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Mounds View City Council December 6, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 5 may mail it back more so than the apartment complex residents. She does not think it would be a 1 true representation of the city. 2 3 Council Member Stigney indicated that just because there is money in the budget for this does 4 not mean the money will disappear. He stated he thinks the time to decide to use it is when they 5 can ask logical questions to which someone can respond. He believes open-ended questions on 6 the golf course would be foolish. He stated one question from a previous survey was should the 7 city increase taxes or decrease services. He indicated the people said do not increase taxes, but 8 asked what that really means. He commented that three members of the City Council are leaving 9 and he believes the new City Council should decide. 10 11 Council Member Quick indicated they have reduced services, and more than once. He stated the 12 City’s problem is it does not have a large tax base. He asked what would have happened if the 13 City did not put in the industrial park; they would have no tax base right now. 14 15 Council Member Stigney stated that is why they need to look at the golf course to do something 16 to increase the tax base. He indicated it is the city’s most expensive property. 17 18 MOTION/SECOND. Quick/Gunn. To have Staff work with Decision Resources to formulate 19 questions for a survey for Mounds View. 20 21 Council Member Stigney argued that at the beginning of the meeting they decided they would not 22 take action on any items. 23 24 City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich indicated the Council can take action tonight if they choose. He 25 stated staff can bring back a contract to the December 13th meeting for action. 26 27 Mayor Linke stated he would consider the motion out of order and ask for consensus. 28 29 Four of the five council members indicated they would be in favor of the survey. Mayor Linke 30 asked staff to bring back a contract to the December 13th City Council meeting for action. 31 32 Mayor Linke called for a short recess at 6:51 p.m. The meeting resumed at 7:00 p.m. 33 34 B. 7:00 P.M. Truth-in-Taxation Public Hearing. 35 36 Mayor Linke opened the public hearing. 37 38 Finance Director Hansen advised he would review the budget and proposed tax levy, however 39 the Council would not take action until December 13, 2004. He reviewed the City’s Mission 40 Statement, the General Fund expenditures and a comparison of different City departments 41 between 2003, 2004 and proposed for 2005. He noted that the per capita expenditures for 42 Mounds View were lower than the State-wide average in 2002, which is the latest data they have. 43 44