2- Mrs. Bahas stated that she has no problem with the budget or with the projects since they are all needed, however, she does have a problem with the way the projects were chosen from the priority list. Why were certain streets chosen over others that were higher on the list? Mr. Wilamosky explained that the projects were discussed in Streets and Drainage Committee and Safety Committee as well as the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee's goal was to utilize available monies to accomplish some goals and problems in the community and set them behind as well as to look at some projects that would be abetter "saleable" item on a note. Committee projected a possible note issuance, in the amount of five years, to cover the Deerf field Project as well as Fire Department equipment. Committee also felt it could move ahead with the Timber Trails, Sunset Oval and Ranchview Projects. President Saringer pointed out that there are streets in the east end of the city that have had water in their basements for 25 years and needed help. Mr. Wilamosky stated that the committee is going to address them. The ditch through Timber Trails also services part of the industrial area that the city is hoping to de- velop and improvements are necessary to move that water out before the problem be- comes unsolvable. Mr, Boehmer remarked that he has received many calls with respect to Selhurst and Silverdale caving in. There are many streets badly in need of repair. Mr. McKay has indicated that these projects should all come out of the Streets and Drainage Committee; evidently the Finance Committee took it upon themselves to make the selection of what should be done.. His personal feeling is that council should hold up on the money; put it back in committee, and go from there. The money will be budgeted; it will be there and council can take care of things one at a time and get it going. Mr. Bohlmann discussed the twenty-one streets on the list for repair or recon- struction. Believes Finance Committee's intent and purpose was to take a street or project in each of the four wards, to look at costs and find projects that were not truly prohibitive. Mr. O'Grady was interested in doing Deerf field in Ward 2; Mr. McKay was interested in having Sunset Oval completed in Ward 4; Mr. Tallon wished to have Ranchview and West Ranchview completed in Ward 1; and Mr. Wilamosky wanted Timber Trails taken care. of in Ward 3. These are. all needed and worthy projects; he does not believe that it was necessary to consult the listand.arbtrarily select projects because of the order in which they were listed and therefore he disagrees with councilmen who have some objections based on the fact that the list was not followed per se. Mr. Tallon supported Mr. Bohlmann's comments as to what the Finance Committee tried to do, which was do something throughout the entire city by chgosing projects that were affordable. The Deerfield Project is a bondable type project and would not have to be taken out of the appropriations. If done in this manner, the committee would then have sufficient funds to do the other four projects. Mr. Wilamosky commented that he also serves on the Streets and Drainage Committee and is fully cognizant of their actions; he made it a point to discuss these pro- jects with Chairman McKay and he did not express any objections whatsoever; in fact, Mr, Wilamosky gave him a note copy of where the changes were made, what they re- flected and what the intentions were relative to Deerfield and he left that con- versation with the understanding that Mr. McKay had no objections.