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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />BUDGET WORK SESSION MINUTES <br />DATE August 15, 1991 <br />TIME STARTED 3:30 P.M. <br />TIME ENDED • 5:45 P.M. <br />MEMBERS PRESENT Bohjanen, Neal, Reinert <br />MEMBERS ABSENT Mayor Bisel <br />Council member Kuether <br />Staff Members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; <br />Public Works Director, Don Volk; Parks Director, Marty <br />Asleson; Public Works Foreman, Tom DeWolfe; and City <br />Accountant, Paula Schloer. <br />Mr. Schumacher began the meeting with the showing of a chart <br />reflecting past and current levy limits. Mr. Schumacher <br />explained that levy limit dollars have increased by the <br />following amounts over the past few years: <br />Year Levy limit New dollars <br />1992 1,557,076.00 71,455.00 <br />1991 1,485,621.00 119,026.00 <br />1990 1,366,595.00 236,506.00 <br />Mr. Schumacher reminded the Council of the decreases in state <br />aids and the impact that State Aid cuts have on the city's <br />budget. Projected state aid for 1992 will be $87,511.00. <br />Mr. Schumacher explained to Council that the format of the <br />meeting would be to have department heads explain their <br />budgeted requests and that the Council may ask questions of <br />the department heads. <br />PUBLIC WORKS <br />Don Volk presented his public works budget to the Council. <br />Mr. Volk made emphasis on certain line items that had major <br />changes, some of which included the following: <br />A. Regular salaries. Adding one new employee to the Public <br />Works department. He felt that present personnel have <br />very little time for even minimal maintenance of <br />infrastructure. Adding another employee would help to <br />maintain present infrastructure. <br />PAGE 1 <br />30 <br />