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Mounds View City Council August 8, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 15 interpretation of where they were putting the funds. She stated that they have more than enough 1 of the funding issues available to cover it and could leave it in the TIF funds if they wanted to 2 and at this point this would be a good direction for Staff if paying this is a legitimate concern. 3 4 City Administrator Ulrich explained that it had become an accounting problem with respect to 5 the time spent over the last couple of years. 6 7 Mayor Marty confirmed noting that the more they could transfer under that, as it was pointed out 8 to them earlier, that with the amount in the TIF pool, if this keeps building the City might have to 9 start paying some out. 10 11 Council Member Thomas stated that this is not enough of a concern to her to justify moving that 12 to the General Fund. She stated that she believes these are legitimate expenses in the TIF 13 District, which is why they have administrative fees with TIF Districts. She stated that she 14 believes it is entirely appropriate to leave those personnel costs, for the moment, within the TIF 15 funds. 16 17 Mayor Marty explained that when he spoke with Mr. Hansen about the funds, one of his concerns 18 was with the accountability in reporting, which is where this probably came from. 19 20 Council Member Gunn explained that her concern with this is that as they go through 21 decertifying the TIF Districts, the City does not get hit all of a sudden with three salaries that 22 would have to come completely out of the General Fund. She suggested gradually working 23 through this little by little so that the City is not hit with the entire amount all at once. 24 25 Mayor Marty acknowledged her concerns and suggested discussing this issue as part of next 26 year’s budget discussion. He noted that the Council has a special work session scheduled for 27 next Monday at 7:00 p.m. to specifically discuss these issues. 28 29 C. Resolution 6585 Approving a Severance Package for Regular Full-time Golf 30 Course Employees. 31 32 City Administrator Ulrich stated that this item was discussed at the City Council Special Work 33 Session on July 5, 2005 and at that time it was the consensus of the Council to allow the normal 34 vacation, sick leave payouts in accordance with City policy and to allow accumulated flex time to 35 be paid out, over time, to each of the golf course employees impacted. He stated that currently 36 there are three fulltime, permanent employees at the golf course. He explained that flex time was 37 the vehicle used to account for the overtime hours the employees work during the summer that 38 are carried over into the winter. He explained that the employees normally work extra hours 39 during the summer and are paid, via flextime, during the winter months in order to remain on the 40 payroll as full-time, year-round employees. He stated that currently the City does not have any 41 special severance pay provisions for economic layoff noting that the last time this was discussed 42 he had proposed a one-week, per year of service severance provision and the Council, at the time, 43 wanted more time to consider the proposal. He stated that the Resolution, as presented, outlines 44 the severance package and consists of the normal severance provisions of sick leave and vacation 45