1985-10-01199
October 1, 1985
SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
The City Council of Mound, Hennepin Caunty, Minnesota, rnet in
special session far Hearings on the 1986 prapased budget for the
City of Mound, on October 1, iS'85, at 7«t7d F'M, in the Council
Chambers at 5:41 Maywood Rand, in said City.
Those present were« Mayor Bob Palston, Councilmembers Phyllis
Jensen, Gary Paulsen, Russ F'etersan and Steve Smith. Also
present were« Acting City Manager Fran Clark, Acting City Clerk
Linda Strong, Finance Director Jahn Harman, (-`alive Chief Len
Harrell, Public Works Superintendent Geno Hoff, Sewer and Wt=tier
Superintendent Greg SF;innera F'ark Director Jim Facklerr Fire
Chief Don Bryce, F~uilding Inspector Jan Bertrand and Public Works
Secretary Joyce Helsan.
Mayor F'alston opened the meeting and asked the Acting City
Manager to brief everyone an the revenue and expenditures for
the 1986 prapased budget.
The Acting City Manager stated the Caunty had lowered the
assessed value by over two million dollars. Meaning the City
would have to levy more money even if the General Fund
expenditures remained the same as 1985, due to the decreased
value of a mill.
The Mayor read a letter from the League of Minnesota .Cities,
stating that state revenues show a likely budget shortfall. This
patent i al shartf al 1 caul d of f ert 1986 1 oval government aids.
Legislative leaders have indicated that if it does became
necessary 'to cut bacE; expenditures, the f first cuts wi l l be made
in state agency budgets. The ne>:t area would be lac al government
aids, and the last area would be the schools.
The Acting City Manager walE,ed through the revenues and
expenditures of the 198 proposed budget. She then stated items
not considered in this budget« FLSA; overtime; revenue sharing
will be cut nut in 1986; and the need to put same funds into the
Capital Outlay reserve and the Eruilding fund, due to very
law balances in these two funds; the results of the comparable
worth study: nothing budgeted far rental of storage facility for
equipment.
Mayor F'olston asked for questions on the proposed revenue
projections. Councilmember Smith inquired as to the mill
rate.
The Acting City Manager said it is proposed to be 19.5^4 as
opposed to 17. ~,:ti4 i n 1985.
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COUNCIL BUDGET
October 1, 1985
The Senior Citizen Counseling a>;pense was questioned by
Councilmember Russ Peterson. The Acting City Manager said that
this possibly could be funded through CDPG, and that it is .being
checE,ed into. Gym to-aa-BS ,
MOTION made by Mayor Bob Rolston and seconded
by Cauncilmember Jessen to eliminate X2500.
Item #4421 - Gonferences and Schools. The vote
was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
Mayor F'ol stun suggested scratching the X1826. Uc~~ to the
Association of Metropolitan Municipalities. No one opposed,
item dropped from budget.
Mayor Palstan stated he would like a letter sEant to the Governor,
the SpeaF:er of the House and the Senate Majority Leader saying
that if they want to support the LMCD« the state should fund it.
This i s X5747. CCU. Counci 1 member Smith agreed « and suggested that
when we send them the check far this years d~.~es we write
"poi d under protest" on the checE; . i•-le al sa favored airi ti ng
the letters. Mayor Ralston said that since the state mandates
the LMCD, they should pay # or it.
CITY MANAGER>CITY CLERK
D15CUSSiOn regarding the salary of the new City I~lanager« and it
was agreed to 1 eave i t at ~4C>« 4C~C~.
Item #4411« Conferences and Schools, cut ~50Q.t~b« agreed upon
1 eavi ng ~ 1UDra. r.~c~, eliminating the new C:i ty Manager' s travel the
first year.
Item #44I~« Meeting E>;pense, cut ~2C~<~.C~G, agreed upon, leaving
~5c:~ c:~ , t:~i ~ .
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Item #41:~~~« Salaries, Elections Judges was raised from ~bC0O. to
Item #441 1 « Conferences and School s« ~SOc.~. C~(.l« was eliminated.
ASSESSING
It was agreed to approve this budget with no deletions.
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FINS ANCE
It was agreed upon by the Courzcil to eliminate the City Office
being open on Tuesday nights beginning January 1, 1986«
Item #41C~U, Salaries, lowered by ~9C~O.p~, leaving ~9448b.
Item #441, Overtime, ~1~C~C1.t~tJ, was eliminated.
Item #4411, Conferences and Schools, cut by ~~C~C~.OC~, leaving
~~C~c>. pC~.
LEGAL
Councilmember Smith suggested acquiring comparative legal bids as
the market will be competitive during 1936. Councilmember Paulsen
said if the City pursues Contel, we need funds and it should
be budgeted for as this is in litigation now.
It was agreed upon to add ~C1,~7~C~. to the Contingency Fund as a
separate line item for the intervention of Contel.
POLICE
Police Chief Len Harrell presented his proposed budget.
Chief Harrell stated that the Mound Police were the lowest
department in the area in per capita casts.
There was much Council discussion an certain line items;
#4~C~0, Captial Outlay, ~^8,5C~C~. Chief hlarrell a>;plained this was
part of a five year rotation maintenance plan for vehicles
including two new police cars thi s year for $~~ ;, C~CiC~«
MOTION made by Councilmember Peterson and
seconded by Councilmember Jessen to delay the •
purchase of one new police vehicle until the
1987 budget.
u~~u-.r~ti~. !o -.2a- ~~ /~'~ u~a.a ( 3 ~~ ~.M. u,~. Smv~, ~-1~02~? ~r..
Item ~#45t:~t:7, Capital Outlay, lowered by ~11,SC~4, saving ~17,C"~C10. ~ ~~
~,
Other items discussed were #4411, Conferences and Schools. The
F'alice Chief e;•;plained that when he came to worE, in Mound, the
Gity Manager had agreed that he could ga to the Southern Police
Institute Schaal if afterward he agreed to stay in Mound far a
minimum of three years fallowing the school.
Overtime was discussed in length and remained as proposed.
Item #4~bC~y WorF:ers Comp. Ins., was increased this year due to
the high increase in insurance.
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PLANNING AND INSPECTION
October 1, 1985
Jan »ertrandp the L~uilding Inspectarp presented her pr~apased 19f36
budget.
She stated the revenues through July of 1985 was ~~,7, 6C~8. Her
department she f el t, i s work:i ng toward being sel f suppcarti ng
Total projected revenues far 1985, is ~bB,GG~. She mentioned
item #4~.1G, F'raf essi onal Services, as high due to many canti nui ng
projects and she i s right nn budget for thi s to date,
She strongly feels the need for a computer. The automation of
her department would help filing, compare construction costs
between other cities, The building code is hooE:ing into LOGIS,
and the state code division will honF; in soon. The estimated
cast of the computer and software i s ~7t~C~C~. She has dropped thi s
from the budget. However, the ISM Typewriter Marge uses is old
and needs maintenance often.
Item #~+~F11, Conferences and 5choolsM was discussed. The Planning
Commission f el t i t i mportant far Jan to E,eep i of armed, especi all y
with the rapid building changes.
There are no national conferences .this year, sn this item was
lowered ~SUC-., leaving X867.
Jan plans to i ncrease the fee schedul a gradually over the ne:•;t
three years. The City has been an a fee sched~tl a since 198'x.
Mayor Falston suggested developers escrowing the complete project
cost up front, to insure them not leaving without paying.
CIVIL DEFENSE
Police Chief, Len Harrella presented this 1986 proposed budget.
Len requested ear marEcing ~84C>U. a year far three years to
purchase a much needed siren. The Civil Defense Budget for 1986
was agreed upon as written.
STR~ EFTS
Superintendent Geno Hoff presented the 1986 proposed budget.
Many 1 i ne i terns were cut earlier to mab;e funds avai 1 abl a far a
new dump trucF;. The cost of this trucF: to be ~6G,OCtc~, This is
the last year to receive one half t~'~~Cr~t7C~C~) of the cast fre~rt~
revenue sharing. The Council agreed that the new trucF; was
needed.
SHOP AND STORE
There were no changes in this proposed 1986 budget.
CITY PROPERTY AND BUILDINGS
There were no rhanges in this proposed budget.
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October 1, ig85
PARKS
1='arks Director, Jim FacF.ler,
for Farkas. There was some
summer recreation help at
1 i E;eto have one adul t perpar!•;
and the student help.
Item ~4~11~ Tree Removal, was
198 has already been spent
standing on City owned land.
There were na changes to this
presented the 198b proposed budget
discussion regarding the unreliable
the parks this summer. He would
employed toaversee the activities
discussed» The budgeted amount for
and there are still many dead trees
proposed budget.
RECYCLING
Joyce Nelson discussed this proposed budget far 198b. Response
from the community has been very good. It was questioned aihether
to E.eep the project going due to the cost. Joyce stated it would
be mandatary in 19x8, with no government grants theny now it is
funded ~~"/. from the county. It was agreed to continue the
project, with the results being audited.
There were no changes in this proposed budget.
CONTINGENCY FUND
The high increases in insurance
Twenty thousand dollars was
intervention in Contel.
There were no other changes in
Was d].45CLt55ed.
C-tdded to this>
thi s b~.tdget .
budget far the
FIRE
Don Bryce, the Fire Chief, presented this 1986 proposed budget.
There were no changes to this budget.
MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVE SMITH AND SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JESSEN TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 P.M. To resume on Wednesday,
October 2, 1985, at 7:00 P.M., in the Council Chambers, at City
Hall.
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Fran Clark, Acting City Manager
Linda Strong, Acting C y Clerk