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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 25,2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : July 25, 2011 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty (arrived at 6:00 p.m.), Roeser and 9 Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 13 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Finance Director Al Rolek; 14 Community Development Director Mike Grochala; Economic Development Coordinator 15 Mary Divine; City Planner Jeff Smyser; City Clerk Julie Bartell 16 17 1. 2012 Budget—Administrator Karlson explained that the department directors 18 have submitted their budgets for 2012 and the Finance Director has used that information 19 to form a budget document. The directors are working as a group to review the budget 20 proposals and if a gap is present, they are looking at all possibilities to fill it, including 21 cuts and revenue. The council should receive a draft 2012 budget by the end of the week 22 although it will not include any staff reductions pending the offering of an employee early 23 retirement incentive. 24 25 Finance Director Rolek briefly reviewed some budgetary information. He noted that 26 there are some budget impacts on cities as a result of the recent state legislative special 27 session. Although the loss of Local Government Aid (LGA) doesn't impact the city, the 28 Market Value Credit was received by the city at one time and that is no longer in the 29 budget. Regarding the violation diversion program that is operated by the Police 30 Department, the state will apparently be imposing a surcharge which may impact city 31 revenue but that impact isn't clear as yet. He is requesting that the council schedule a 32 couple of work sessions to review the proposed budget. 33 34 The council scheduled a special work session on August 8, 2011 immediately following 35 the council meeting. 36 37 2. City Administrator Review—The council scheduled a closed session on August 38 8, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. (preceding the council meeting that evening). 39 40 3. Charter Commission Appointment Process—City Clerk Bartell reiterated that 41 eight of the fifteen positions on the charter commission will have expiring terms of 42 appointment at the end of 2011. The council has discussed the appointment process and 43 directed staff to centralize at city hall the process of advertising, receiving and forwarding 44 applications. The charter commission was informed of this direction and offered 45 suggestions of a dual process with applications submitted to either city hall or the charter 1