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Councilmember Davis stated the chances of this being misinterpreted are low. He stated he is cautious on voting on this because before it was agreed that we would come back in September and have a chance to look at this then. Now in September we are being told it will be pushed to 2017. That is concerning. Mr. Murphy responded that he understands. To better clarify we have an appropriation in 2017 in the budget for $2,130,000. Councilmember Davis stated waiting to 2017 is just too long. Council Attorney Cekanski - Farrand stated perhaps we can hear the other two (2) bills while the Clerk's Office gets the minutes from the meeting where this was discussed. Committee Chair White stated we will come back to this bill and move on to Bill 50 -16. Bill No. 50 -16 — September Enterprise Funds John Murphy, City Controller with offices on the 12th Floor of the County -City Building, served as the presenter and petitioner of these bills. This is our third quarter additional appropriations for enterprise funds. Our list on these is smaller. In the Fire Department we budgeted for one (1) lease payment but we actually have two (2) payments so we are adjusting that. There is a really small number for the parking garages due to some rounding differences. When a new bond is issued, the bond council will ask to put the issuance costs into a separate fund so that they can keep track of those separately. The issuance costs were less than anticipated so those funds can be transferred to cover debt service payments. These are just to clear out the funds to have less to deal with. Councilmember Davis stated he has another question for the Chippewa closure. He stated he has heard that the street may not be opened again. If the City spends money to fix up ours but the County doesn't fix up their road will still be closed. It would be wasted funding if we don't have a better understanding from the County that their portion will be opened as well. Mr. Kerr stated the fixes that the City is doing will at least open up access to the AM General area. Councilmember Davis stated that is fine for the company but the citizens of the area deserve to have that road opened again. It seems like there is a plan that the road will remain closed. Mr. Kerr stated this is the first he has heard that the County is not considering doing their work. The last conversation he had with the County was that they were in the process of having a consultant move forward. Committee Chair White asked if there has been any discussion from the City to close the road. Mr. Kerr stated he is not aware of any plans to close Chippewa permanently.