HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/28/2006 Council MinutesCITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 28, 2006
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1 WORK SESSION
2 CITY OF LINO LAKES
3 MINUTES
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6 DATE : August 28, 2006
7 TIME STARTED : 5:31 p.m.
8 TIME ENDED : 10:55 p.m.
9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell,
10 Reinert (arrived at 5:33 p.m.), Stoltz and
11 Mayor Bergeson (arrived at 5:45 p.m.)
12 MEMBERS ABSENT : None
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14 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Finance Director, Al Rolek
15 (part); Community Development Director, Mike Grochala; Director of Administration,
16 Dan Tesch (part); Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner; Chief of Police, Dave
17 Pecchia; City Attorney, Bill Hawkins (part); City Engineer, Jim Studenski (part); City
18 Planner, Jeff Smyser (part); and City Clerk, Julie Bartell (part)
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21 REVIEW CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
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23 Item 1D, Consider Accepting Donation from Centennial Firefighters Relief Assn. for 2006
24 Safety Camp — this item was moved to Item 3B under the Administration Department
25 Report.
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27 There were no other changes to the regular City Council agenda.
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29 The meeting was recessed at 6:30 p.m. for the regular City Council meeting.
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31 The meeting was reconvened at 9:05 p.m.
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33 2007 BUDGET REVIEW
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35 Finance Director Rolek advised he compiled all the Council suggestions regarding the
36 budget cuts as well as staff recommendations for cuts. Staff listed budget cuts within
37 three separate tiers.
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39 Finance Director Rolek noted there was a personnel expenditure error within the draft
40 budget in the amount of $82,972.
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42 City Administrator Heitke reviewed the staff budget cut recommendations in terms of
43 priority. He noted the resulting tax rate for the cuts within each of the tiers.
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45 Each Council Member reviewed his or her recommendations for budget cuts. After much
46 discussion, the Council indicated agreement on the following budget cuts:
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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 28, 2006
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2 Debt Reduction $30,000
3 Revenues (increased by) 15,000
4 Police personnel error 82,972
5 Communications 30,000
6 Economic Development Marketing 16,000
7 Community Development GIS 5,000
8 Military 40,000
9 Public Safety personnel 90,000
10 Trails 25,000
11 Fall Clean Up 8,400
12 Recycle Bins 2,500
13 Capital Equipment 25,000
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15 Total $369,873
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17 Finance Director Rolek advised he would take the suggested cuts and calculate the
18 percent of increase in the budget and tax rate as opposed to 2006.
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20 The next budget work session will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2006, 4:30 p.m.,
21 prior to the rescheduled Council work session.
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23 The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 p.m.
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25 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on
26 October 9, 2006.
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31 Juli Bartell, Cit Clerk
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John Bergeson, Mayor