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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />September 10, 2018 <br />APPROVED <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE September 10, 2018 <br />5 TIME STARTED 7:35 p.m. <br />6 TIME ENDED 8:10 P.M. <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Rafferty, Maher, <br />8 Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT None <br />10 <br />11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John <br />12 Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah <br />13 Cotton; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />14 1. 2019 Draft Budget &Tax Levy <br />1 s FIND BUDGET RECAP AND ADD TO RECORD <br />16 Mayor Reinert reviewed the 2019 Budget Session Recap, reviewing the last budget <br />17 review sessions (August 22nd and August 27tn) <br />18 <br />19 Mayor Reinert asked how allocation of the project budget reserves in the amount of <br />20 $400,150 toward reducing the levy would impact the tax rate. Ms. Cotton explained that <br />21 would result in a tax rate of approximately 41.724%, with clarification that the valuation <br />22 figures are not final at this point. <br />23 <br />24 The council discussed future needs, including capital. It is important to plan ahead. <br />25 <br />26 Finance Director Cotton pointed out Street Reconstruction Bonds upcoming next year. <br />27 She noted that there are no capital commitments coming off next year. <br />28 <br />29 Mayor Reinert said he recognizes the need to address the public works situation in the <br />30 future. <br />31 <br />32 Council Member Stoesz noted that by adding the communications (newsletter) budget for <br />33 the council and mayor, the recreation budget and the environmental waste area, there is <br />34 over $30,000 in communication funds being budgeted. He wonders if there is alignment <br />35 possible as he'd like to see efficiency in communication. Finance Director Cotton <br />36 clarified that the recycling communications are funded through the SCORE grant and <br />37 those funds would probably be lost if the communication didn't occur. Administrator <br />38 Karlson warned that more frequent newsletters would require a lot of additional staff <br />39 time; if the council were to establish a communications position that would help. <br />40 <br />41 Council Member Maher remarked that, looking at the budget line by line, she was <br />42 amazed at how expensive it is to run a city. <br />43 <br />