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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />RECONVENED 1991 COUNCIL DECEMBER 12, 1990 <br />BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING <br />for the services under Chapter 429. They agreed that assessments <br />will be paid in a timely manner. However, the prison will not be <br />hooking up to the utilities at this time. This will delay the <br />payment of SAC charges and will not help the Lino Lakes Sewer and <br />Water Fund. <br />Council Member Reinert said that he would like to freeze <br />everything and continue to operate for the next six (6) months <br />and then review the situation. Council Member Kuether said she <br />would like to review the situation in three (3) months. <br />Mayor Bisel said he wanted to look at all franchises and <br />agreements. He expressed concern that notification periods be <br />adequately researched in all agreements. Mr. Schumacher will <br />prepare a list of all franchises and agreements and have this <br />ready for the first meeting in January. <br />Mr. Schumacher explained that he has asked the City Auditor to <br />put together a guideline to determine what to do with the Circle <br />Pines gas franchise. This should be available for the first <br />meeting in January. <br />Mayor Bisel asked all Council Members to think about creative <br />ways to enhance the revenue portion of the 1991 Budget. He <br />suggested that the City look into imposing a tax on the Chomonix <br />Golf Course and possibly the Chain of Lakes Open Space. He noted <br />that users of these facilities also use the Lino Lakes streets <br />and police and fire services. He noted that this may take <br />legislative action. <br />Mr. Schumacher recapped the major reductions in the proposed 1991 <br />Budget. There will be a hiring freeze, $20,700.00 has been <br />eliminated from the Planner's Department. This means the Planner <br />will be reduced to a 60 - 65% basis. <br />A reporter in the audience asked if the Planner would be working <br />thirty (30) not forty (40) hours per week. Mr. Schumacher said <br />his duties would be planning only. Mayor Bisel asked what <br />happened to EDC? This question was not answered. <br />Council Member Reinert asked about the cuts in the Forestry <br />Department. Mr. Schumacher explained that $5,500.00 had been cut <br />out of Capital Outlay. The tree planting program was reduced. <br />Council Member Reinert suggested cutting $5,500.00 from Forestry <br />and let the department head decide where the cuts should be. <br />Mayor Bisel explained that the proposed 1991 Budget of <br />$2,296,546.00 represents a 7.08% increase over the 1990 Budget. <br />Council Member Kuether moved to approve the 1991 Budget of <br />PAGE 6 <br />1'60 <br />