02-03-82 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINtt`1'ES City Council February 3~ 1982 Mrs, Scalze asked how the City is going to pay for this water loss. Glanzer replied that last year the City budgeted $12,000 for this cost. Mr. Forsberg asked how the City is going to justi£y the additional maintenance employee~s salary now that Metro Sewer has cancelled their contract with the City. Mrs. Nardini asked the schedu].e that the Utility Department has for checking 1i£t stations. Mr. Glanzer explained the various scheduJ.es for the City~s li£t stations. i~ir. Forsberg commented that the City has to determine where the water loss is occuring, F'orsberg suggested that the City contact the Citq of Roseville to see what their situat~'~n is ~.~ this regard. Mr. Glanzer informed the Council that he feels the whole City ehould pay the maintenance charge on the City~s water system whether they are hooked up or not. Glanzer felt that everyone in the City benefits from the system either from fire protectiott or availability, Glanzer stated that when the time comes that someone wants to hook up the system is maintained and operating properly, Mrs. Scalze commented that she agrees with this in principle~ but the rest of the residents in the City w~.ll not agree, The City Clerk stated ~nat tne whole City has paid '[p~ of tne cost already, Gianzer stated that by combining the two departrrtents there will be a service charge on everyone~s sewer and water invoice that will pay f'or both sewer and water maintenance. Mr. Forsberg stated that he did not want to combine the sewer and water departments, Forsberg suggested that the Council increase tne rates so that the City is not loosing money and forget about the combined rnaintenance charge, Glanzer stated that if the City expanas the numper oi people it is charging for maintenance costs, tne sewer rate wouia not nave to be increased. t;lanzer stated that presentiy the City cnarges ~aosL oY its expenses undex sewer because tnat ls wnere most of the revenue is coming ~'rom and most oi' tne people in the City are noolced up tio sewer, Council asked why there was an ixicrease oi' $b,UUO in tne Insurance On Lquiprnent pori;ion o£ the budget. 't'he City Clerk and Hoger t;lanzer statied ronat tne increase was due to otner categories in txie Uudget being combined with this category. Y•ne Clerx aiso stiatea tnat tne formula i'or deteranining the City~s general liabitity was changed and for 1982 lt was 5p% and in 1981 it was 35k. Nis~s, Nardini pointed out that there is a 31% increase in this budget, Page ~6-.