Agenda Packets - 2003/08/11 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Mounds View City Council July 28, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 12 Council Member Stigney commented that one person called him about the issue and said that she 1 cannot think of anyone that stayed in a bar an additional hour and ended up more sober when 2 they walked out. He then said that there will be more drinking over a longer time and MADD is 3 opposed to this and he agrees with them. 4 5 ROLL CALL: Linke/Quick/Marty/Stigney/Gunn. 6 7 Ayes – 4 Nays – 1(Stigney) Motion carried. 8 9 Council recessed at 8:25 p.m. 10 11 Council reconvened at 8:33 p.m. 12 13 B. Finance Department Quarterly Report 14 15 Finance Director Hansen indicated he had provided with his report a memo that highlights the 16 report and it is followed by 46 pages of numbers. He then summarized that the general fund is 17 doing better year to date in the first six months than in 2002 but cautioned that the final picture 18 may not be as rosy as last year due to the decrease in LGA expected in the second half. 19 20 Finance Director Hansen indicated that the Community Center is of concern and noted that the 21 City lost Community Ed as a tenant and is looking for someone to take that space but it may be at 22 a lower rental rate. He then indicated that the banquet center and YMCA results are slightly 23 behind the same period for 2002. 24 25 Finance Director Hansen indicated that the golf course is ahead for the first six months of 2003 26 of the same period last year. He then said that last year at this time the golf course had an 27 operating surplus of $3,000 and this year that surplus is $28,000. He further explained that last 28 year the course ended up the year $10,000 over operating expenses but that amount is not nearly 29 enough to begin servicing the debt. He concluded by saying that the trend is positive but there is 30 a long way to go. 31 32 Council Member Marty indicated that the City needs to start looking at ways to cut. He then said 33 that other cities are being proactive about the direction city is going to take by holding 34 neighborhood meetings to ask residents what types of services are essential and what types of 35 services can be cut to save money. 36 37 Mayor Linke indicated that the City of Mounds View has 48 employees for the entire City and 38 Hopkins public works department has 32 employees for a city the same size as Mounds View so 39 he feels the City is doing a good job of running with fewer employees. 40 41 C. Consideration of Resolution 6059 Authorizing Execution of a Two-Year 42 Legal Services Agreement with Kennedy & Graven. 43 44