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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING <br /> CITY COUNCIL <br /> LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA <br /> SEPTEMBER 8, 201.0 <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the City <br /> Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 8th day of <br /> September, 2010 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at <br /> 515 Little Canada Road in said City. <br /> Mayor Bill Blesener 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: Mayor Mr. Bill Blesener <br /> Council Member Ms. Shelly Boss <br /> Council Member Mr. ,Tohn Keis <br /> Council Member Mr. Mike McGraw <br /> Council Member Mr. Rick Montour <br /> ALSO PRESI?NT: City Administrator Mr. Joel R. Hanson <br /> Finance Director Ms. Shelly Rueckert <br /> Cable TV Producer Mr. Kevin Helander <br /> City Clerk Ms. Kathy Glanzer <br /> <br /> 2011 Mayor Blesener noted that the purpose of this evening's workshop <br /> <br /> PRELIMINARY meeting is to review the proposed 2010 Preliminary Budget <br /> BUllGET <br /> The Finance Director reported that the City is required to certify its 2011 <br /> Preliminary Levy to Ramsey County by September 15, 2010. She noted <br /> that while the Budget document before the Council this evening includes <br /> the General Fund, Park & Recreation Special Fund, Cable TV Fund, Debt <br /> Service Fund, TIF/Improvement Fund, General Capital Improvement <br /> Fund, 10% Fund, Infrastructure Capital Improvement Fund, Projected <br /> Infrastructure Improvements, Park Land Acquisition Fund, and Gambling <br /> Enforcement Fund, the primary focus of the review this evening will be <br /> funds that require tax levy support. <br /> The Finance Director began with a review of the impacts that the State's <br /> unallotments in Local Government Aid (I,GA) and Market Value <br /> Homestead Credit (MVHC) as well as the effect of the recession on the <br /> City's budget. She pointed out the risk of future unallotments by the <br /> State. The Director noted that the City had to adjust its budget in early <br /> 2010 when additional unallotments in the amount of $102,000 in MVHC <br /> were made by the State after the City's 2010 budget had already been set. <br /> The Director reported that the City is scheduled to receive $428,000 in <br /> LGA and MVHC for 2011. It is felt that those dollars are at risk given the <br /> State's methods for resolving its budget deficit. Historically over the past <br /> <br />