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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION August 22, 2018 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : August 22 , 2018 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 8:13 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 7 <br /> Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 <br /> 10 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 11 <br />Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah 12 <br />Cotton; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner 13 <br /> 14 <br />(The following is a recap of the meeting prepare by Administrator Jeff Karlson) 15 <br /> 16 <br />2019 Budget 17 <br /> 18 <br />The City Council was updated on the 2019 levy and tax rate. Interest on the G.O. Bond 19 <br />for street reconstruction in 2018 (West Shadow Lake Dr. & LaMotte Dr.) was added to 20 <br />the debt levy, which amounted to $200,000. Staff also received the renewal for workers’ 21 <br />compensation insurance, which increased by $38,388 due to two expensive claims. As a 22 <br />result, the proposed net tax levy increased to $9,218,185. The tax rate increased from 23 <br />42.826% to 44.061%. 24 <br /> 25 <br />The Council reviewed the proposed capital equipment replacement. Director Swenson 26 <br />informed the Council that the Public Safety Department needed to order three Ford SUVs 27 <br />under the state contract price by September 21, 2018, or staff would have to consider 28 <br />ordering the more expensive Chevy Tahoes at a later date. 29 <br /> 30 <br />There was considerable debate about the interpretation of the Vehicle Replacement Policy 31 <br />as it related to the 100,000 mile threshold for replacing vehicles. There was consensus 32 <br />amongst the council that vehicles should not be considered for replacement until after the 33 <br />car reached more than 100,000 miles. Only one squad car recommended for replacement 34 <br />had reached that threshold as of June 30, 2018, but the Council agreed that staff could 35 <br />order two vehicles, since one would soon be over the 100,000 mile mark. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Two vehicles scheduled to be replaced in 2019 are as follows: (1) the 2013 Ford SUV 38 <br />(#386), and (2) the 2014 Ford SUV (#395). 39 <br /> 40 <br />Councilmember Rafferty asked staff what the impact would be if the capital equipment 41 <br />replacement bond schedule was extended from three years to five years. 42 <br /> 43