On March 8, the City Council approved a resolution that authorized up to $11,000 of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Council Contingency Funds to install a 2-inch water main at Centennial Park for a new ball field and surrounding area.  Montana District 1 Little League Baseball received $99,000 from the Baseball Tomorrow Foundation, Major League Baseball and the Major League Players Association, as well as $87,000 of local donations and pledges for a new field.  However, the funds did not cover the increase from a 1-inch to a 2-inch meter to serve the new ball field and surrounding area.

The funds were granted relatively late in FY 2009 and were not spent or encumbered in the FY 2009 year, so they were returned with the balance of the Council Contingency Fund to General Fund reserves.  The Montana District 1 Little League is requesting that the $11,000 be re-granted from the FY 2010 Council Contingency Fund so that the work on the ball park can be finished.

The Council may:

• Approve the FY 2010 Contingency Fund allocation of $11,000 for the Centennial Park Water Meter; or
• Not approve the contingency fund allocation.

The City Council Contingency Fund (Acct. 010-1110-411.79-70) has $60,000 allocated for FY 2010.  The Council already has approved $12,500 of expenditures from the fund as follows:

• $2,000 to a Chamber of Commerce study on trails maintenance;
• $8,000 for a study of the impact of Tax Increment Financing Districts; and
• $2,500 for a Distracted Driving publicity campaign.

If the $11,000 request for a water meter is funded, it would leave the Council with $37,500 for the remaining nine months of FY 2011.

It is recommended that the City Council approve an FY 2010 Council Contingency Fund allocation of $11,000 for a Centennial Park water meter upgrade.