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(--tte/kriq.5-i 411 ) MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA ORDUNO DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 1991 SUBJECT: SERVICE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS Over the past few months, Minnesota cities have had to react to proposals to cut Local Government Aid in the 1991 budget year. The cuts were made at a time when service levels and funding sources had been determined. At this point in time, the City of Mounds View anticipates an approximate $41,000 cut in the July payment of LGA. It is not known what future cuts the legislature will make or at what time. It is therefore important that the City take steps to prepare for the impacts to City services that could result from additional cuts in LGA. One of the methods by which the City could prepare for such an eventuality is a service inventory and analysis . The process is designed to determine the services currently offered, future service needs, the cost associated with each service, alternative avenues of service delivery and the establishment of service priorities . The process can involve a resident survey to determine citizen priorities . This action provides resident input which may be helpful to Councils as they determine service changes, service level reductions or elimination of selected. Staff has proposed to conduct a service inventory/analysis over the next few months . It is anticipated that the service inventory/analysis can be available for Council consideration in the middle of April. If the Council wishes to include a resident survey in the survey analysis, it is my recommendation that the City consider the firm of Decision Resources, Ltd. to assist in that portion of the service analysis. RECOMMENDATION: Motion to direct staff to begin the process of a service inventory and analysis . so/mjs