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Mounds View City Council Page Eight Regular Meeting November 25, 1991 Bill Frits stated the City should lay off the old as in other Cities and therefore you needn't worry about accrued vacation. Mayor Linke stated the Teamsters Union would not be happy with that and also Mayor Linke stated these police officers know the City well and do a very fine job. William Werner, Sr. stated Ms. Orduno gave a very good presentation, however, the pitch was very directed, as to be expected. Mr. Werner indicated that a statement had been made in the presentation that the cities were thinking of new ways to obtain revenues. Mr. Werner asked where is the accountability for services and is this the same philosophy used in planning for all departments and revenues? Mr. Werner stated thatthe services should be looked at and determined if there are a need for some of them and get feedback from the public. Mayor Linke stated he hears about many of the other services in town, such as certain residents feel the police officers should come down their street more often, or the snowplows only made one run down their street and it is still full of snow -- why aren't these people doing their jobs? Mayor Linkestated the City lost 1% of $1.5 million and the City has to make this up just to break even. Linke stated services had to be cut this year and Councilmember Quick added that services also had to be cut the year before. Bill Werner, Jr. , asked what criteria was used to single out the street light utility as a means of raising additional revenues . Orduno stated that cities work hand in hand with one another to find ways of providing services without burdening the taxpayers . Orduno stated that cities discuss what to do in crisis times and also listen to what other cities are doing when faced with these problems. Orduno stated that street light utilities are common, several cities have implemented this type of utility which is a user based fee rather than taking revenue out of the general fund. Orduno stated that alterna-+-ive revenu- 6 - - - - - - - . . . 'n other cities and that there is nothing innovative and new but something that is tried and true in other cities. Orduno stated that these programs are ways of receiving alternative revenue sources that meet the desired ends without imposing undue burdens on the property taxes. Orduno stated she called, at randoms people who live in other cities and those persons comments were they were not aware of this addition on their bill as being a problem. Orduno stated that during conversations, people stated the fee was felt nominally over time.