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Home My WebLink About2007-155 Council Resolution• Council Member n'nonnp11 adoption: introduced the following resolution and moved its CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 07-155 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2007 GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR CHARTER COMMISSION EXPENDITURES WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted a budget for Charter Commission - initiated expenditures of $1,500 for 2007; and, WHEREAS, the Charter Commission has requested additional funding for Charter Commission - initiated expenditures in the amount of $5,250 for outside legal services; and, WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend the 2007 budget to utilize contingency funds to grant this request. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes that the general operating budget for 2007 be amended as follows: ORIGINAL AMENDED ACCOUNT BUDGET AMENDMENT BUDGET • 101 - 405 -4300 -999 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES $ 1,500 $ 5,250 $ 6,750 (5,250) 54,750 • 101 - 499 - 4905 -000 CONTINGENCY 60,000 ne Bartell, City CI rk n J. B - geso , ayor Adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council this 24th day of September, 2007. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Council Member Reinert and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: O'Donnell, Reinert, Carlson, Stoltz, Bergeson The following voted against same: none Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. • AGENDA ITEM 2A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Al Rolek, Director of Finance MEETING DATE: September 24, 2007 TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 07 - 155, Approving 2007 General Fund Budget Amendment For Charter Commission Expenditures VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 BACKGROUND: At a special city council meeting held on July 23, 2007, Charter Commission Chair Cori Duffy appeared before the council to request additional funding in 2007 for anticipated commission expenses related to publishing and legal expenses. The council recognized that the commission may need additional funding related to study of the proposed charter amendment, but asked that the commission put together more specifics including the amount requested for consideration at the August 6 work session. • Chair Duffy has submitted a letter requesting $5,250 of additional funding for outside legal services to assist in the review of the proposed charter amendment. OPTIONS: 1. Approve Resolution No. 07 -155 amending the 2007 General Fund Budget for additional Charter Commission expenditures 2. Deny Resolution No. 07 -155 • • Resolution No. 07 —155 Approving 2007 General Fund Budget Amendment For Charter Commission Expenditures (To be provided at Monday 24, 2007 work session.) • • • • • 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 September 18, 2007 Mr. John Bergeson Lino Lakes Mayor 6996 West Shadow Lake Drive Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Dear Honorable Mayor Bergeson, On behalf of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission, we hereby request to be added to your work session agenda on Monday, September 24, 2007. Per the July request of the City Council, we have received an estimate for legal services in the amount of $5,250.00 and formally request additional funding in this amount for the remainder of 2007 As you are aware, the Commission is taking its charge to study the proposed amendment very seriously and we will be utilizing outside legal resources to complete this process. By state law, we have a limited amount of time within which to do this, so time is of the essence. I believe this matter would take no more than five minutes to accommodate our request. Thank you for your time and consideration. cc: Council member Jeff Reinert Council member Donna Carlson Council member Jeff O'Donnell Council member Dan Stoltz City Clerk Julie Bartell City Administrator Gordon Heitke Respectfully, Cori Duffy Chair, Lino Lakes Charter Commission COUNCIL MINUTES — SPECIAL MEETING JULY 23, 2007 APPROVED •1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING 3 MINUTES 4 5 6 DATE : July 23, 2007 7 TIME STARTED : 5:20 p.m. 8 TIME ENDED : 6:00 p.m. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell, Reinert, 10 and Mayor Bergeson 11 MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Stoltz 12 13 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Economic Development Coordinator, 14 Mary Alice Divine; Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; and City 15 Clerk, Julie Bartell 16 17 18 LINO LAKES CHARTER COMMISSION 19 20 Meet with Charter Commission Chair, Ms. Cori Duffy — Ms. Duffy presented a letter to the 21 council from the Charter Commission requesting additional funding for commission expenses related 22 to publishing and legal expenses. She asked that the matter be voted upon at the council meeting later ilk 23 in the evening. 24 25 The council learned that the commission has an annual city budget and the amount provided in 2007 26 is $1,500, with $939 remaining. The council recognizes that the commission may need additional 27 funding related to study of the proposed charter amendment but asked that the commission put 28 together more specifics including the amount requested. The commission should have enough funds 29 remaining to provide for one additional meeting. The council would consider a more specific request 30 at their next work session on August 6. 31 32 The council discussed the amount of funds that the city has provided and may continue to provide to 33 the Citizen's Task Force to Review Charter Provisons for Local Improvements and expressed the 34 desire to review future expenses related to that group. 35 36 Request for use of City newsletter — Administrator Heitke explained that the city received an article 37 from Ms. Cori Duffy, Charter Commission Chair, with her request that the article be included in the 38 city's fall newsletter. The request is brought to the council because there is no precedent on this type 39 of information and staff needs council direction as to whether or no t it should be included. 40 41 The council determined that the article is editorial in nature and they have not included that type of 42 information in the newsletter in the past. There was no council action to change that policy. 43 1 COUNCIL MINUTES — SPECIAL MEETING JULY 23, 2007 APPROVED 0 1 Ms. Duffy pointed out a portion of the article that is informational and she asked that it be included in 2 the newsletter. There is already an article planned to announce openings for appointment to the 3 commission. 4 5 Staff was directed to work with Ms. Duffy to incorporate the informational piece of the article into the 6 the newsletter in conjunction with the announcement of openings. 7 8 There being no further business, Council Member O'Donnell moved to adjourn at 6:00 p.m. Council 9 Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously — Council Member Stoltz absent. 10 11 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, August 13, 2007. 12 13 14 15 16 Julianne Bartell, City Clerk John Bergeson, Mayor 17 • • 2