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APPROVED COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 16, 2002 the sign that was put up. Staff is on top of this issue and there is no legal reason to stop the construction. Ms. Heness stated the neighborhood does intend to contact the Bar Association and an attorney to see what legal recourse is an option against the City of Lino Lakes and the City Council. No one else was present for open mike. FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK Consideration of Resolution No. 02 —183, Adopting the 2002 Tax Levy Collectible in 2003 — Finance Director Rolek advised Truth in Taxation requires the City of Lino Lakes to adopt and certify a final 2002 tax levy, collectable in 2003 on or before December 28th. The total levy includes dollars for the general operating budget as well as dollars for general bonded debt. The levy includes funding for continued implementation of a vehicle replacement program, salary and wage adjustments, continued implementation of the comprehensive plan, and a contingency for unforeseen emergencies. The levy remains the same as proposed and adopted in September of this year. A Truth in Taxation public hearing was held on the tax levy on December 9. Tax levy information was presented and discussed during the public hearing and public testimony was received. The City Council needs to take final action on the tax levy at this time. Staff recommendation is to • adopt Resolution 02-183 approving the final 2002 Tax Levy, collectible in 2003. • Councilmember O'Donnell asked how pulling Item 4B, Non -Union Salary Recommendations will impact the budget and other items the Council is voting on this evening. Finance Director Rolek stated those items are incorporated into the budget and levy. Pulling that particular item from the agenda will not affect the budget or levy. Councilmember O'Donnell stated all of those items are tied together. He stated he is perplexed that the non-union salaries were pulled from the agenda. City Administrator Waite Smith stated staff typically has to guess about what salary adjustments will be. Staff does figure in what they believe the wage increases will be. The non-union salaries were removed from the budget because Council had questions at the work session and have not yet received the information that was requested. She stated she is the one that suggested that item be removed from the agenda. Councilmember Carlson stated she had the same question. She asked how set the budget is because the Council has not really talked about individual items. She stated she is concerned about the loss of state aid. She asked if the Council could change the budget after items have been approved. Finance Director stated those questions relate to the next item on the agenda. The budget is always subject to amendments by the Council after it is approved. The budget will have to be amended if the City loses state funding. 5