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Session 1309, Minutes Page 12 June 7, 1982 pointed out that the Council would not get the current information they now receive concerning legislation affecting cities so that the City's representatives in Con- gress may be lobbieda In connection with that point, Mayor Mooney said a letter had been sent to Senator Danforth in regard to the cable television bill now before Congress, and that that kind of lobbying was much more effective than any University City could do through the NLC. Mr. Levy said he was somewhat uncomfortable with the philosophy of the Council tak- ing advantage of the good things offered by the NLC, while maintaining that it's not really necessary for the City to pay its fair share of dues. Also, he felt it was important that some councilmembers have participated and have undoubtedly had some influence in the NLC through their participation on a steering committee or other arm of the organization. Several councilmembers asked that the matter of paying the 1983-84 NLC dues be put to a vote, with the results as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Lieberman, Adams, Levy, Schoomer and Thompson. NAYS: Councilmember Metcalfe and Mayor Mooney. Mrs. Metcalfe then moved to reduce the travel budget from $9,500 to $8,500. Mr. Adams seconded the motion. Mr. Lieberman noted that the NLC annual meeting is to be in Los Angeles, and the Missouri Municipal League meeting will be in Kansas City, which meant that because of the distance, travel expenses will be somewhat higher than usual. He said he wished to remind councilmembers who will be attending the meetings that if they wished to take advantage of the spirit of the motion that ap- proved paying the dues, and to take advantage of the seminars and other things of- fered by the NLC, it was going to be very expensive. Upon roll call, the following vote was recorded: AYES: Councilmembers Adams, Metcalfe, Levy, Schoomer and Mayor Mooney. NAYS: Councilmembers Thompson and Lieberman. Still under Legislative Services (Contractual.), Mr. Ollendorff said the amount in 3.01 Advertising included $4,000 which is given to the Special Events Committee for publicizing special events and the summer park concerts. Mrs. Metcalfe said she had asked for this review, and wished to know how much money the Special Events Com- mittee had raised, and if the number of events held is the same as it has been. Mr. Ollendorff said about $8,000 or $9,000 was raised, and the number of events held this year was reduced by two. One was the House and Garden tour, which will be held biennially, and the other was Sunday in the Park, which has not been well attended. Mrs. Metcalfe said it was too late to change this now, but she had drawn attention to it as something which the Council might wish to examine through the year to see if there may be less expensive means of accomplishing the same ends. RECESS Mayor Mooney called a short recess from 10:00 to 10:05 p.m. RESUMPTION OF BUDGET DISCUSSION Human Resources (page C-14). Mr. Ollendorff said there had been several requests from the public to increase the University City Residential Service (UCRS) budget (included under Contractual Services, 1.10 Miscellaneous Outside Personal Services) although no councilmember had made that proposal. The UCRS budget was left intact with the same amount allocated for 1982-83 as in 1981-82.