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City Council Minutes <br />December 3, 1997 <br />Page 2 ~ °• <br />c~ i3 <br />POLICY AGENDA <br />CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 97-49, ADOPTING THE 1998 GENERAL FUND <br />BUDGET AND CERTIFYING THE 1998 PROPERTY TAX LEVY <br />Councilmember Jacobs moved approval of Resolution 97-49, adopting the 1998 general <br />fund budget OF 51,205,981 and certifying the 1998 property tax levy OF 5589,410. <br />The motion passed unanimously. <br />CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 97-50, ELIMINATING THE 1991 AND 1993 <br />GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DEBT SERVICE FROM THE 1998 PROPERTY TAX <br />LEVY <br />Councilmember Kuettel moved approval of Resolution 97-50, eliminating the 1991 and <br />1993 G.O. Bond Debt Service from the 1998 property tax levy. The motion passed <br />unanimously. <br />PRESENTATION OF MEASURES OF SERVICE DELIVERY FOR LOCAL PERFORMANCE <br />AID (LPA) <br />Administrator Hoyt presented the council with specific measures for city services. The <br />measurements are submitted to the state Department of Revenue and will qualify the <br />city to receive Local Performance Aid in the amount of 56,038 for 1997. The city <br />council acknowledged receipt of the measurements. <br />CONSIDERATION OF THE PURCHASE OF A VOICE MAIL TELEPHONE SYSTEM <br />Carol Kriegler, Director of Parks, Recreation, and Public Facilities, described the process <br />that the city used to obtain proposals for a new city hall telephone system and the <br />contents of the proposals received. Cady Communications submitted the lowest <br />proposal at a net cost of 516,190.06 including a 5600 trade-in of the city's current 10 <br />year old telephone system. <br />Following questions from councilmembers, amotion was made by Councilmember <br />Kuettel to approve the purchase of a voice mail telephone system from Cady <br />Communications at a cost of 516,190.06, which includes trading in the city's current <br />phone system for 5600.00. Motion passed unanimously. <br />PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE SANITARY SEWER CHARGES FOR <br />COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL USERS <br />Administrator Hoyt explained that the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services is <br />changing the mechanism it uses for billing for sanitary sewer services from an estimated <br />flow method to an actual use method. After analyzing the new billing method, staff has <br />found that the city will be under-billing its commercial and institutional users if the <br />