 City Manager Jeff Meisel says that the city has considered having its own 501c3 for some time as a way of uncomplicating the city's receipt of donations in cash or otherwise. Meisel says that it's important for the city to maintain control of the donations so staffers Brent Childers, Brent Belcher, and Katie Schaller-Ward will be on the fund's board along with community members Jim Steen and Tessa Norris.