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COUNCIL MINUTES DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : September 23, 2019 4 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 7:30 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Maher, Manthey, Stoesz and Reinert 7 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Rafferty 8 9 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director 10 Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; City 11 Engineer Diane Hankee; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 12 13 PUBLIC COMMENT 14 15 No one was present to address the council regarding a matter not on the agenda. 16 17 SETTING THE AGENDA 18 19 The agenda was approved as presented. 20 21 CONSENT AGENDA 22 23 Council Member Manthey moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items 1A through 1D, as 24 presented. Council Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 25 26 ITEM ACTION 27 28 Consideration of Expenditures: 29 30 September 23, 2019 (Check No. 110966-111033 31 in the amount of $1,085,622.53) Approved 32 33 September 3, 2019 Council Work Session Minutes Approved 34 35 September 9, 2019 City Council Meeting Minutes Approved 36 37 September 9, 2019 Special Session Minutes (budget) Approved 38 39 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT 40 2A) Consider Resolution No. 19-121, Adopting the Preliminary 2019 Tax Levy, Collectible 41 in 2020 – Finance Director Cotton first noted that the council met previous to this meeting and did 42 reduce the levy amount by $60,000. She overviewed her written report explaining that the City 43 must adopt and certify a preliminary tax levy for the coming year by the end of September. She 44 reviewed the elements included in the proposed levy. 45 Mayor Reinert explained that the City Council has the ability to tax at different percentages toward 46 property value. If that percentage increases then taxes go up on property and vice versa for a 47