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Enterprise Funds <br /> Page 5 <br /> If the Council were to buy Ski Tonka as an on-going ski resort operation, <br /> then we should be fully awareT�rall of Ski Tonk' s problems will <br /> become our problems. The next question is where would we get the <br /> money to buy a ski hill? i�e.��he golf course was bought by using <br /> liquor profit over an number of years� the liquor revenue, however, <br /> is now being used as a revenue to help defray the expenses of the <br /> entire General Fund. We have also commmited $28, 000 of Federal <br /> Revenue Sharing Funds to help defray the costs of the General Fund <br /> and if the Council wanted to buy Ski Tonka by using either liquor <br /> funds or Federal Revenue Sharing money, then the mill rate in the <br /> municipality would go up approximately two mills to off-set the loss <br /> of those funds as revenue sources. <br /> Maintenance of the ski hill appears to be a major concern. For example, <br /> there are over fifteen motors that have to be maintained. The parts <br /> for those motors and the parts for most of the ski tows have to be <br /> ordered from out of the State and the supplies will then arrive COD -��. <br /> at the airport, which means quite possibly, a great inconvenience '''; <br /> in maintenance and expense in travelling to and from the airport for '� <br /> parts. The City of Orono (Village) will immediately incur additional ;�� <br /> expense to buy insurance to cover the operation. While the operation <br /> of a ski hill is not uncommon to local government, and it can be ' <br /> intergrated into our existing insurance program for additional premimum <br /> costs, we will also have to bring it up to safety standards. In �;; <br /> addition, the estimates that D2ck Benson and I made today, would call <br /> for ten to fifteen people to be hired, at least on a part-time basis, ':�� <br /> to operate the ski hill and part-time help is harder to get in the =';� <br /> winter than in the summer,because teachers are still in school. The :? <br /> Council will also have to look at the existing facilities on the %; <br /> property to see how much remodelling, or renovating may be desired or �; <br /> required. :{ <br /> ,:� <br /> On the other hand, the Council may consider purchasing the property, <br /> not to operate it as a ski hill, but as a park facility. If this is <br /> the case, I would assume that the Council would consider putting a <br /> baseball field or basket ball courts or other summertime recreational <br /> facilities on the property and not use it as a ski hill in the winter <br /> time, though I am sure a lot of people would come out and toboggan and <br /> sled on. <br /> It would seem that the options that the Council may face would be the <br /> same as the ones on the golf course. We could buy it and operate it <br /> as a ski hill, we could buy it and lease it out as a ski hill, we <br /> could buy it and maintain it only as a park for summertime recreation, <br /> or we could buy it and sell it to another private individual who would <br /> operate it as a ski hill, though if this option were available, I do <br /> not see why Mr. Primus wouldn' t check it out first. <br /> In conclusion, I guess by now the Council has decided I am a rather <br /> negative individual, but all I am trying to say is, if we are going <br /> to run an enterprise fund, let' s run it right. Let' s go first class. <br /> A buck well spent now may return many profitable bucks in the future and <br /> that is what we need. We need additional money to be generated from -� <br />