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• Administrative Budget <br />o The conference fund is proposed to stay the same as 2016. This is for the purpose of <br />having staff attend the Alliance for Innovation -Transforming Local Government <br />Conference in St. Paul, a joint conference with League of Minnesota Cities. <br />• Fire Department <br />o The increase for training is due to an increase in training costs by providers. <br />o An increase in repair expenditures was due to reoccurring maintenance for the <br />previous older vehicle. This fund covers not only repairs, but preventative measures <br />for vehicles. <br />o There was one retirement over the last year. <br />• Legislative Expenditures <br />o The council is continuing to fund the Housing Resource Center services for 2016, but <br />will reevaluate funding for 2017 budget. <br />• Communications <br />o There will bean $8,000 increase in IT Services cost due to the hiring of three new <br />staff as present by IT Director Terrence Heiser. <br />• Engineering Services <br />o There is an expected increase due to additional work requested that would be <br />outside a project. <br />• Tree Services <br />o Tree Services are currently being paid for by drawing from reserves. The 2017 <br />budget allocation of expenditures for the fund will be reevaluated. <br />• Parks and Recreation <br />o There is a $22,000 transfer to the parks and recreation fund to subsidize <br />programming. These dollars are levied to support the operation of the park <br />program, as the fund is not self-sufficient. <br />A zjc-.-�_ <br />Peter Lindstrom, Mayor <br />Dated this 26th day of August, 2015 <br />4�.r' r�__ <br />Sack Thongvanh, City Administrator <br />