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November 20, 1990
MINUTES - 1991 BUDGET HEARING - NOVEMBER Z0, 1990
The City Council of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in
special session to review the proposed 1991 Budget on Tuesday,
November 20, 1990, at 7:30 PM, at the Westonka School District
Boardroom, 5600 Lynwood Boulevard, in the City of Mound,
Minnesota.
Those present were: Mayor Steve Smith, Councilmembers Andrea
Ahrens, Liz Jensen, Phyllis Jessen and Skip Johnson. Also
present: City Manager Edward J. Shukle, Jr., Finance Director
John Norman, Fire Chief Don Bryce, Police Chief Len Harrell,
Street Superintendent Geno Hoff, Water and Sewer Superintendent
Greg Skinner, Park Director Jim Fackler, Liquor Store Manager
Joel Krumm and Building Official Jon Sutherland. Also present
were the following interested citizens: Councilmember Elect Ken
Smith, Parker Hodges, Mildred Hodge, Bev Hodge, Phil Haugen,
Sharon Haugen, Don Cox, Dean Fleming and Greg Anderson.
The Mayor opened the Public Hearing and welcomed the people in
attendance.
The City Manager reviewed the purpose of the Truth in Taxation
Law. He reviewed the Budget Message contained within the 1991
proposed budget and specifically highlighted the General Fund
Summary and Tax Levy.
John Norman, Finance Director, distributed information
concerning the health insurance line items and explained that the
1991 budget was prepared based on a 20% increase in the health
insurance cost. Since the budget was prepared, the percentage
has been reduced to approximately 12%. Hence, the line items for
health insurance as proposed are slightly higher than what the
actuals will be for 1991.
The Mayor then asked to go through the budget by department and
each department head reviewed their budget and answered
questions, if any from the Council and the citizens present.
Following the department head reviews, the City Manager
recommended the proposed budget be adopted at the next regular
city council meeting, and asked the City Council to pass a motion
directing that a resolution be approved approving the tax levy,
overall budget, etc., so that it can be approved at the November
27, 1990 regular meeting.
Upon motion by Jensen, seconded by Johnson, and carried
unanimously, the City Council agreed with the City Manager,s
recommendation to have a resolution drafted and to be
considered at the next regular meeting on November 27th.
Upon motion by Ahrens, seconded by Smith, and carried
unanimously, the Council hereby continues the budget hearing
to the November 27, 1990 meeting beginning at 7:30 PM.
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It should be noted that the only change in the proposed budget
was to reduce the recycling fund budget due to the fact that bids
have been received from a new vendor which will reduce the budget
for recycling. The City Manager will incorporate this change
into the resolution to be approved at the next meeting.
Motion made by Johnson,
unanimously,
seconded by Jensen and carried
the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 PM.
E~ard~J. S~u~l~e, Jr., City~nager
Attest: City Clerk