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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION August 22, 2016 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : August 22, 2016 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 9:10 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 9:30 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 7 <br /> Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 <br /> 10 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director Swenson; 11 <br />Community Development Director Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; Public 12 <br />Services Director DeGardner; City Clerk Julie Bartell. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Finance Director Cotton presented new budget information developed since the council’s 15 <br />last review. New information, including from the county and from staff changes within 16 <br />the budget, has resulted in new figures within the gap analysis. Staff recommended 17 <br />changes were explained. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Council Member Rafferty requested that the council consider a change for the advisory 20 <br />stipend which hasn’t been reviewed for many years. Administrator Karlson said staff will 21 <br />respond on that direction at the next work session. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Mayor Reinert noted that staff has responded to the council’s direction to identify 24 <br />changes within the budget. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Ms. Cotton noted that the numbers from the county also impacted positively the amount 27 <br />required to reach the goal of a flat tax rate. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Mayor Reinert suggested that the council get together one more time and finalize the 30 <br />figures for 2017. When Administrator Karlson asked what staff would provide for an 31 <br />additional meeting, Mayor Reinert didn’t have a specific instruction but suggested there 32 <br />would be one more budget work session. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Council Member Rafferty asked about the fire stipend and Ms. Cotton said the budget 35 <br />provided for 25 cross trained staff and there are actually 23. 36 <br /> 37 <br />The council thanked staff for bringing forward the requested information and in an easy-38 <br />to-read form. 39 <br /> 40 <br />The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m. 41 <br /> 42 <br />These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on 43 <br />September 12, 2016. 44 <br /> 45