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SPECIAL COUNCIL WORK SESSION SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 <br />DRAFT <br />1 Finance Director Rolek stated it was decided that each Councilmember would review the <br />2 budget and submit further recommendation for adjustments to get to a level or reduced <br />3 tax rate by noon on Tuesday, September 6, and that the recommendation would be <br />4 emailed to all Councilmembers. The following is a recap of staff's interpretation of the <br />Council submissions for additional budget adjustments: <br />6 <br />Mayor Bergeson <br />8 Visioning S 10,000 - Tier I <br />9 Secretarial Services 18,870 - Tier I <br />10 Trails 25,000 - Tier iI <br />11 Police Capital Outlay 14,800 - Tier TTT <br />12 Personal Svc Recreation 39,000 - Tier 1E1 <br />13 Total Adjustments $107,670 <br />14 <br />15 Councilmember Stoltz <br />16 Visioning $10,000 - Tier I <br />17 Secretarial Services 18,870 - Tier I <br />18 Trails 25,000 - Tier II <br />19 Personal Svc Recreation 24,000 - Tier III <br />20 Contingency - to -• 0- 25,000 - New <br />21 Total Adjustments $1.01870 <br />22 <br />23 Councilmember Reinert <br />24 Visioning S10,000 - Tier I <br />25 Time Savers 18,870 - Tier I <br />26 All Tier III Except <br />27 Recreation 72,642 - Tier IIi <br />28 Council Salaries 3,000 - New <br />29 Total Adjustments $1.04,512 <br />30 <br />31 Finance Director Rolek noted staff received no adjustment list from Councilmember <br />32 Carlson. Councilmember Dahl indicated she still had too many unanswered questions <br />33 since the budget work session to submit a list of adjustments. <br />34 <br />35 <br />Councilmember Reinert suggested that the three submitted budget recommendations be <br />36 compared, noting areas of agreement and areas of differences discussed for possible <br />37 compromise. <br />38 <br />39 Council discussed possible alternative budget reductions in detail. Finance Director <br />40 Rolek provided additional information on fund balance history, tax capacity, rate history <br />41 and the Comprehensive Plan policy regarding the future tax rate as requested by <br />42 Councilmember Carlson. <br />43 <br />44 Councilmember Carlson referred to the Comprehensive Plan provision that the City's tax <br />45 rate should be reduced by 20% by the year 2020. Finance Director Rolek stated that was <br />2 <br />-100- <br />