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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 29, 2019 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : July 29, 2019 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:45 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 9:45 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; Utilities Supervisor Justin Williams; 13 <br />City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 <br /> 15 <br />2020 Budget Consideration – City Finance Director Cotton reviewed a PowerPoint 16 <br />presentation that included information on: 17 <br />- 2020 Budget Schedule; 18 <br />- Proposed Tax Levy (noting use of fund reserves in 2019, impact of street 19 <br />reconstruction bonds, commitment of surplus funds made last year, outstanding 20 <br />debt (in the future to include the actual voter approved language when indicated); 21 <br />preliminary net tax capacity calculation); 22 <br />- Gap Analysis, including impact on levy with and without valuation increase; 23 <br />- Proposed Expenditures (base budgets for each division); 24 <br /> 25 <br />The administrator and the directors reviewed the line items in their proposed budget 26 <br />adjustments. Some comments as follows: 27 <br /> 28 <br />Mayor and Council – increase to enhance employee appreciation program. The council 29 <br />received additional information from Director Swenson on turnover/recruitment in the 30 <br />public safety division. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Administration – Contracted Services – The administrator and council discussed the 33 <br />benefits of an annual subscription to NeoGov Recruitment. Savings to the City would be 34 <br />in the form of employee time saved. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Finance, Consultants – there was discussion regarding MetroInet; the Finance Director 37 <br />pointed out the value of the services and Mayor Reinert noted that the City should look 38 <br />ahead to a time when the current leadership at MetroInet could change. Public Safety 39 <br />Director Swenson noted that the organization is doing succession planning and added that 40 <br />any services provided to public safety must be FBI compliant. Council Member Stoesz 41 <br />remarked that the City’s access points will have to be replaced 2020 or 2021 based on 42 <br />new technology; Ms. Cotton remarked that the City recently replaced access points so a 43 <br />schedule for the next upgrade would be a discussion point. 44 <br /> 45