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Mounds View City Council March 14, 2011 Regular Meeting Page 6 1 Police Chief Kinney indicated Sergeant Mike Kampa retired after 23 years of service to the 2 community. Ben Zender was promoted to the position of Sergeant and the department hired 3 Greg Newman to fill the vacancy. He indicated the Police Department was happy to report they 4 came in under budget in 2010 by just under 7%. 5 6 Acting Mayor Mueller thanked Police Chief Kinney for his detailed report and presentation this 7 evening. 8 9 3. Administrator Report. 10 11 City Administrator Ericson reviewed that the 2012 budget was under discussion to address 12 potential budget shortfalls taking place in 2011. The City may not be receiving any further LGA 13 or market value homestead credit. He indicated the City was looking to cut an additional 14 $250,000 from the budget and would be discussed further at the April work session. 15 16 City Administrator Ericson explained that the Council would need to address the level of core 17 services provided to the residents as current revenue streams would not be able to support these 18 services into the future. Staff was going to recommend the layoff of one personnel member to 19 assist with a reduction in City expenses. 20 21 Council Member Hull agreed with Staff’s recommendation stating he did not want to see core 22 services cut and was in favor of the layoff. 23 24 Council Member Gunn also agreed stating there were no other areas to cut at this time. She felt 25 if the Council did not support the layoff, the Council would have to raise taxes. 26 27 Council Member Stigney indicated it would have been better for the City to not be in the 28 predicament to have to lay off an employee. However, this was now the case. He recommended 29 that each department within the City further review its personnel structure. All essential services 30 should also be further evaluated. 31 32 Acting Mayor Mueller stated while some essential services have funding mechanisms, others do 33 not. This would lead the Council to make some tough decisions over the coming year as the 34 budget forecast for 2012 had a $250,000 shortfall. While it pained her to make this decision, she 35 supported the lay off as recommended by staff. 36 37 City Administrator Ericson stated GMHC has requested the City advance $50,000 into an interest 38 bearing account to assist with upcoming expenses for the City’s recently approved home loan 39 programs. The City would forward to GMHC EDA funds to assist with the administration of 40 home improvement loans. If no loans were received or approved through the program, the funds 41 would be returned to the City of Mounds View. Staff was in favor of the fund allocation. 42 43