[Vision2020] "Moscow Cares" Website (Update 102308-01)

[Tom Hansen]

Greetings Visionaires -

The "Moscow Cares" website has been updated to include video of the 
following segments of the October 20, 2008 Moscow City Council session.

1.  Policy On Use of Council Chambers
http://www.MoscowCares.com/102008_UseofCouncilChambers.htm

There has been recent interest in the City's practices regarding use of 
City Council Chambers and other City facilities which are not currently 
addressed by a City policy. For example, the City has traditionally 
allowed incumbent elected officials to hold "town hall" meetings in 
Council Chambers without charge. Issues of fairness, 
property, "politicizing" of City facilities, expenditures, access to 
government, and other issues suggest that a written policy might be 
developed. The issue was discussed at the September 22nd Administrative 
Committee meeting and the Committee directed staff to develop a policy for 
Council consideration. Reviewed by the Administrative Committee on October 
13, 2008.

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2.  Amend Fee Resolution to Remove Alcohol in the Parks Fee
http://www.MoscowCares.com/102008_FeeResRemAlcohol.htm

In accordance with Moscow City Code 5-13-4(B), requests may be made to 
have beer/wine gardens in City owned parks in Moscow. Rules governing each 
event are through Council Resolutions. To recover City funds expended by 
staff preparation of Council Resolutions allowing alcohol in City parks 
for non-City events, staff requested a fee of $300 through the FY09 fee 
resolution. The fee was based on 5-10 hours of staff time involved to 
process each related Council Resolution to fruition. This request was met 
with concern by both citizens and Council and was sent back for further 
exploration. After further review staff is offering options (or a 
combination of) for the Council to consider. Reviewed by the 
Administrative Committee on October 13, 2008.

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As always, this item and loads of other Moscow stuff may be accessed 
at . . .

"Moscow Cares"
http://www.MoscowCares.com
 
Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)



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