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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION November 29,2010 <br /> APPROVED <br /> 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 <br /> 4 DATE : November 29, 2010 <br /> 5 TIME STARTED : 6:20 p.m. <br /> 6 TIME ENDED : 8:05 p.m. <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, <br /> 8 Rafferty,Roeser and Mayor Reinert <br /> 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Director of Administration Dan <br /> 13 Tesch; Community Development Director Mike Grochala; Director of Public Safety Kent <br /> 14 Strege, Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; Director of Finance Al Rolek <br /> 15 <br /> 16 2011 Proposed Budget—City Administrator Karlson explained that he has met with the <br /> 17 directors and they have gone through the proposed 2011 budget again very thoroughly. <br /> 18 The council received written information on the proposed levy and budget; he indicated <br /> 19 there are some adjustments from the council's last review. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Finance Director Rolek reviewed the proposed tax levy recap and the budget recap <br /> 22 (revenues and expenditures). He reviewed the proposed expenditure adjustments which <br /> 23 are the same as previously presented except for an increase in hours for the Community <br /> 24 Relations Coordinator position in the Police Department(grant funded), and an <br /> 25 adjustment in the Police Department's capital outlay line item (grant and forfeiture funds) <br /> 26 and a reduction in the Finance Department printing/publishing line item. He confirmed <br /> 27 that the budget would have a$15,000 contingency account. Mr. Rolek also confirmed <br /> 28 that the energy savings of$10,000 due to retrofits is a true projection and is in fact <br /> 29 conservative. Administrator Karlson noted that the city is very close to getting the <br /> 30 health insurance agreement in place with the unions. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 The mayor reiterated his desire to establish and provide some funding for a road <br /> 33 reconstruction fund. Mr. Rolek recalled that the council discussed utilizing 2010 surplus <br /> 34 funds for that purpose; since those figures aren't yet available, he'd have to report back. <br /> 35 The mayor remarked that he would like to see $250,000 designated for that fund. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 The council discussed the tax collection rate and heard from Mr. Rolek that this year's <br /> 38 rate looks to be about 90% collectable while the historical rate is in the range of 96— <br /> 39 98%. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 The mayor asked about the request from Centennial Fire District for funding for new <br /> 42 windows and doors at the Lino Lakes fire house. Staff explained that there haven't been <br /> 43 any estimates received on that work as yet; when a project is ready, there should be <br /> 44 adequate capital funds available. <br /> L, 45 <br /> 1 <br />