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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION September 10, 2018 <br />DRAFT <br />1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br />3 <br />DATE : September 10, 2018 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 7:35 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 8:10 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; City Clerk Julie Bartell 13 <br />1. 2019 Draft Budget & Tax Levy 14 <br />FIND BUDGET RECAP AND ADD TO RECORD 15 <br />Mayor Reinert reviewed the 2019 Budget Session Recap, reviewing the last budget 16 <br />review sessions (August 22nd and August 27th). 17 <br />18 <br />Mayor Reinert asked how allocation of the project budget reserves in the amount of 19 <br />$400,150 toward reducing the levy would impact the tax rate. Ms. Cotton explained that 20 <br />would result in a tax rate of approximately 41.724%, with clarification that the valuation 21 <br />figures are not final at this point. 22 <br />23 <br />The council discussed future needs, including capital. It is important to plan ahead. 24 <br />25 <br />Finance Director Cotton pointed out Street Reconstruction Bonds upcoming next year. 26 <br />She noted that there are no capital commitments coming off next year. 27 <br />28 <br />Mayor Reinert said he recognizes the need to address the public works situation in the 29 <br />future. 30 <br />31 <br />Council Member Stoesz noted that by adding the communications (newsletter) budget for 32 <br />the council and mayor, the recreation budget and the environmental waste area, there is 33 <br />over $30,000 in communication funds being budgeted. He wonders if there is alignment 34 <br />possible as he’d like to see efficiency in communication. Finance Director Cotton 35 <br />clarified that the recycling communications are funded through the SCORE grant and 36 <br />those funds would probably be lost if the communication didn’t occur. Administrator 37 <br />Karlson warned that more frequent newsletters would require a lot of additional staff 38 <br />time; if the council were to establish a communications position that would help. 39 <br />40 <br />Council Member Maher remarked that, looking at the budget line by line, she was 41 <br />amazed at how expensive it is to run a city. 42 <br />43