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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />SEPTEMBER 28, 1994 <br />various service contracts to determine if these costs <br />can be decreased. <br />The Administrator reviewed the City Attorney, City <br />Engineer and Planning categories under General <br />Government expenditures. Under Insurance a slight <br />increase in insurance premiums reflects the addition of <br />Open Meeting Law Coverage as well as expected rate <br />increases. <br />City Hall expenditures are up slightly from 1994 <br />figures, and no funds are proposed under Economic <br />Development. The Old Fire Station budget is proposed <br />at $6,425, and the Administrator pointed out that <br />upgrading of this building will proceed in 1995 given <br />the Community Development Block Grant received for this <br />purpose. Once the building is upgraded, there may be <br />increased maintenance costs. <br />The Administrator reviewed Public Safety expenditures, <br />noting the large increase in police protection costs. <br />This increase reflects an additional officer to patrol <br />the Rice Street area, with Little Canada paying <br />approximately 1/3 of this cost. <br />Morelan noted the informal survey done a few years ago <br />which showed that the City's per capita cost of police <br />protection was low. Morelan asked if the 9 1/2% <br />increase in police costs for 1995 still kept per capita <br />costs low. <br />The Administrator replied that the City's costs for <br />police protection are less than $60 per capita. The <br />survey that was done in 1990 showed Falcon Heights <br />paying over $60 per capita. The Administrator reported <br />that the increase in the City's share of police <br />protection was not so much an increase in service, but <br />rather a redistribution of costs among the contracting <br />cities and payment for services being received instead <br />of possible county subsidization. <br />The Administrator reviewed the Fire Department budget <br />noting an increase in Pension Plan-City line item from <br />$16,500 in 1994 to $17,160 proposed in 1995. Schedules <br />I and II of the Fire Department pension plan reports <br />reflect a$0 contribution required by the City, <br />however, to maintain the health of the plan there must <br />be some contribution on the part of the City. The <br />5 <br />