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MINUTES OF THE R'ORKSHOP MEETING <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA <br />NOVEMBER 25, 1998 <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City <br />Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was held on the 25'" day of <br />November, 1998 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at <br />515 Little Canada Road in said City. <br />Mayor Michael I. Fahey called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. and the <br />following members of the City Council were present at roll call: <br />CITY COUNCIL: <br />Mayor <br />Council Member <br />Council Member <br />Counci( Member <br />Council Member <br />Mr. Michael I. Fahey <br />Mr. Jim LaValle <br />Mr. Steve Morelan <br />Mr. Bob Pedersen <br />Mrs . Beverly Scalze <br />ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Mr. Joel R. Hanson <br />Park & Rec Director Mr. Jim Morelan <br />Public Works Dir. Mr. Gre~ Schroeder <br />Accountant Ms. Julie Manville-Camp <br />Cable TV Producer Mr. Brian Behm <br />Deputy Clerk Mrs . Kathy Glanzer <br />1999 BUDGET The City Administrator reviewed in detail his November 21s` memo that <br />detailed revisions made to the General Fund Budget as well as the General <br />Capital Improvement Fund and the Infrastructure Replacement Fund since <br />the last budget workshop. <br />With regard to staff salaries, the City Administrator reported that he is <br />putting together some additional information at this point, and suggested <br />that he meet with each of the Council Members to review proposed <br />salaries. If there are questions that require discussion, a workshop can be <br />held at the conclusion of the Truth In Taxation hearin~ to discussion <br />salaries. <br />The City Administrator pointed out that to achieve a zero percent net levy <br />increase, he is estimating that revenues will need to be increased or <br />expenditures reduced by $69,250. In his memo the Administrator <br />summarized four options for balancin~ the budget. The first was utilizing <br />the 1998 General Fund surplus, the second was to use the future debt levy <br />reduction to buy down the levy, the third was to allocate ] 00% of <br />