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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />APPROVED <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE July 29, 2019 <br />5 TIME STARTED 6:45 p.m. <br />6 TIME ENDED 9*45 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; Utilities Supervisor Justin Williams; <br />14 City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />15 <br />16 2020 Budget Consideration — City Finance Director Cotton reviewed a PowerPoint <br />17 presentation that included information on: <br />18 - 2020 Budget Schedule; <br />19 - Proposed Tax Levy (noting use of fund reserves in 2019, impact of street <br />20 reconstruction bonds, commitment of surplus funds made last year, outstanding <br />21 debt (in the future to include the actual voter approved language when indicated); <br />22 preliminary net tax capacity calculation); <br />23 - Gap Analysis, including impact on levy with and without valuation increase; <br />24 - Proposed Expenditures (base budgets for each division); <br />25 <br />26 The administrator and the directors reviewed the line items in their proposed budget <br />27 adjustments. Some comments as follows: <br />28 <br />29 Mayor and Council — increase to enhance employee appreciation program. The council <br />30 received additional information from Director Swenson on turnover/recruitment in the <br />31 public safety division. <br />32 <br />33 Administration — Contracted Services — The administrator and council discussed the <br />34 benefits of an annual subscription to NeoGov Recruitment. Savings to the City would be <br />35 in the form of employee time saved. <br />36 <br />37 Finance, Consultants — there was discussion regarding MetroInet; the Finance Director <br />38 pointed out the value of the services and Mayor Reinert noted that the City should look <br />39 ahead to a time when the current leadership at MetroInet could change. Public Safety <br />4o Director Swenson noted that the organization is doing succession planning and added that <br />41 any services provided to public safety must be FBI compliant. Council Member Stoesz <br />42 remarked that the City's access points will have to be replaced 2020 or 2021 based on <br />43 new technology; Ms. Cotton remarked that the City recently replaced access points so a <br />44 schedule for the next upgrade would be a discussion point. <br />45 <br />1 <br />