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<br />this. Ms. Carr proposed that Council move street sweeping that is tucked into <br />residents’ taxes to a fee based process. What see wanted to vote on was to <br />instruct the City Manager to take a look at this and bring back some <br />information/numbers, so some places who want their streets swept more <br />regularly can pay a higher fee. Ms. Carr said she could not justify her <br />constituents subsidizing the street sweeping on those streets where no taxes <br />are paid. <br /> <br />Mr. Price said the last time it was brought up he was adamantly opposed but <br />there was a solution to everything. He asked the City Manager on the term <br />used “public funds” the majority of money comes from sales tax so does it <br />become public funds when it was put in the bank or when it was spent. Mr. <br />Price asked for the cost per residence for street sweeping, if it was broke out of <br />solid waste: one sweep, two sweeps and three sweeps. Mr. Price asked for <br />the average cost per residence per sweep for everybody if private streets and <br />Wash U would be included: one sweep, two sweeps, and three sweeps. He <br />noted that if you spread the cost around, his cost might go down. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft said he did bring private street sweeping up in November which was <br />not met with particular enthusiasm at the time. He said 17% of the streets in <br />University City are not City streets. Mr. Kraft said the 17% of streets pay 30% <br />of property taxes in University City. He noted they pay a lot of taxes and it only <br />would cost $15,000 to sweep those private streets. Mr. Kraft said he sensed a <br />consensus on Council that they would like to have the City Manager and <br />Finance Director sit down and look at the problem and see if they could come <br />up with a solution. He said it would be noted that leaf pick-up is consider part of <br />trash pick-up even if it is on a private street but if litter on a private street <br />somehow does not meet the task. Mr. Kraft asked if the funds could be <br />changed, as putting it into the Solid Waste Fund, and could meet all the needs. <br />He looked for a consensus for the City Manager and staff to come up with <br />something and come back to Council with something that worked for <br />everybody. <br /> <br />Council gave their consensus to have City Manager and staff to handle all the <br />questions and come back to Council with suggestions. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow asked the City Manager to have staff go through the map showing the <br />streets being swept twice as often in the neighborhood that pays the least <br />amount of taxes as 501c entities. <br /> <br /> Quarterly reports requested by Ms. Carr and Mr. Crow. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr had the City Clerk pass on her supporting documents on this subject. <br />Ms. Carr stated that Council has not been receiving quarterly reports that she <br />was aware of. She was not sure of the format when asked but would like to <br />have a quarterly financial report. She referred to her handout of Clayton’s <br />financial reports available on their website. Ms. Carr noted this should be <br />University City’s practice and put it on the City’s website. Ms. Carr noted that <br />Council passed the budget transfer authority which it states, “The City Manager <br />shall provide a written report to the City Council itemizing all transfers made by <br />14 <br /> <br /> <br />