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1983-09-13164 Septetiber 13, 193 SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a special bucl~et rieeti n~ of the City Council cf the City of iourid., Fennepir~ County, i~lit~nesota9 :gas t~cld at 5341 t`ayt,~Tood Road in said City er? Septeriber 139 1939 at 7:00 P.,I. 111GSe present L^JeY'e: fayOr Fobert Polston, Councilretbers Pinny Ci~~"rcn9 Phyllis Jessen, Gary PaL?lsen and Russ Peterson. ~!lso present; .~~ere: City °anaUer JOn L1Glli+7 Clty Clerk Fran Clsrl•:7 Fll~lance L?i rector Sh~~r'cn Le~l7 F~L?liClii'1~ nff1C7.cil Jc^~r, L>er'~i C?nC:9 1~..'tl"ve't; ~~`.upc'rilitC'1'IdC'i1i. FL?"t;nc; (GE'nU) C=0f~r7 Joyce T?elson al~ld the following in"cerested citizen: Larry Connolly. OVERVIEW -CITY MANAGER The Clty lar'la~er ~Jen% OVer" she 1UdoF•t ~'aCr~~rOUrIC'. °-~ 1nT,r OdL?C:tiOn wltli .hc Council riotlr;;_; ,'!lot In 1~}Cl ;,lie cr:p'ei~dltureS iOr 41,379,u91 and thy: pl°ojection for 19~3Lr i s ~ 1 9 574 9 319 or ~.ln increase of 14.5`:. l~iE' stated i'ie is loping to h«ve a reserve of ,~40Ci,000 by ti:e end of 195. Th~ti projected income over expenditures for 19°4 is ~4~90~5. CoL?ncilreltber Paterson asi-;ed how the loss of Tonka c~ac;uid affect the tax situation. Tl~ie City l~ianuter sated ti;«t the Ci~y only receives 15`,~ of th:: a 149 9000 Tonl~;a payys i n property taxes 9 and tl.e propeyr~ ty is not uoing al,yE'at~ere ca V1iE LGxeJ ~•111_L1 IJroaably nO.V Cc`..uJ~ a pr~oblet:: l)LIL9 th~' i';r::L.Cr ~L~~1s tail i suf'fcr. The ._„ L ~-, ~ .~ ~ ~ ~ a:.~ - ti Clay ;ianaUel^ t-7ent, Ot•~C'i" pUges 1 ~11r0:,1~11 ~1 Ot Gi!G •UG~;C'.t v11i;!1 •Gi1~; Council.9 wY?ich included ~~isoL?scion on fiscal disparities, the lovy lir:iit, Forrtl QUO (`'p^cC;lal LeV1eS) 9 lOCal ~;OVeY'n[ilent old 1'flfOi^ri:atl.On9 bonded incie'otedriess. STREET DEPT - GENO HOFF & JOYCE NELSON Ger10 loIf Stated that the Street Dept. has ~ full tine er;i~;loyees and this depart!?lent takes care of 46 r,liles of road9 ~ riiiles of sicle~~rallc, 515 storm sewer Catch 1)caSil']S L•7i1Ch ]-YlCluded 56 SUrip Catch baS1.r1;,. In thF~' Sr~riri; they spent. ; 1/2_ ~;eek.S cleani n~ streets and sidec;alks of :salt artd Sand. During the year they sweep the Central LusinesS District twice a ~•reek; patching all areas (includir,~ w'riere watentain breal<:s occured curing the ~~ainter, 25 lest year); seal coating (this is the 3rd year of the seal coat program and the city crews l:au1 all tl;c pea rocl: in durinL the winter9 sweep and real=:e read,T for the seal coating) ; storm setr~er clean Llp; cemetery worYc (locatinU and digging graves); hauling; all their corn l;ta'cerial (black'cop, salt al;d sand). The S`;,•reet Eudget is increasing fror:~i ~~2~0,645 to the proposed X317,972. The capital outlay in the budget is for a rew oiler and a new jacl-~ hart!rier. The Ci'cy Manager noted that a big portion of the Street Dept. Budget is in the cost of the Street Lights (~5~,500). 1 165 cepteriber 13 ~ 193 SHOP & STORE The City Manager explained that this 1~udget ~aent from ~ 42 X094 to a proposed X42 ~C07 and tl:e reason it didn't ro hi filler is because of reduced Ilealf;h care costs in this department. PARK DEPARTMENT -CHRIS BOLLIS The Park Director explained that his budget has Cone froth a11t~,6~7 to the proposed aj117~114 because cf retaorking the Doclr Inspector position to a 1/2 tine position since Don Rother's resignation. He would then have 2 ter:iporarj' iiaintenGnoe posiesions (E~5 days during tl:e SUC!lr~]er _ stucents); 1 SeaSOnal 1:lalnellaCe person (120 days during the peak times) ; and the recreation director (includes 15 aids 1 tennis ir!structor to provide the free pariz proCr2sas) . 11e tilert t•ient over sorle of the line itel,ls frith tl.e Council. There t•?as discussion by the Council on Corlrlons ;;aintenance and 'now irnpor'cant it is. Tile Cit ~ be if tie increase the docl; fees froth y ana:ger suC~estea that r:«y t 65.OU to X75.00 per year ~ ~~ 10.00 could be put totaard Cot7r::ons laintenance . If' a1_1 400 docl~s Caere rented it t.culd rieari `'4,000. There Gdas d1.SCUSSlOr1 Gn clieCl~lnf% I.ntO liaVln~ SOI'P.e Ol tl;e l:~a.rl;s contracted Ou';; for riot.'l.nt. CEMETERY FUND T'iie Council went o',rer the Cemetery Fund tahich is ^L4,2L4U ane proposed to be ~~5 ~ 1140. The increase comes frorl the fact that we have con'cracted tai tl:~ Chesil-Lawn for weed sprayinu. PLANNING & ZONING -JAN BERTRAND The r~uildirtg Official rioted filar this Ludlet is Coing from ~75~73~~ to the ;rCipOSed 4~vi~~5~. The C.OLli1C11 aS1:eCt abOLtt rE;Ver1LtC:s f'rOGi perrl7.t5, etC. T'rle City 1•ana~;er stated that there 'chill be a corlplete updating; of the fee schedule this Fall in order to cover all the costs relating; to tllertl. The iiLllldlrl~ Official. sUg~eStCCi seVCral ltE-"itiS that Nave been CUt frot:i Iler L{udget be seriously considered in future budgets; an casement t;.ap shot:ainC all the eaSer:12t1tS lil the Clty ~ a Sl`lOr"e11nC r:s~::rlc~;er::er'c ordinance; and a dial; s1iGt^?ln~; tl"le 'iflairi i'll~l'i taater 11'i ail vile taetlar:C::s. POLICE DEPT. POIiC~' Chief 1"U1C~ was jiresr~n ariCi ~;aVe a breal:c:Ot°?rl Of l.i'iE' 1''Gl1CC: I':Lld~et. The 19~~3 budget taas `>~4~~,0~2 and the proposed 1~~4 budget is ~4:~4~603. host of this increase is in sa"lanes. There are ttao Capital Outlay items; one reta police car and 1 Hera radar uni'c. The Council discussed the necessity of purchasing; another r~ew sgL?ad car. The Police Clli of stated '~iiat 'tile del~artllen 1S rLlririlTi~ eaCll sC1UaC: CaY' GVC:r 100000 17111eS before even COns1CiE'r'l.n~ tl'le purchase Of new Ones. The Tletd Oi1e proposed wOUlCi replace the 1>~0 Malibu that has 100000 tildes right no~v, and by the time we 2 166 Septer~:ber 13 ~ 1 could purchase taYtother will have approximately 125,000 n;iles Tire Council as4~ed t~;Yiat is the percent~~e of increUse in salaries. The CYtief ::rated 5,~ . The CouYlcil coY:~lin:er;ted F:'~ruce on 1_is cor~tr;:unity involver~tcnt. CIVIL DEFENSE Thy: Police Ci'ri:~f' ~•;eY;t ever this uduet fcr the Council. f'e stct;eC this iJUCltet ir1ClUCiCS t~+Clat tfle rE'SerVeS arE call©CatCCi. it Y'laS Gr'OpjieCi frorli 32~Ci~i~ tC. i:YIE. prOpOSE'd~c'_~UQO. iE? COt~1t.ilrltenteCa t~:e iE:SeY'VeS On tleiY' ~eGi- cGtior, anc~ 'tZelp. They donate Gn;,rc•inere Eton: L~00-500 'riours per r,:onth to tYe Police De~:~t. , free of cciare. The t'ayOr cl'iU. tf;E.' GGLiriCl.i CGCIi_ ~_~.titC.'rit..~.C r';VcY"y S~cff z.,e,P:iC1t:r ~~riC't CiCj~~.rviE,T1: ,_, { ~ t.eac~ on the ;;relit c~aor: they lire aoir;C~ in tyre City. They t'rlera cotr~plir:~eiir,ec~ tYi'e Clty I~aY1~,;er On o. reallstlC ~:7Ul:IVE-'t~ 41~"ilC'ti 7.s not pciC;dO(~t v.YiG is very COnCi~ye. Polsto, r(ovcr: anc. Jcssen scconced at roti on to ad~ourYl at 11 :45 P.I°•~. The vote was unanir.ct.;sly it'I favor. tlotion carr•ieci. ~~~~ on Elan;, City i`;arl~! er ~/1 Pa nn ~ ~ i ~- Fran Clare, Clty Clerk> 3