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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />SEPTENIBER 9, 1996 <br />city is based on a pre-determined formula. <br />Morelan pointed out that the City reserves for Local <br />Government Aid in the event this aid will be <br />discontinued. Morelan asked if the City should <br />likewise reserve for Local Performance Aid. <br />The Administrator suggested this might not be a bad <br />idea, and added the City's reserve calculation could be <br />amended to include LPA as well. <br />Morelan pointed out the decrease in false alarm <br />revenue, and asked if there was a comparable savings in <br />the fire and police budgets because of less alarms. <br />The City Administrator replied there was not, pointing <br />out the City pays fixed costs for patrolling. Events <br />were down slightly from 1995 to 1996. The <br />Administrator reported that he will be looking at the <br />false alarm situation in a little more detail. He was <br />not sure if the number of false alarms were dropping, <br />or if more false alarms were falling into the initial <br />category where there is no fine for the first two false <br />alarms. The Administrator also reported that he would <br />be looking at license and fee revenues one more time. <br />Morelan suggested that once fees are in line with other <br />cities, perhaps the City should enact a flat percentage <br />increase each year. <br />Scalze pointed out that most cities' contractor <br />licenses run from January 1st through December, and <br />suggested this license period may generate more dollars <br />over the course of a year. <br />The City Administrator reported that license revenue <br />may jump for one year, but then it would even out. <br />However, he would check to determine if there would be <br />an increase in revenue resulting from a license period <br />change. <br />The Council began a review of the Expense portion of <br />the Budget. It was noted that the cost of Protective <br />Inspections is increasing due to a fee increase <br />requested by the Building Inspector. <br />Pedersen asked if contracting for building inspection <br />services has been more cost-effective than havinq a <br />City employee do this work. <br />The City Administrator replied that right now the cost <br />2 <br />