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Mounds View City Council December 5, 2005 Truth in Taxation Meeting Page 9 Mr. Glidden stated at a previous meeting there was a nice presentation of major budget items that 1 showed projected increases and decreases item by item. He stated the Council talked about items 2 on the list that showed major increases but he does not have that list tonight. 3 4 Mayor Marty invited Mr. Glidden to attend the work session tomorrow night to address those 5 budgeted items. 6 7 Mr. Glidden stated he understands the big tax increase he received is not coming from the City 8 but he wants to emphasize the need to compare the projected increases in costs against what 9 residents can afford to pay. 10 11 Mayor Marty stated one of the reasons the levy could be kept down is because there were no 12 street projects. However, there will probably be projects in 2007 so there will be bonding to 13 repair streets and do infrastructure work. That may mean an increase in 2007. 14 15 Mr. Glidden stated he recalls that discussion from a previous year and is upset that the City 16 skipped street maintenance for a year since it will take on additional risk. Finance Director Beer 17 corrected that the City did street maintenance but did not undertake a street reconstruction 18 project. 19 20 Councilmember Thomas stated street reconstruction is significantly behind schedule and is an 21 issue the Council deals with on the petition basis. She stated she is not sure it is something that 22 can be done for next year but the Council will have to work with the Public Works Department 23 on that issue. 24 25 Mr. Glidden questioned the difference between a street maintenance and a street reconstruction 26 cost. He asked if it is just the difference in the timescale and budget to do it. Councilmember 27 Flaherty explained that street maintenance is filling a pothole in the street or sweeping of the 28 street. Street reconstruction was proposed last year and involves tearing out the street, redoing 29 the sewer lines, and reconstructing the streets. 30 31 Mr. Glidden stated you have to expect that for any street in the City, you will need funds to 32 rebuild it. He stated he would expect there is an amount built into the budget that covers 33 reconstruction of the street as well as filling the pothole. 34 35 Councilmember Gunn stated that would involve adding millions of dollars to the budget. 36 37 Councilmember Thomas explained that is talking about the debt service, which cannot be put 38 into the budget when the debt has not yet occurred. She stated the Council has been talking 39 about a 10-year project for street reconstruction. 40 41 Mayor Marty again invited Mr. Glidden to attend the work session tomorrow night. 42 43 Brian Amundson, 3048 Wooddale Drive, stated he wanted to clarify some of the things that were 44 said tonight. He asked if the numbers on his property tax statement reflected the old levy 45