City Council Meeting Date: October 11, 2016
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Discuss 2017 Service Contracts.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council consider further discussion on service contracts related to the 2017 budget process.
Summary Report:
The following three service contracts including the LINK Center, NDDC and SMIF have been discussed at a past City Council worksession. Staff is requesting further discussion in preparation of a final decision of funding of these organizations as we move forward in our 2017 budget development.
LINK Center
Attached are the requests of the LINK Center. Staff has drafted a revised contract to include the total cost versus the requested amount as there was significant feedback from Council with interest in funding the full level rather than partial funding. This total amount for 2017 is $34,040 versus the $27,500 initially requested. There are alternative actions to fund at the funding level requested or to not fund at all.
The contract revision does include further distinction of the service areas and also the addition of data to determine the hours of local governments benefitting from their services as a percentage of the whole. When reviewing the 2015 LINK Center Service Area Pie Chart, it appears that about 16% of the total hours are benefiting Northfield Public Schools when you add the "Education" and "Youth" categories. The City/County Services combined generate 6% of the usage. Staff feels it will be valuable information to have these tracked specifically in preparation of the next renewal. There is currently funding in the communications budget. These revenues are generated by cable access fees but over time there are fewer cable subscribers so revenues are anticipated to trend down over time as more competitive television options via the internet and satellite increase.
The LINK Center provides Spanish translation/interpretation services for the...
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