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Mounds View City Council November 28, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 10 probably recommend the Tax Levy Reduction Fund. He estimated that several hundred thousand 1 dollars remain in the golf course fund. 2 3 Finance Director Beer stated Council will consider that action at the December 12, 2005 meeting. 4 5 Mayor Marty noted there was a cost of $684 for electricity at the golf course since the property 6 was transferred to Medtronic. This occurred because the power was left on for various reasons 7 but the cost will be billed to Medtronic so the City will be reimbursed. 8 9 3. Update on Fire Board Operations Meeting 10 11 City Administrator Ulrich stated the Fire Board Operations meeting was held today and they 12 talked about staff for the Fire Department. He reported that the levy will go down because they 13 have decided not to hire in 2006. They will hire a full-time mechanic for Fire Department the 14 latter part of 2006 and it is expected that the savings from mechanic work will pay for this 15 position. City Administrator Ulrich stated the levy should go down an additional $8,000, which 16 will reduce the amount taken from the Levy Reduction Fund. 17 18 Mayor Marty stated the Fire Department is always looking for volunteers and encouraged anyone 19 interested to contact the Fire Department. He noted that the more volunteers, the less Mounds 20 View has to pay to hire employees. 21 22 4. Santa Visit to Mounds View 23 24 Councilmember Gunn asked about Santa’s visit. Councilmember Flaherty stated that will be 25 starting on December 5th and an article will be in this week’s Focus. 26 27 Community Development Director Ericson advised the Santa information is also on the City’s 28 website. 29 30 5. Discussion of Cable Television Budget 31 32 Councilmember Stigney asked staff to provide information on items in the cable budget, Fund 33 210, Page 48, including $3,000 for a video dubbing machine, $6,000 for a video hard drive and 34 switching system, and $6,500 for a nonlinear editing system. 35 36 Mayor Marty s uggested that the new cable operator have the final input on what is purchased and 37 present a recommendation to the Council. 38 39 Councilmember Stigney noted that is not the current policy if the expenditure is in the budget. 40 41 City Administrator Ulrich explained that staff would get three bids, depending on the dollar 42 amount. The purchase would either be under claims or the Council will be asked to take action. 43 44