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362 City Manager - Account No. 570 (continued) CHANGE OF MOTION: Councilman Henderson, with the con- sent of her second, changed her motion to read as follows : to include in the Annual Budget rC1975-1976n an allocation of $3,000 for the Bicentennial irm activities of the Peninsula Celebration Association and that the Council will have an opportunity to review the , . entire budget for the Bicentennial Celebration. The motion as changed carried unanimously by voice vote. Citizen, Sussex Way, suggested Council should be making budget cuts. Citizen, suggested increased citizen contribution should be made to the Celebration. Steve Doyle, inquired as to the total amount being bud- geted for the Bicentennial. It was explained that no allocation was made to PCA and that the total amount to be allocated is now $3,000. Mrs. Zuma Francis, andsuggested a partyeiseiniorderCelebration would create jobs nation' s 200th birthday. Mr. Hughes (see above) advised that good use will be made of the $3,000 just allocated for the Bicentennial; that a report on the Bicentennial project will be made to Council;. and requested that tosthentype for the subject account inc lude a of activity anticipated by the Bicentennial. MOTION: Councilman Norris Leipzig, to add the following to appearing on page 14 : "and to promote belief, interest and participation in the institutions and heritage of our community. " The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. MOTION: Councilman Rhodes moved that publication of the quarterly newsletter be discontinued at a saving of $15,600. The motion failed for lack of a second. Lengthy discussion followed and Council and citizens commented concerning the value of the newsletter; whether it is widely read; the fact that it accompanies the City Recreation Schedule twice a year and enrollment in recreation programs indicates rather heavy readership; the possibility of printing the newsletter in a newspaper at City expense; the possibility of publishing fewer mom editions of the newsletter; the previous desire of the Council to establish communication with all citizens through a newsletter; the possibility of avoiding postage charges by distributing the newsletter through the libraries; the difficulty for many older persons to get out to pick up a newsletter; the possibility that pub- lishing the newsletter monthly might make it more timely; -4- 1 Budget Study 5/10/75