Informational Meeting

MINUTES Monday, December 12, 2011 Informational Meeting 4:00 PM at Carnegie Town Hall Sioux Falls City Council 235 West Tenth Street Members Present: Sue Aguilar, Kenny Anderson Jr., Vernon Brown, James Entenman, Michelle Erpenbach, Greg Jamison, Dean Karsky, Rex Rolfing , Mike T. Huether Members Absent: None Staff Present: Sue Roust, Interim City Clerk; Jamie Palmer, CMC, Assistant City Clerk 1. Call To Order Council Chair Aguilar called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. 2. Staff Report A. Sue Roust, Interim City Clerk Roust gave an overview of the tasks that the City Clerk's Office staff have been and will be working on. She said that she has completed some research and prepared some information regarding Instant Runoff Voting which will be discussed by the Charter Revision Commission on Friday. 3. Fiscal Committee A. Report from meeting held on Monday, December 5, 2011 Brown reported that the Fairgrounds and Fraud Policy discussions have been tabled until further information becomes available. 4. City Council Open Discussion Terry Torkildson, Manager of Sioux Falls Arena, came forward to address questions that arose during the Informational Meeting last week. Brown asked for a brief overview of the Sioux Falls Skyforce contract. Torkildson said last year’s revenues were $180,000 while expenses were $142,000, which doesn't include utilities or full time staff wages. Torkildson said that they do have some ideas for filling the dates once the Skyforce vacates the building. Discussion followed. Jamison asked about securing contracts for the Stampede and Storm teams to lease the new Events Center. Torkildson said that it isn't a good idea to secure  contracts at this time because there are too many unknown factors. Torkildson said that he would forward profit/expense data for Stampede and Storm games to the Council Members because he didn't have that information with him today. Aguilar asked Roust to review the draft Resolution regarding the City Council Legislative priorities. Roust said that this item is scheduled for the City Council Meeting on Monday, December 19, 2011. Discussion followed about moving these priorities forward. 5. Presentations A. Review of Transit Customer Service Audit; Discuss Recent Transit Ridership Data; and Update on Transit System Analysis Study by Karen Walton, SAM General Manager; and Debra Gaikowski, Transit Planner Item 5A was deferred to the Informational Meeting on Monday, December 19, 2011. B. Events Center Update by Mayor Mike Huether 6. Adjournment Aguilar adjourned the meeting at 5:08 p.m. Jamie L. Palmer, CMC Assistant City Clerk