Oct 05, 2026 Finance, Utilities and Rules Committee Meeting

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>> WELCOME TO THE MONDAY OCTOBE FINANCE, UTILITIES, AND RULES

[1.a. Ordinance D-2847-26; An Ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, Approving and Adopting Brookshire Golf Course Fee Schedule and Rate Structure for Calendar Year 2027; Sponsors: Councilors Aasen, Minnaar, Taylor, and Worrell.]

OUR ATTORNEY WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE FULL MEETING TODAY AND WE GOT SOME OTHER INFORMATION S WE WILL ADDRESS ORDINANCE D-2772-25 WHICH WILL BE AT 3:00 P.M. ON MONDAY OCTOBER 19TH FOR A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE FEES RATES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2027 I WILL KICK IT OVER TO ZACH CITY CFO

CARRIED. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

I AM JOINED BY BOB HIGGINS, THE GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE WANT TO GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS FOR IT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THESE RATES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL SO WERE JUST GOING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND. WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW, BUT I THINK AS I GO THROUGH IT, YOU MAY NOTICE THAT IT'S NOT THE EASIEST LAW TO FOLLOW. IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE OUTDATED.

ANYWAY WE WILL GET INTO THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.

JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, BROOKSHIRE WAS ESTABLISHED AND 1971 IS A PRIVATE COURSE AND THEN PURCHASED BY THE CITY IN 2007 IS A PUBLIC COURSE TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SITE . THE ACQUISITION WAS FACILITATED BY REDEVELOPMENT WHICH RETAINS OWNERSHIP OF THE GOLF COURSE AN TODAY, BROOKSHIRE OPERATES AS A STANDALONE CITY DEPARTMENT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT. HERE IS THE LAW THAT IS BRINGIN US HERE TODAY. THIS IS VERBATIM AS IT APPEARS EXCEPT I'VE ADDED BUILDING JUST FOR EMPHASIS.

EVERY YEAR PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 1ST , THE GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT OR GENERAL MANAGER IS TO BRING PROPOSED RATES FORWARD FOR THE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL.

IT IS SUPPOSED TO BECOME AS IT SAYS HERE THE NECESSARY FEES AR THE EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF BROOKSHIRE AS A GOLF COURSE AND BANQUET FACILITY. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUS NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GOLF COURSE RATES, IT IMPLIES WERE SITTING BANQUET FACILITY RATES, BUT THE WAY IT'S OPERATED , IT IS THE THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR THAT SITS THOSE RATES . I DO GO INTO KIND OF WHAT OUR CONTRACT SAYS SO YOU CAN SEE HO WE CHARGE THE CONTRACTOR, BUT W DON'T DIRECTLY CHARGE PEOPLE FO RENTING THE FACILITY.

ONCE THE RATES ARE APPROVED, THESE NEXT TWO LINES KIND OF COME INTO PLAY. THE GENERAL MANAGER AS THE DISCRETION TO MODIFY THE FEE UP TO, BUT NOT ANY MORE THAN 20 PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT APPROVED BY COUNCIL, AND IF THE NEED TO INCREASE IF YOU BUY MOR THAN 20 PERCENT, HE WOULD HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL. I THINK JUST THE WAY THIS IS LAID OUT AS YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THIS WAS LAST TOUCHED I CODE IN 2011, AT WHICH I THINK WAS THE LAST TIME THAT RATES HAVE BEEN PRESENTED FOR REVIEW. I THINK THERE'S CONFUSION ABOUT THOSE LAST TWO LINES IN TERMS O WELL, IF BOB IS INCREASING HIS FEES BY ONLY 5 PERCENT, DOES HE EVEN NEED TO COME TO CONSULT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BUT HERE WE AR MAKING SURE WE ARE DOING THIS CORRECTLY. LOOKING AT THE NEXT SLIDE COME AT THIS SHOWS OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDORS.

THE CODE TALKS ABOUT THE BANQUE FACILITY IN WE DO HAVE A VENDOR FOR THAT MTS COLLECTIVE ALSO KNOWN AS PLAYS A MONTHLY RENT I THEY ARE USING THE PATIO, THEY PAY EXTRA FOR THAT AND ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PERGOLA, IT'S EVEN MORE POPULAR.

IF THEY ARE USING THE SIMULATOR ROOM, THE SIMULATOR ROOM THE GOLF SIMULATOR ROOM IS USED FOR THE AGREEMENTS SUITE IF YOU WILL , DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE RENTAL , OTHER TIMES IT IS RENTED OUT AND THEN FOR THE SNACK BAR,

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WE ARE NOT DIRECTLY CHARGING THEIR CONTRACTOR DOES THAT.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE WAS A STUDY TO LOOK AT OPERATIONS LAS YEAR. IT WAS DONE WITH THE CARMEL PLA PARKS AND RECREATION. THE STUDY HINTED AT SEVERAL ARE MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAS TO RETHINK THE SEASON PASS RATES, AND THAT WAS DONE FOR THIS YEAR.

THE STUDY FOUND THAT GREEN AND KURT FEES WERE IN LINE WITH THA MARKET AND IT NOTED MEETING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE HISTORICAL DATA IN TERMS OF SPENDING INFORMATION, BUT NOTED THAT THE POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM HAS CHANGED A FEW TIMES AND SOM OF THAT GRANULAR DATA WAS NOT TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW SYSTEM.

THE PARKING LOT IS UNDERSIZED A YOU MAY KNOW, NOT ONLY IS THE GOLF COURSE, BUT ALSO THE BROOKSHIRE SUBDIVISION USES THE POOL THERE IN THAN ALSO, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL AGING ASSETS AT THE GOLF COURSE THAT NEED TO BE EVALUATED AND INVESTED MORE DOLLARS IN.

THE BENEFITS CLEARLY OF PERHAPS PARTNERING OR EVEN MOVING BROOKSHIRE TO BECOME PART OF TH PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE IMPROVED MARKETING AND AS WE AL KNOW, PARKS AS DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB ON THEIR COST RECOVERY FOCUS.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT MAYBE NOT THE DECISION TO RUSH INTO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES % HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COMPENSATION SET UP FROM THE REST OF THE SAFETY AS WELL AS DIFFERENT LEAVE POLICIES, IT IS SET UP LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION SO BEFOR WE RECONSIDER ANY CHANGES THERE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO BE FIGURED OUT.

LOOKING AT REVENUES FOR RECENT YEARS, IT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'V GOT THE 24 ACTUALS, THE 25 ACTUALS WHICH ARE BASICALLY THE SAME, THE FORECAST FOR THIS YEA WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AS OF, AND I THINK I PULLED THIS AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE ARE ON PACE TO BEAT OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS FO THIS YEAR. I WOULD GUESS WE ARE TALKING $1.8 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR REVENUE -WISE SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS BEING I DON'T KNOW THE FIRST YEAR EVER, BUT THE FIRST YEAR IN THE LONG TIME WHERE THE EXPENSES WILL BE LESS THAN THE REVENUES FOR BROOKSHIRE.

WE WILL BE OPERATING STRUCTURALLY POSITIVE THIS YEAR.

A BIG PART OF THAT IS NOT ONLY THE CHANGE TO OUR FEEDS, BUT ALSO THERE ARE SOME CAPITAL EXPENSES UNLIKE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, SOME OF THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO THEIR OPERATING BUDGET HISTORICALLY AND WE'VE NOW KIND OF PULLED THOSE OUT AND PAID FO THEM SEPARATELY SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT WHAT DOES IT COST TO OPERATE THE COURSE ON A DAILY BASIS COMPARED TO THE REVENUE BEING BROUGHT INTO IN 2026 WILL LIKELY BE BRING IN ENOUGH TO COVER THE OPERATIONS IN THE SAM THING FOR 27. OUR REVENUE FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR IS JUST UNDER $2 MILLION BASED UPON AN ASSUMPTION OF GROWTH NOT ONLY IN THE RATES, BUT ALSO GROWTH IN PEOPLE USING THE GOLF COURSE. IN TERMS OF EXPENSES, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE HISTORICAL EXPENSES, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 2024 AND 2027 ARE BASICALLY THE SAME AMOUNTS.

WE HAVE NOT MOVED A LOT IN TERM OF HOW A COST TO OPERATE.

THE NEXT THREE SLIDES LOOK AT THE RATES PROPOSED, AND I SHOUL NOTE THAT IT SAYS SPRING RATES, IT'S TECHNICALLY THE SPRING AND FALL RATES ARE JUST AS AN EXAMPLE HERE, AND I KIND OF MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME I LOOKED AT IT, BUT IF YOU LOOK A THE WEEKEND RATES THERE WHERE I SAYS MORNING, 51418 HOLES IS

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THE 49 OFF TO THE SITE SIDE AS WITH THE CURRENT RATES ARE.

SO THESE RATES, AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, ROUGHLY HALF OF THESE AR CHANGING AT ALL YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE ONES THAT ARE CHANGING ARE GOING UP EITHER TWO OR $3.

AGAIN THIS IS THE SPRING AND FALL RATES.

THESE ARE THE SUMMER RATES, SAM THING.

VERY MODEST INCREASES WHERE THERE ARE ANY.

AND THEN FELT LAST PAGE HERE LOOKS AT THE MEMBERSHIP RATES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE BASICALLY ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO $75 YEAR-OVER-YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE IN THE FUTURE IF COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT THE LAW THAT REQUIRE US TO BRING THESE HERE IS PERHAPS CHANGING THE TIMEFRAME JUST FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WIL HAVE US BRINGING VIEWS RATES FO APPROVAL BY NOVEMBER 1ST OF EVERY EURO, WHICH FITS IN WELL WITH THE BUDGET, BUT IT DOESN'T FIT IN GREAT IN TERMS OF BOB HAVING COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HIS REVENUE WAS FURTHER SHARED NOR DO WE KNOW WHAT HIS COMPETITORS ARE DOING WITH THEIR RATES FOR NEXT YEAR.

I DO THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET RATES HERE IN THEN THAT WHERE HE CAN ADJUST WITHIN 20 PERCENT IF WE FOUND OUT NEXT YEAR WE WERE TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW , WE WOULD HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITY. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE EVER CHANGED RATES AFTER YOU'VE PUBLISHED THEM, SO UNLIKELY THA THEY WOULD DO THAT. THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.

WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT TO THE GOLFER DOWN THERE THAT IS A EXPERT.

SHE HIT A HOLE IN ONE, RIGHT? DO YOU RAISE THE RATES? IS A ROUTINE TO RAISE THE RATES EVERY YEAR OR ARE WE PAYING

CATCH UP RIGHT NOW? >> WE PLAYED CATCH UP LAST YEAR IS BASICALLY WHAT WE DID. NOW ARE GOING TO ROUTINELY GO U THE HIGHEST PERCENT NEEDED WAS PERCENT, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES SOBER GOING TO ROUTINELY RAISE IT SLIGHTLY TO KEEP UP WITH THE COMPETITION BUT OUR BI CATCH UP WAS LAST YEAR.

>> OKAY. SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE ON THE WEEKDAY RATES, THE $29 FOR NINE HOLES AFTER 2:00 P.M., SO WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON YOU WOULDN' RAISE THAT ONE EVEN JUST A

DOLLAR? >> BECAUSE MOST OF OUR AFTERNOO PLAYS WE DON'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF WALK-IN PLAYS, WE GET A CORPORATE LEAGUES IN A COUPLE O OTHER GROUPS MONDAY THROUGH

THURSDAY. >> SO MAYBE THAT WAS A BAD EXAMPLE. LETS HE, WEEKEND RATES FOR MORNING. $40 FROM NINE HOLES REMAINS THE SAME. WHITE WOULD BE THE REASON YOU WOULDN'T RAISE THAT? IS THAT STILL LEAGUE PLAY?

>> NO, IT'S NOT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO DOUBLE SHOCK

THEM. >> THAT'S MY ANSWER, THANK YOU.

COUNCILOR MINNAAR. >> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE RATE INCREASE THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR BECAUSE THAT WAS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL JUMP FROM THE INITIAL CHARGES. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON, THIS I PROBABLY MORE OF A SACK QUESTION , THAT THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT THROUGH THE CAPITA ASSET PLAN, HAVE ANY OF THOSE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA IF IT IS ON THE DOCKET FOR PROBABLY NOT THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.

>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. LAST YEAR, WE MEET IT THROUGH PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE BUILDINGS THI YEAR WE ARE DOING THE OTHER LES THAN 50 PERCENT, THE REMAINDER.

I DO KNOW THAT BOB'S MAINTENANC GARAGE WAS THE LOWEST SCORING ASSET THAT WE HAD AFTER THE FIRST PASS, I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS STILL THE LOWEST SCORING AFTER WE NOW HAVE MORE BUILDING IN THE MIX, BUT WE HAVE SOME NOTE ISSUES OUT THERE AND THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS A UTILITIES SOMETHING, WASN'T IT?

>> IT WAS BUILT AND 1971 SO IT IS AGING.

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[INDISCERNIBLE] >> IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR WE HAVE LARGELY ADDRESSED SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING--EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE WORST BUILDING I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THE MOST PRESSING. WE HAVE TARGETED A LOT OF THOSE IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. IN TERMS OF THIS AND THE OTHER PROJECTS, I THINK WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS NEXT YEAR AS WE COMPLETE THE SECOND BATCH OF BUILDINGS I ME BRINGING THE COUNCIL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF HEY, THESE , THIS IS EVERYTHING AND ALSO HERE IS A PLAN TO FUND THA GOING FORWARD WHETHER IT BE THROUGH GENERAL FUND OR THROUGH FUNDING, BUT PREHENSILE PLAN FO

ADDRESSING EVERYTHING. >> THANK YOU.

THE CART BARN WAS WHERE WE WOUL GO IF THERE WAS A TORNADO.

THAT WAS OUR SHELTER SO TO SPEA SO WE NEED THAT CART BARN, I CALL IT THE HEARTBURN. OKAY, SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU SAID THERE WAS A STRUCTURAL POSITIVE AT THE GOLF COURSE, SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE NET BECAUSE HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> I WILL JUST SAY, AND THIS IS ALL BASED UPON ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW, BUT AGAIN, BOB'S BUDGET FO BROOKSHIRE FOR THIS YEAR IS JUS BARELY UNDER $1.8 MILLION. WE ARE ON TRACK TO COLLECT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $1.8 MILLIO THIS YEAR REVENUE WISE, SO THIS MIGHT BE OUR FIRST YEAR EVER WHERE WE ARE STRUCTURALLY BALANCED IN TERMS OF THE OPERATIONS.

IT IS SELF-SUSTAINING FROM AN OPERATING PERSPECTIVE.

I WOULD SAY NEXT YEAR WE EXPECT TO BE EVEN BETTER.

>> CONGRATULATIONS NUMBER ONE, BOB FOR GETTING TO THAT POINT, THAT IS GREAT. THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS DO YOU ACTUALLY GET TO $30,000 AT THE SNACK SHOP AND THE BANQUET CENTER, IN LESS YOU HAVE A WEDDING THAT KIND OF THING?

>> THESE GUYS ARE VERY GOOD. THEY ARE DOING 2750 A-MONTH.

SO THEY'RE MAKING 2500 MORE SO $55,000?

>> THAT'S GREAT. THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS.

ALONG THOSE LINES, THIS WILL SEEM LIKE A STRANGE QUESTION, BUT WE DON'T PAY THEIR TAXES ON THERE, NONE.

>> THE YEARS OUR LIQUOR LICENSE BUT THEY ARE THE PURCHASERS AND

PAY THE TAXES. >> PERFECT.

THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE BEFORE I START? THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE.

BOB, I'VE GOT TO SAY WHEN THE CITY TOOK THIS OVER AND YOU TOO OVER LEADERSHIP OVER THERE, YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO A LOT OF THE OPERATIONS FROM THIS STUDY WE DID AND 2015 WITH THE SAME CONSULTANTS, AND I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT. ONE, I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL AND ONE OF THE HESITATIONS FOR IT FALLING UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION AT THAT TIME WAS BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE REPAIR AND A LOT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL A THE TIME AND ADMINISTRATION AT THAT TIME UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP MADE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL THE SMALL STRUCTURES THROUGH THERE, THE TRAIL SYSTEM, ET CETERA, IRRIGATION, ET CETERA.

YOU'VE DONE A OVER THERE. WHAT WE WOULD ALWAYS CALL IT IS 100 PERCENT COST RECOVERY. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES IN THE PUBLIC WORLD I IS BAD TO SAY A PROFITS, BUT REALLY YOU'RE AN OPERATING BUSINESS AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ACHIEVING 100 PERCENT COST RECOVERY NOT INCLUDING DEBT SERVICE AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES , IS THAT CORRECT? OF THE CAPITAL LEASES THERETO? BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF

OPERATIONS? >> THE CAPITAL LEASES WERE THE ONES WE PULLED OUT AND PAID FOR SEPARATELY.

>> PERFECT. >> THAT IS HOW THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND PARKS IS ABLE TO MEE 100 PERCENT COST RECOVERY.

>> I SHOULD MENTION, I THINK IT'S THEIR LARGEST CAPITAL LEAS WAS FOR THAT CART PATH, SO IT I SOMETHING THAT REALLY PROBABLY

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WE DON'T MAKE THE PAYMENTS, GOO LUCK REPOSSESSING THAT.

>> SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. ONE IMPORTANT THING IS TO NOTE THOUGH IS PARKS IMPLEMENTED AT DIFFERENT POLICY RELATED TO HOW EMPLOYEES ARE COMPENSATED. ACTUALLY, WHICH IS INTERESTING IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED TREAT PREVIOUSLY ON THE CHANGES THE CITIES WANTED T PAPER THE AUTOMATIC STEP INCREASES AND SO FORTH FOR A BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO OPERATE ALMOST LIKE A FOR-PROFIT VERSUS GOVERNMENT ENTITY, THOSE EVER-INCREASING COSTS WOULD HAV MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO ACHIEVE COS RECOVERY BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THEY HAD DONE ON THE TIME. I KNOW AS COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN MAY BE SOME CHANGES TO HOW STAFF ARE COMPENSATED SOMETIMES SO FOR TH PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE CITY LOOKED AT IT RECENTLY AND PARKS TRANSITION TO IT PROBABLY IN 2015, 2016, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

POWER FIVE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB, YOU CAN TELL BY THE REVENUE . THE QUALITY OF FOOD, SERVICE FO MEMBERS OF THE BROOKSHIRE POOL COME OUT WE GO OVER THEY'RE OFF AND PEDRO EVEN WILLING TO EAT DINNER OVER THERE RIGHT YOU GUY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THESE INCREASES ARE NOMINAL.

RELATED TO TYING THE RATES AND FEES TO THE BUDGET, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY OPINION. I FIGURED I WOULD SAY IT ON THE RECORD. TO ME IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT WE SET RATES EVERY YEAR TO ENSURE YOU'RE ABLE TO HIT YOUR BUDGET AND COST RECOVERY. THE 20 PERCENT MARGIN IF THE MARKET CHANGES DYNAMICALLY BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1 WHEN THE RATES TAKE EFFECT AND PRIOR TO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE BUDGET T MOVE UP OR DOWN WITHIN 20 PERCENT, SO IDEALLY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, JUST AS ONE COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO OPERATE.

YOU MAY BE A YEAR BEHIND THE COMPETITION IF THEY INCREASE IT MORE THAN 20 PERCENT OF WHAT YOUR RATES ARE, BUT YOU'RE GREA AT WHAT YOU DO, YOU'RE INTO INT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND OTHER COMPETING TYPE FACILITIES IN TH MARKET.

I FULLY TRUST THAT YOU WILL SET AFFECTIVE RATES AND THESE RATES ARE BASED ON DATA, BASED ON THE STUDY.

WE KNEW THAT OUR RATES WERE RELATIVE TO THE MARKET, SO NOMINAL INCREASE I THINK WITH THE COST OF EVERYTHING ELSE INCREASING FOR YOU, BOB, I THIN ARE IN LINE AND PERSONALLY, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED THIS EVENING.

>> I AM GOING TO MOVE THIS BUT BEFORE I DO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPEN AT THE GOLF COURSE, I HA THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING THERE FOR 13 YEARS AND ACTUALLY STARTED JUST BEFORE BOB DID AND WATCHING THE CHANGES FROM THAT GOLF COURSE FROM WHEN PRIOR TO BOB TO WHAT IT IS TODAY IS UNBELIEVABLE.

YOU HAD MAJOR DRAINAGE ISSUES, EROSION ISSUES, BRIDGE ISSUES, PATH ISSUES, IRRIGATION ISSUES, AND YOU HAVE SLOWLY, BUT SURELY TOOK THE BOXES. I WANT TO GIVE YOU INCREDIBLE CREDIT FOR THAT. IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU WORKING FOR YOU I SHOULD SAY .

WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE ORDINANCE D-2847-26 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.

>> SECOND. >> B HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEE NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

THIS WILL MOVE ON THIS EVENING TO THE FULL COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. LEAVE WILL ADDRESS ORDINANCE D-2772-25 AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AT 3:00 P.M. ON THE 19TH . THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

WE WILL ADJOURN AT 4:56

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.