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1991 COUNCIL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 29, 1990 Mayor Bisel called a special meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council to order at 6:30 P.M. Council Members present: Neal, Kuether, Reinert and Bohjanen. Council Members absent: none. City Accountant, Paula Schloer; Chief of Police, Dean Campbell; Public Works Director, Don Volk; Administrator, Randy Schumacher and Clerk - Treasurer Marilyn Anderson were also present. The purpose of the special meeting was to conduct the public hearing for the proposed 1991 Budget. Mayor Bisel gave an explanation of how the public hearing would be conducted this evening. He thanked everyone in the audience for attending this hearing. He explained that the legislature had passed a "truth in taxation" bill and this bill requires that a particular advertisement be placed in the local papers. Mayor Bisel also said that since the legislature is responsible for the confusion caused by the newspaper advertisements, he had invited State Senator Dahl and State Representative Quinn to attend this meeting. Senator Dahl did not respond to the invitation and Representative Quinn's office said that the Representative had another event on his calendar for this evening. Mayor Bisel also explained that another public hearing on the 1991 Budget will be held on December 12, 1990 at 6:30 P.M. He noted that the Council will be meeting in a work session and will be taking comments offered this evening into consideration when finalizing the 1991 Budget. No action will be this evening. The purpose this evening to take public testimony and opinion. Mr. Schumacher presented an introduction to "Truth in Taxation ". He also presented the preliminary 1991 Budget by using the overhead projector. Mr. Schumacher explained that the general concept of "Truth in Taxation" is to get the public involved in the budget process of their local city, school district and county. He explained the process by which the City develops a budget for the next calendar year. The process is started as early as June or July. Since the state has not prepared information regarding state aid or other possible revenues, the income portion of the budget is difficult to prepare. The City used a "ballpark" figure to start the budget process. The expense portion of the budget is prepared by individual department heads and given to the Administrator. The Council then considers all of the various department programs and requests and narrows the preliminary expense budget to lessen the increase in property taxes. Mr. Schumacher explained Exhibit C. This exhibit outlines what will be included in the 1990 Certificate of Indebtedness. Exhibit D is a comparison between the 1990 Budget and the proposed 1991 Budget. Mr. Schumacher outlined the major changes in each department budget as follows: 1 1 1