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