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Mounds View City Council September 12, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 12 Councilmember Thomas stated she said a cap of 8% but wants to go for zero. 1 2 Councilmember Gunn indicated she supported 8% as a cap. 3 4 Mayor Marty stated he supported 8% as a cap. 5 6 Councilmember Stigney stated he thinks the levy should be at 5%. 7 8 Mayor Marty stated the cap would be set at 8% and it is the Council’s responsibility to bring it 9 down. 10 11 Councilmember Stigney stated he would prefer to set the cap at 6% and then he would be assured 12 the cap would not be 8%. 13 14 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Thomas. To waive the reading and adopt Resolution 6615 15 Authorizing Certification of the Proposed General Fund Budget and Property Tax Levy for Fiscal 16 Year 2006. 17 18 Councilmember Thomas congratulated Staff for getting the levy increase to 8%. 19 20 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Flaherty. To amend Resolution 6615 to change the levy increase 21 from an 8% cap to a 6% cap. 22 23 Councilmember Thomas asked Councilmember Stigney if he has a recommendation on how that 24 reduction can be made. 25 26 Councilmember Stigney stated there is $3.5 million in the special projects account and he does 27 not want Medtronic money in next year’s budget. He stated he supports 6% and believes the City 28 can make it and if we have to, we can use the special projects fund or community fund. Then, if 29 Medtronic money does come in, he would like it down to zero. Councilmember Stigney stated 30 the Council owes it to residents to establish a zero budget next year and the Council can do it 31 with Medtronic and do it with a 6% cap without Medtronic. 32 33 Councilmember Thomas noted there are restrictions on the special project dollars. 34 35 City Administrator Ulrich explained the Council would have to identify an item in the general 36 fund, like a one-time expenditure, that could be funded from the special projects fund. He 37 advised that Staff has already reviewed that option to bring the levy down to 8%. 38 39 Mayor Marty stated the City has also indicated it wants to get the long range capital improvement 40 program going but there will not be enough money to address all of the items. He noted the 41 special projects fund might make more of them happen than just with the general fund budget. 42 He asked Public Works Director Lee if he sees even one-half of the long range plan projects 43 being funded. 44 45