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MINUTES APPROVED: 8-18-92 MINUTES ISSUED: 8-28-92 LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL EMERGENCY MEETING THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1992 Mayor Johnson called the emergency meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. Present: Mayor Johnson, Hunt, Dick Johnson, Mottaz, Administrator Kueffner and Finance Director Banister. Absent: Councilman Williams. 1. 1992 Street Improvements Mayor Johnson explained the purpose of this meeting is to discuss the actions taken by the Council at the August 4th meeting at which the council proposed that the City Engineer conduct some studies for street repairs that we had at the last budget hearing determined we were not going to do. Administrator Kueffner explained if we sealcoat everything the total estimated cost for sealcoating, going in with West Lakeland for a better bid, is $73,000. (Two years ago it was $60,000). We have $40,835 in MSA funds that we could use towards it, and we budgeted $19,410 which still leaves a balance of $12,155. When the Council adopted the budget it was their intent to budget half of it in 1992 and the other half in 1993 and do the sealcoating under that infrastructure fund. Then there wouldn't be a direct assessment for sealcoating. Marilyn Banister indicated she thought it was decided at the budget meeting, because we didn't put money in the budget, that we would wait until 1993. Mary suggested that, like the council had planned to do when they adopted the 1992 budget, was to hold off on all projects (sealcoat and major overlays) until 1993. Emergency patching is being done now. Marilyn reported the levy limit has been lifted, and we have to either "bite the bullet" and levy what it really costs to service the city. Last year we were stuck with the same amount of money as we were the year before. If we don't budget enough and show the state that we need this much money to run the city, they might slap that levy limit on again next year and say this is all you are going to need. We have to prove that we need this much money to run the city. - Mayor Johnson asked what about Fire Station No. 2?