11-10-99 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 10, 1999 Council is not comfortable with this, than a reprioritization of projects will be necessary. Morelan indicated that he has concerns about the $100,000 transfer being proposed. Morelan felt that the General Capital Improvement Plan presents a significant change from what was presented to the Debt Levy Reduction Committee, therefore, affects their recommendation. More(an aiso noted that while the $100,000 transfer takes care of any immediate concerns, future years show consistently negative numbers. Morelan felt that based on this information he was not sure he would have accepted the recommendation of the committee. He also noted that the Council might have set the preliminary levy higher. Morelan felt there was more discretionary spending in the Genera( Capital Improvement Fund than there was in the Infrastructure Capital Replacement Fund. Morelan felt that transferring $100,000 from the Infrastructure Capital Replacement Fund this year will be setting up the City for a problem in the future. Morelan suggested that perhaps the Council should reprioritize the General Capital Improvement Fund beginning with this year. The City Administrator agreed that the City needed to ensure that there were adequate dollars in the Infrastructure Replacement Fund for maintenance of City streets. There are also capital improvement needs, and it comes down to what is more valued at this time. Therefore, if there is concern about making the transfer of funds from the Infrastructure Replacement Fund, the General Capital Improvement Plan will need to be reprioritized. The Administrator noted that in updating the Capital Improvement Plan, some projects have been added and others have been moved around. The Administrator noted that no provision has been made for the possibility of additional revenues via grants and donations. He noted that the City has not been the recipient of any larger donations for the past couple of years. The Council discussed the Aspen Trail reconstruction and extension projects. The Administrator reported that a cost estimate of $50,000 was used for the rehab portion of the project. The Administrator also noted that if this project was moved off for a year or two, there would be no need to transfer funds from the Infrastructure Replacement Fund. The Council discussed the infrastructure replacement plan, and it was noted that projects on County roads are dependent upon both the County and City for when these are scheduled. The timing of the City street projects is based on the City's pavement rating system.