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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION <br /> APPROVED <br /> 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 <br /> 4 DATE : December 13,2021 <br /> 5 TIME STARTED : 7:19 p.m. <br /> 6 TIME ENDED : 8:40 p.m. <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz,Lyden, Ruhland, <br /> 8 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty <br /> 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br /> 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Finance Director Hannah <br /> 11 Lynch; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Director of Public Services <br /> 12 Rick DeGardner; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; Human Resources and <br /> 13 Communications Manager Meg Sawyer; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br /> 14 <br /> 15 1) Activity Center Financial and Staffing Update—Finance Director Lynch <br /> 16 reviewed PowerPoint slides including information on: <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Special Revenue fund—separate fund that stands on its own: <br /> 19 - Fund review; <br /> 20 - purchase of equipment; <br /> 21 - Testing site lease (revenue); <br /> 22 - Excel energy bill; <br /> 23 - Maintenance, supplies, etc. <br /> 24 - Consulting services (ISG, GameDay, DSGW)were funded through the General <br /> 25 Fund. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Rookery Budget <br /> 28 - Items approved by council; <br /> 29 - Revenue anticipated is ARPA funding ($1,458,716), prepaid memberships <br /> 30 from Endurance Fitness, and facility and program revenue; <br /> 31 - Staff would intend to come forward with big ticket items but want council <br /> 32 authorization to handle smaller items without council action; the council <br /> 33 concurred with a ceiling of$50,000 or items that staff identify—those should be <br /> 34 seen by the council. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Council asked if there is any view of actual project cost. Finance Director Lynch said <br /> 37 what staff has to work with is the ISG study which included estimates (chart shown). <br /> 38 Operating deficits are planned to be covered by ARPA funds. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 - 2022 budget worksheet has been developed and is being updated regularly by <br /> 41 Ms. Lynch as hires, purchases, etc. occur. <br /> 42 - Ms. Cotton noted that most expenditures included in the Rookery budget sheet <br /> 43 were not included in the ISG estimate but staff has identified ARPA funding and <br /> 44 feels the improvements are needed; <br /> 1 <br />