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<br /> <br />Profile of the Government <br />The City of Lino Lakes, incorporated in 1955, is a growing community in the southeast corner of the <br />County of Anoka. It covers an area of 33 square miles and has a population of approximately 21,100. The <br />population has more than doubled from the 1990 census figure of 8,807 and has grown by 25.8% since <br />2000. Within the City’s borders lies the 2,550 acre Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park. Access to <br />St. Paul and Minneapolis is provided by I-35W and I-35E. <br /> <br />The City Charter, as amended, establishes a mayor-council form of government and grants the city <br />council full policy-making and legislative authority to the mayor and four council members. The City <br />council is responsible, among other things, for passing ordinances, adopting the budget, appointing <br />committees, and hiring a City administrator. The City administrator has the responsibility of carrying out <br />the policies and ordinances of the City council, for overseeing the day-to-day operation of the city. The <br />City council is elected at-large on a non-partisan basis, with council members serving four-year terms and <br />the mayor serving a two-year term. Elections are held every two years with two council seats and the <br />mayor being up for election each election cycle. <br /> <br />The City provides a full range of municipal services. These services include: general government, public <br />safety (police, fire and building inspection), public services (streets, fleet, parks and recreation), <br />conservation of natural resources (environmental and solid waste abatement), community development, <br />public improvements, providing and maintaining sanitary and storm sewer, water infrastructure, and two <br />enterprise funds, the water and sewer funds. <br /> <br />The annual budget is the foundation for the City of Lino Lakes’ financial planning and control. All <br />divisions are required to submit appropriations requests to the City administrator for review and <br />consolidation into a proposed budget. The City administrator is responsible for submitting the proposed <br />annual budget to the City Council in August of each year. The city council is required to hold a public <br />hearing on the proposed budget and to adopt by resolution a final budget and certify it no later than <br />December 28. The budget amounts cannot increase beyond the estimated receipts except to the extent that <br />actual receipts exceed the estimate. Division directors may make transfers of appropriations within a <br />department, but transfers of appropriations between departments require council approval. Budget-to- <br />actual comparisons for the general fund and the recreation program fund, the only funds for which an <br />annual budget has been adopted, are provided in Statements 11 and 27, respectively. <br />Factors Affecting Financial Condition <br />The information presented in the financial statements is perhaps best understood when it is considered <br />from the broader perspective of the specific environment within which the City of Lino Lakes operates. <br /> <br />Local economy. The economic development effort established by the City Council in 1993 increased the <br />commercial/industrial tax base in the City from 3% of the total tax base to 9% in 2011. Development of <br />three industrial parks - Apollo Business Park on 35W, Marshan Industrial Park on Lake Drive, and the <br />Clearwater Creek Development Center on 35E, provided excellent opportunities for manufacturing and <br />distribution businesses to move their headquarters to Lino Lakes. Before the recession began in late 2007 <br />the Lino Lakes Town Center, comprising approximately 200 acres surrounding the 35W/Lake Drive <br />interchange, was developing at a rapid pace. Super Target and Kohl’s anchor the shopping center <br />quadrant, while Apollo Business Park brought approximately 1,000 new employees to the area. Land was <br />purchased by Anoka County on a third quadrant for future development of a regional library. Due to <br />economic conditions, the County has pushed back construction of the library to a future date. <br />4
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