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Minutes, Lake Elmo City Council, Sept. 25, 1979 page three Budget Adjustments, continued SURFACE WATER - The Council agreed this would become a funded Program in 1981 and that expenses in this area in 1980 would be recorded in this fund (i.e. Eagle Point Improvements, engineering for these problems, etc.) STREETS - Misc. Expense - clothes - Banister to check actual amount needed to pay this (Note: $132 per man, left at $400 in final budget recommendation 10/2/79) Garage rental - deducted $300 as we will only rent this for 6 months Building Reserve - $6,000 from Street fund will go to budget reserve for new maintenance building. $36,000 from the Maintenance Equipment Reserve will be transfered to the Building Reserve also. (Note: Equipment certificates will be purchased, if need be, to keep up approved equipment levels this reserve supports.) Gravel - Reduced to $6,000 Maintenance Equipment Reserve - Increase by $2,000 to $17,000 total, from 1980 funds. PUBLIC SAFETY - Animal Control - The Council asked the administrator to negotiate for fewer hours with Oakdale to reduce costs; and to collect payments from Cimarron, if possible. Budget left at same rate. Fire Department - Compensation allocated as approved earlier in the meeting Building Reserves - Was reduced from $10,000 to $4,000 - balance to come from Street Department. An additional $24,000 from the Fire Equipment Reserve to be appropriated to the Buildng Reserve for the new Maintenance/Fire Bldg. Balance of $60,000 needed to come from Maintenance Equipment Reserve. EMS - Budget nothing. The City will not subsidize Stillwater Ambulance PARKS - Extra man - cut from budget Park Reserve - cut from budget WATER DEPT. - Changed as indicated earlier in these minutes. REVENUES - The following policies will be enforced to generate additional revenue: 1. The rates for ballfield lights will be. raised to offset costs 2. Water rates will. be raised in 1981 to support the department, in full 3. The City will try to reduce animal control to keep costs constant or lower than 1979 expenditures RESERVES - The appropriations from Fire and Maintenance Equipment Reserves will go to the Building Reserve to cover costs of the new Maintenance/Fire, Bldg. at West Sunfish Park on 42nd St. Surplus revenues from 1979 will be appropriated to the Budget reserve, the Administrative and Council contingencies, and to clear up deficit in Maintenance euipment reserve. The balance on the necessary Building Reserve will come from Administrative reserve and the Diseased Treet reserve will be eliminated - also to go to Building reserve. $20,000 from the Emergency Road Maintenance reserve will also go to the Building Reserve. Mottaz reported that the City should adopt an Ordinance permitting elm wood storage from Spet. 15 to April 1. The Council agreed. it will be in the 1979 Code. Meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.m.