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O O Sessic~ 1594, Minutes May 19, 1993 Page3 their fulltime ~.',loyees to be covered by the City's health insurance plan. Ma. T~umbly said she would look into it. Mr. Sdx~eer said U(~S has contrib- uted a great nl~l to the City over the years, and especially now to the Loop Iandlords Association, which ha~ worked so hard to k~T the Incp a viable place to live. There was a~-~mssic~ as to how U(~S could r~-~e more funds c~ they would c~dnue to ask for irEr~-ee every year eve though not an offi- cial City ~a~ment. Mrs. ~ suggested they might be able to cut beck c~ their advertising. Mrs. Sdmm~n felt that U(~S now realizes the Council of cutting beck. She agreea___ they should be gran~a the ~a~ti~l $1,200 in- s~d of their original request. Mr. Price said since UC~S --.-jloyees do not work for the City, be saw no justificatic~ that they should ea~M~t the same incr~R-ce as city ~loyeee. ~le Mayor ~d not f~] they eu~3ected it, but the Board want~ to give a 3% ra~e. Mr. Sd~ocmer said U(~S ~loyees were in no way asking for parity with city ~m~loyees, noting they bad no reti~uLent ben- efits, health insurance, etc. Mr. Price felt that if the extra $1,200 is granted, Council should specify how it should be spent. Several ccuncilmem~ bers dlsa~ed. The final a~nisic~ was to ~nnt UC~S an ~4a~tional $1,200. ~he City Manager said Council must still ~a~c~-ide by the end of the fiscal year what the pk~perty tax rats for the police and fi~e reti~M~erfc fund should be. Mr. 011endorff said Ma. T~m~ly has made chlrts showing all the it~m~ on tba five year capital improve list, and Cc%mcil needs to discuss and decide if their priorities for these items ("A" is urgent, "B" should be dor~ in five y~s, and "C" is desirable but not essential) are the same as those possible funding sources (building/pko[~rty {~p. ruv~m~nt account, bond is~ae, l~.~e pu~d~lse, ~z~nt, fees, a ..... mity Devel~-.~nt, gener-41 fund). Respc~ld- ing to Mr. Price, Mr. 011errbrff said there will have to be bond issues at ing the River Des Peres channel w~s di~,~~a, with Mr. 011endorff noting the City's share would be $1,000,000 which could c~ly ~ about throug~ a bond issue; however, it also ~n%~ends c~ f~nl~al and M~D fur~ng, which means it will be at least three years before it gets una~ way. Discussion followed, and Council was in general agre~nt with the priorities assigned to each item. There was also discussion about types of funding, with Mr. 011endorff suggesting Council, thr~ its public ccrfcacts, might have a better feel for which items would be best to put on a bo~d issue. H~ also noted that for itens suc~ as street and alley construction, using more than c~e type of funa~ng could work cut best. Ms. T~mbly said a bond issue to catch up on ~ street work would be $1.1 million and would be combined with s~nding $150,000 a year in the street cc~trachm] account to keep the City current. Resporaing to Mrs. Scbuman, Mr. Ollendorff said O~..,-~nity De- velc~a~ent funds are used wherever possible (in eligible ar~) for street work, however, the rest of the funds allocated for street work are used wbar- ty Develu~ent money. The historic Civic Plaza was discussed, and there was