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Mounds View City Council September 13, 2004 <br />Regular Meeting Page 8 <br /> <br />stated that it was $516.61. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Mayor Linke stated that was about $140, and Council Member Stigney stated it was a 27 ½ 3 <br />percent increase. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Mayor Linke stated part of that $140 is the loss of local government aid, and part of it is the new 6 <br />tax levy for debt service on the street bond. He asked Finance Director Hanson if he knew how 7 <br />much of that would be for the street bond. 8 <br />Finance Director Hansen stated he had not calculated that per individual house. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Mayor Linke stated he thought it would be 50 percent. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Finance Director Hansen stated it would probably be 25 percent of that increase for the street 13 <br />bond. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Council Member Stigney asked if Staff is looking for ways to reduce this amount. He also 16 <br />questioned spending $10,000 for a laptop computer. 17 <br /> 18 <br />City Clerk/Administrator Ulrich stated that in previous Work Sessions they had talked about different 19 <br />ideas, but they don’t have a specific target that they are shooting for, but they are trying to come up 20 <br />with reductions as they look through the budget and are looking for ways to cut. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Mayor Linke stated that if they start looking at Staff, then they are looking at service cuts. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Council Member Stigney stated he took exception with that, and it isn’t service cuts or nothing. 25 <br />He suggested reducing each department’s budget by 1 percent. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Finance Director Hansen stated that Staff will be looking at the budget this fall to try to find 28 <br />places to save money. He stated he was not optimistic about making a tremendous difference 29 <br />in the tax levy without doing something with service levels. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Council Member Stigney stated he simply wanted to know that Staff was looking, and Finance 32 <br />Director Hansen stated that they are, but they don’t have a specific target. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Council Member Stigney suggested that Staff look at each department to see if they could 35 <br />perhaps cut 1 to 2 percent from each department. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Mayor Linke suggested that Council Member Stigney find 1 percent from each department and 38 <br />bring that forward as a suggestion. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Council Member Stigney stated that that was what the City Administrator’s job was per the 41 <br />Charter. He stated if it couldn’t happen, then that’s fine, but he would be asking why this or 42 <br />that was needed. He stated 27 ½ % was a horrendous increase, and he wants Staff to do 43 <br />everything they can to lower it. 44 <br /> 45