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are also being planed. He asked to have time at the next meeting to put on a presentation about the promotions being offered. VL Approval of Minutes Dr. Kelly made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular Board meeting held on January 15, 2007 as mailed. The motion was seconded by Mr. Mullins and approved. VII. Approval of Maintenance Vouchers A motion was made by Mr. Mullins to approve maintenance vouchers for January 2007 totaling $800,077.04. It was seconded by Dr. Kelly. Dr. Kelly asked about the "Flexible Spending Account" line item that was 98% spent. Mr. Carleton explained it is an employee benefit of $500 per employee that is paid to the administrator in January. The employees may be reimbursed from this for medical and childcare related expenses on a before tax basis. There being no further discussion, the motion was passed. VIII. Business of the Superintendent Superintendent St. Clair informed the Board that preliminary meetings have been held with restaurant operators concerning the concession operation at Erskine Golf Course. Other park departments have been contacted concerning how they handle outside vendors running their concessions. He stressed that this in the very preliminary stages. He just wanted the Board to be aware of this. Mr. Goodrich asked about the Elbel concessions. Superintendent St. Clair replied that because of the attractive location of Erskine, this would be looked at first. He said if there was interest in Elbel that would be looked at also. Superintendent St. Clair said that this would include catering and year round restaurant operation that would go beyond just golfers. 2. Superintendent St. Clair briefed the Board on the potential impact of the 2% circuit breaker on the Parh Department's finances. The potential of losing $2.6 million in 2010 would have a catastrophic effect on our ability to deliver services the community has come to expect. 3. Parl: Staff has been meeting with the staff of the County Parks and Mishawaka Parks. Then have been discussing how the circuit breaker would affect all the departments. One idea being discussed is to eliminate the duplication of services. It is hoped the legislature will remedy this, but they are preparing for the worst. 4. Superintendent St. Clair reported on capital requests that will be going before the Common Council in two weeks. In fund 201 (Parks Special Revenue Fund) we have requested $824,500, $320,000 in fund 405 (Capital Nonreverting Fund), $4,000 from the East Race Waterway Fund, and $75,000 in fund 203 (Recreation Nonreverting Fund). --4--