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Mounds View City Council Page Ten <br /> Regular Meeting September 13 , 3 <br /> Mayor Linke stated that the street light utility fund is a designated fund <br /> and those monies are collected and expended for the purpose of street light <br /> operation and maintenance. <br /> Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, stated that the City doesn't have an <br /> undesignated fund for long. Most of time the surplus from an account is <br /> designated promptly. <br /> Ed Werdien, 6940 Silver Lake Road, asked why the City is taking $200, 000 <br /> from the water and sewer fund to put an expansion on the City Hall building. <br /> 'Mr Werdien-stated he read this in The Bulletin. Mr. Werdien suggested <br /> letting the rates go down and don't do any work on the City Hall building. <br /> Mr. Werdien stated that the building needs no expansion. Mr. Werdien stated <br /> that Mounds View has the highest water and sewer rates around. The only <br /> City lower is Lino Lakes. <br /> Orduno stated that there is a certain amount to be transferred from one fund <br /> and placed in another. <br /> Naja Werner read from The Bulletin the following, "Currently, the city hall <br /> building fund has a $371, 000 balance. The additional money for the project <br /> will be transferred from the city's general, sewer, water and undesignated <br /> funds. " Naja Werner questioned, "what is a designated fund?" <br /> Orduno explained that a designated fund is a fund where the money that goes <br /> into it is designated to buy equipment and services for a certain program. <br /> These funds can be transferred from one fund to another. In times where <br /> there are undesignated funds or surplus funds where the City has spent less <br /> than budgeted, those funds are undesignated until they are designated. <br /> Naja Werner stated that then if there were a certain amount of money for <br /> sewer and the taxpayer thinks it is being used. for sewer, the Council can <br /> actually use it elsewhere. <br /> Mayor Linkestatedthat if the money were to be taken- out ofwaterit would - <br /> be used for something to do with that department. <br /> Orduno explained that the rates are lower in New Brighton because of the <br /> army settlement that happened years ago and the money is used to buy down <br /> sewer and water rates. <br /> Bill Frits, 8072 Long Lake Road, stated that a sunset was provided on this <br /> utility so that the utility could come to an end so that the City could <br /> assess what had taken place and go on from there. Mr. Frits stated that now <br /> is the time to end the utility and assess its success or failure. <br /> Mayor Linke stated that the rate is more than what is requested because <br /> there now is a track record. If the street light utility were to continu <br /> the rate could now be lowered. Mayor Linke stated that he has been oppos� <br /> to sunsetting this utility since the very beginning. Linke stated that the <br />