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Council Minutes of 4/4/2(}00 through December of 2000, local employers who normally contribute 13.55% will only be required to contribute 8.13%. In dollars and cents, that is about $150,000 that the General Fund is not going to have to contribute. This is temporary, and the reason given by the Retirement Board is that they have done some very good investing and other cost- saving things that have allowed them to be able to do this. It is her recommendation to the administration and to Council to create a contingency reserve fund and transfer these savings to that fund to be used in leaner tax years or down-turns in the economy or other specified uses. 3) January of 2000 revenue and expenditure reports were given to Council this evening. It should be noted that in the revenue report the certificate of amended resources was not posted to the computer system. Council can compare the actual to the revenue detail that was provided at the beginning of the budget hearings, the front sheet and then the detailed revenue. If anyone has a question, please call her. Mr. Miller encouraged everyone to send in their census forms as this does affect projects within our community such as the Crocker-Stearns extension. Mrs. Kasler, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on April 3, and in attendance were committee members Miller, Nashar and Kasler and Council members Limpert, O'Grady and Gareau. Ordinance 2000-24, sponsored by Councilman Gareau, was discussed. The ordinance reads, "An ordinance creating new Chapter 111 of the Administrative Code entitled 'City Contracts' in order to provide additional regulations and standards regazding city contracts." Basically, the ordinance mandates that every city contract which involves revenue to the city will have specific requirements and a process to be followed in acquiring these contracts. Some of the requirements are to have specifications on file, newspaper advertisement for two weeks prior to accepting proposals, timely proposals to be reviewed by the city's Board of Control and a contract recommendation made to Council. The ordinance also addresses non-bid city contracts and donations and that the city shall not enter into a contract which has not been formally publicly bid if the party to the contract has made a donation to the city within the prior 12 months. It further regulates donations to the city through the Director of Finance. A lengthy discussion was held regarding this ordinance with objections from Councilmen Limpert and O'Grady to the ordinance and with Council's legislation with regard to revenue contracts. The majority of Council, however, felt that it is Council's obligation to regulate a revenue producing contract and donations and necessary to provide a policy for accepting donations that is objective and available to all potential donees. Some language changes were made, and the committee unanimously recommended approval of the ordinance as amended. Mr. O'Grady, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met this evening, April 4, at 7:15 p.m. Present were committee members O'Grady, Limpert and Nashar; Council members McKay, Saringer, Kasler, Miller and Gareau; Mayor Musial, Safety Director Jenkins, Service Director Bohlmann and Finance Director Copfer. At issue were two liquor transfers: :,