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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 19, 2008 3 <br />MOTION: Council Member DeLapp moved to accept the donation of a Polaris Fire <br />Rescue Unit valued at $12,500 and apply for grants to fund some or all of the ancillary <br />equipment; and, if grants and donations do not cover the $13,750 (maximum) equipment <br />costs, authorize the administrator to approve the use of capital funds according to the <br />following amounts and priority: 1) the remaining balance in the laptop (estimated $700), <br />2) turnout gear budget savings (est. $4,500) and 3) from savings in station 1 and station <br />2 remodeling projects (est. $8,550). Council Member Johnson seconded the motion. The <br />motion passed unanimously. <br /> <br />Consider adoption of a preliminary 2009 property tax levy of $2,332,130 <br /> <br />City Administrator, Susan Hoyt asked the City Council to approve a preliminary property <br />tax levy which could be reduced but not increased before becoming final. Joe Rigdon, <br />Finance Consultant, summarized the property tax levy of $2,332,130 to fund a proposed <br />2009 general fund operating budget of $2,892,060. The preliminary property tax levy <br />adopted by the City Council represents the maximum levy permitted. The final tax levy <br />and budget are scheduled for a public hearing on December 1, 2008, 7 PM and adoption <br />of the final levy and budget are planned for December 9, 2008. Administrator Hoyt <br />explained that the capital improvement plan and the enterprise funds would be budgeted <br />in the coming months of October and November and this would be the time that a report <br />on the status of the City’s debt funds would be addressed. <br /> <br />MOTION: Council Member Johnson moved to approve Resolution No. 2008-043 <br />adopting a preliminary 2009 tax levy of $2,708,203. Council Member Park seconded the <br />motion. Mayor Johnston and Council Members Johnson, Smith and Park voted for the <br />motion and Council Member DeLapp voted against the motion. <br /> <br />Direct the Planning Commission to discuss structures for domesticated animals and pets <br /> <br />Council Member Smith asked the City Council to direct the planning commission to <br />consider changing the code as it pertains to such structures for the maximum square <br />footage allowed before the City is asked to enforce many potential violations. <br /> <br />Council Member Park agreed with Smith that the Planning Commission should be <br />directed to review this item and recommend if the Council should look at changing the <br />code. <br /> <br />Council Member Johnson didn’t see requests for variances for this kind of thing coming <br />forward from multiple directions and, therefore, found no reason to move ahead with <br />revisiting the city code related to one individual’s non compliance issue. <br /> <br />Mayor Johnston shared Johnson’s concern especially when City staff said they saw no <br />significant problems with the ordinance as written. <br /> <br />