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Per Council's recommendation, CouncilmemberCrow made a motion to amend The Chamber of Commerce budget by removing the $50,000 allocated for City-Wide Marketing. He stated that this motion is being made with the understanding that the Chamber's funding request will be referred back to Council in the 3rd Quarter of FY2018 upon completion of the process established for making said request. It motion was seconded by CouncilmemberSmotherson. Mayor Welschasked CouncilmemberCrow if he meant to say the 1st Quarter, rather than the 3rd? CouncilmemberCrow apologized and clarified his motion by stating thatthe Chamber's funding request will be referred back to Council in the 1stQuarter of FY2018 . upon completion of the process established for making said request Mayor Welsch informed the Director of the Chamber of Commerce that Ms. Riganti would provide her with a detailed explanation of the reason for this amendment. Voice vote on CouncilmemberCrow's motion to amend carried unanimously. CouncilmemberCrow made a motion to amend by removing $10,000 allocated for Fair U City. The motion wasseconded by Councilmember Carr. Mayor Welsch stated the financial donation of $10,000 was initiated several years ago by the previous City Manager because at that time there were no community-wide events that specifically targeted younger residents. He viewed this as a community development activity, as does she. This year 22,000 people attended Fair U City, which literally included hundreds of children that participated in age-related activities provided by various organizations from around the region. It also has one of the most diverse groups of volunteers, encompassing all three Wards, high school students, and individuals living outside of the City's boundaries. She stated these are just a few of the reasons why she feels funding should continue, but more importantly, the decision to retain or discontinue funding of this event, says a lot about our community. CouncilmemberCrow stated he too was a member of Council when these funds were initiated, and it was never Council's intent for this to be viewed as a long-term commitment. One can clearly see that the impetus behind this year's budget is to return to an appropriate level of funding for the City's core services; public safety, streets, sidewalks,and parks. And the only thing Council has done that can be conceived as a step forward, is the allocation of funding to hire a stormwater consultant, which is indicative, based on the City's recent encounter with MSD. So, he would applaud the success of Fair U City, whose balance sheets clearly indicate that they have the ability to sustain themselves. CouncilmemberCrow stated that unless other members of Council had a comment he would like to proceed by calling the question. Voice vote on the motion to amend carried,by a vote of 4 to 2. Mayor Welsch made a motion to amend the budget to include the $7,500 request from the Senior Commission for ITN Gateway. Page 6 of 16