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Mounds View City Council July 27, 2015 <br />Regular Meeting Page 7 <br /> <br />City Administrator Ericson asked if the Council was interested in considering the expansion of 1 <br />the duties of the Business Development Coordinator. He reported that taking this position from 2 <br />three-fourths time to full-time would cost the City an additional $23,000. He stated that because 3 <br />TIF District No. 2 was retiring at the end of the year, the City would have a $37,000 shortfall. 4 <br />He indicated the City could address this by increasing the general levy in order to cover the costs 5 <br />of the EDA. Another option would be to consider a separate EDA levy. He requested direction 6 <br />from the Council on how to proceed. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Council Member Gunn was in favor of supporting additional economic activities in the City. She 9 <br />supported the Council further discussing a possible EDA levy. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Council Member Mueller did not understand why TIF District No. 5 was not bringing in enough 12 <br />money to support economic development activities in the City. City Administrator Ericson 13 <br />reported the City was limited in the amount of increment that was received from TIF District No. 14 <br />5, which was 5% and 95% went back to Medtronic. He anticipated that the TIF District would 15 <br />conclude sooner rather than later. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Council Member Mueller supported the City taking some action in order to ensure future 18 <br />economic growth was possible. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Council Member Hull and Council Member Meehlhause were interested in discussing an EDA 21 <br />levy. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Mayor Flaherty did not want to see the levy reduction fund depleted and for this matter, he 24 <br />supported another tool that could assist the City in funding economic activities. He was in favor 25 <br />of the Council further discussing an EDA levy. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Council Member Gunn encouraged all Mounds View residents to participate in National Night 28 <br />Out on Tuesday, August 4th. 29 <br /> 30 <br />C. Reports of City Attorney. 31 <br /> 32 <br />City Attorney Riggs had nothing additional to report. 33 <br /> 34 <br />12. Next Council Work Session: Monday, August 3, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. 35 <br />Next Council Meeting: Monday, August 10, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. 36 <br /> 37 <br />13. ADJOURNMENT 38 <br /> 39 <br />The meeting was adjourned at 8:32 p.m. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Transcribed by: 42 <br /> 43 <br />Heidi Guenther 44 <br />TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 45