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Mounds View City Council December 12, 2005 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br /> <br />Finance Director Beer stated everything was presented at the December 5, 2005 Truth in 1 <br />Taxation meeting and offered to answer questions. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road, thanked staff and indicated he recognizes how good they 4 <br />have been in getting information to residents. He stated he has always gone through the 5 <br />Administrator to request information and was not disappointed because the information was 6 <br />complete and always prompt. He thanked City Administrator Ulrich as well. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Mr. McCarty questioned the revenue source for the temporary building inspector, software, 9 <br />vehicle, and computer, all related to Medtronic at a cost of over $140,000. He stated there is no 10 <br />increase in building permit and license fees in 2006 over 2005. Mr. McCarty stated he could not 11 <br />follow the revenue stream for those expenditures. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Finance Director Beer explained that the permit money generated from the Medtronic project 14 <br />will be deposited in the levy reduction fund and amounts equivalent to those expenses transferred 15 <br />to the General Fund to cover those costs. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Mr. McCarty asked if those fees will be paid before this position starts. Finance Director Beer 18 <br />answered in the affirmative, noting they will be paid for when Medtronic pulls the permit. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Mr. McCarty asked how long will it will take to cover those expenses. Community Development 21 <br />Director Ericson stated the first permit fee will cover all of those expenses. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Mr. McCarty asked when the Golf Course fund will be closed. Finance Director Beer stated it 24 <br />will be done within a week. 25 <br /> 26 <br />There being no further public input, Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 7:34 p.m. 27 <br /> 28 <br />2. Resolution 6687 Adopting the 2006 Property Tax Levy 29 <br /> 30 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Thomas. To adopt Resolution 6687 Adopting the 2006 Property 31 <br />Tax Levy. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Mayor Marty read the resolution in full and stated this is a zero percent increase levy. Last year 34 <br />the levy was for $3,838,334 and it is exactly the same for 2006. 35 <br /> 36 <br />In response to Councilmember Flaherty’s question about The Bridges, Finance Director Beer 37 <br />stated it would probably decrease that number so $134,000 would be the maximum and was the 38 <br />best figure available at the time the budget was put together. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Community Development Director Ericson stated the agenda item will further clarify the cost for 41 <br />plan review. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Councilmember Flaherty stated the original figure is $68,000 for plan review and now the 44 <br />Council is considering $34,000. Director Ericson stated that provides for flexibility should 45