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13. Consideration of Request from Friends of Westwind for Town Sponsorship of the 2008 Hoedown Auction Fundraiser for Westwind Community Barn • Councilmember Warshawsky recused himself from participating in discussion of the item. Councilmember Kerr introduced the item to Council. Council had before them a letter from Ulli Sharma, President, Friends of Westwind, requesting Council consideration of the Town officially sponsoring the auction portion of the 2008 Hoedown fundraiser. Kerr noted that the sponsorship would facilitate the auction process and permit donations to be tax deductible. The Town sponsored the auction at the 2007 event. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Kerr, seconded by Mordo and passed unanimously by those Councilmembers voting to approve the request. (4-0-1 Warshawsky recused himself) *Urgency Item: Finance Director Nick Pegueros explained that the item before Council was a request from staff for authorization to file a claim relative to increased property tax administration fees that the County has begun to impose on the Town. Pegueros noted that over the past three years, the fee has increased from $19,000 to $33,000 last year. It was not what the fee would be for 2008. Pegueros reviewed the increased fee that was based on the State's request for the County to administer the pass through revenue that had previously been made as direct payments • to the cities. The Santa Clara County Finance Officers Association had taken the position that the administration fee should not be applicable to the new"pass through revenue", on the basis that the administration would not cost the County anything given that they were not responsible for the calculation or collection of the fees. Pegueros clarified that staff became aware of the new fee on Monday, April 7th and the filing deadline was April 20, 2008. Palo Alto and Morgan Hill have taken emergency action to authorize the filing of the claim. San Jose was currently reviewing the fee. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Kerr, seconded by O'Malley and passed unanimously to authorize the City Manager to file a claim for the recovery of the administrative fee in excess of what the Town believed was a reasonable assessment. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT No report given. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, SUB-COMMITTEES, AND COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES No reports given. • 10 Regular City Meeting Minutes April 10,2008