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• • • 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION November 23, 2009 DRAFT DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES : November 23, 2009 . 5:30 p.m. . 6:15 p.m. : Council members Gallup, Reinert, O'Donnell, and Mayor Bergeson (Council Member Elect Roeser) : none Staff members present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; Director of Public Safety David Pecchia; City Engineer Jim Studenski; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; City Planner Paul Bengtson; Director of Finance Al Rolek; City Clerk Julie Bartell. The Mayor announced that he received a notification that the city's current representative on the Centennial Utilities Commission, Mr. Robin Doege, is resigning his assignment due to a change in residence. 2011 BUDGET UPDATE — The council had received a written report from Finance Officer Rolek that included the proposed budget for 2010 as well as a report on factors for consideration in balancing the 2010 budget. Mr. Rolek reminded the council that the city's 2010 budget must be approved and certified by December 28. With that schedule in mind, staff has scheduled presentation of the final budget for adoption at the December 14, 2009 city council meeting. That final budget consideration includes adopting the operating budget, the final levy, the water and sewer fund operating budget and the recreation fund budget. When asked if the city's budget includes any federal stimulus funding, Mr. Rolek noted only some stimulus funds included in the I35E /CSAH 14 Interchange Improvement Project (an Anoka County project with city participation). On the question of employee furloughs, all the unions have not yet signed off on a two -week furlough for their members but discussion remains open with all. A council member expressed continued interest in finding some type of council salary reduction that will be meaningful and the council directed the finance officer to report on reduction options in that area at the next budget discussion; the city attorney may need to opine on the current council's ability to impact the incoming council's salary. Council Member Elect Roeser noted that he is open to a change. A special work session was scheduled for November 30, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. to continue discussion of the 2010 budget. REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS There were no changes to the regular agenda.