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COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 13, 2002 Margaret Langfeld, Anoka County Commissioner, stated she was present this evening to present the City of Lino Lakes with a recognition of the City's recycling efforts, including the efforts of all residents and business owners within the City. She stated Lino Lakes is truly one of the most outstanding cities and has met is goal for recycling during the entire time the recycling program has been in place from 1988 through 2001. Ms. Langfeld indicated the City of Lino Lakes in 2001 recycled 1,457 tons of material and collected 85 tons of problem materials. She stated citizens throughout Anoka County as a whole collected 27,000 tons of recycling in 2001 and businesses collected 103,000 tons. She noted this was a great deal of recyclable material not going through processing plants and ultimately being dumped. She stated the total amount of waste handled each year is growing by two to three percent per year and she wished this number was decreasing. Ms. Langfeld stated the City of Lino Lakes is an example to m people through its annual Earth Day celebration the importance She stated the current focus is attempting to reduce recycled mat product, such encouraging purchasing items with less dispo purchasing used goods. other communities in educating ling and reusing materials. fore it becomes a waste ging, reducing junk mail and Ms. Langfeld stated Anoka County is currently particin a web site called Free Market. She stated this site serves as a large garage sale which ..ody the Twin Cities area can log on to for purchasing and selling goods. She indicated this rogr. s has had a real positive response and Anoka County intends to continue participatin®'n ' .; ogram. No one else was present for open mike. FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPO. ' "I LEK Public Hearing on Five -Year Fina b' ' an, 2002 through 2006 — Al Rolek, City Finance Director Rolek advised the « �.,., esg harter Section 7.05 requires the annual preparation of a five-year financial plan. The _R men to . e included in the plan are a Public Service Program, Revenue Program, Capital Imp v ment Program and a Capital Budget. The Charter requires that a public hearing be held on the planveand that a summary of the approved plan be published. City Finance Director Rolek indicated staff has prepared a draft Five -Year Financial Plan for the years 2002 through 2006. The plan includes all of the required elements. The Plan first addresses the Public Service Program and lists anticipated personnel and other resources needed to meet these needs over the five-year term. Projections of the City's tax capacity and tax levy authority are presented next, followed by projected revenues (Revenue Program) for the next five years. A detailed projection of anticipated program expenditures follows. Finally, the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is presented, which addresses future needs in the areas of infrastructure extension and replacement, equipment replacement and park improvements. Project descriptions, cost estimates, financial resources and cash flow analyses are included within the CIP, and constitute projected budgets for future capital needs.