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Mounds View City Council November 26, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 10 Council Member Quick indicated that during the summer she and the City Administrator worked many long hours on the budget and other employee issues. He then indicated that the City changed over to a pointing system because the City was not in compliance with federal and state laws. He further indicated that an individual employee has a right, at any time, through the grievance process, to challenge the pointing system and the City then has to evaluate the points for the job and re-point and pay the individual for the job they are actually doing. Ayes - 3 Nays - 2(Stigney/Many) Motion carried. 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS A. Truth in Taxation Hearing Mayor Sonterre opened the public hearing at 8:08 p.m. City Administrator Miller recapped the budget process for Council and indicated that since September there have been several work sessions to discuss the budget and bring it into balance. City Administrator Miller indicated that, as Council is aware, the City is functioning without several department heads and indicated that Staff has pitched into present a balanced budget. She then commented that it is hard to believe that the new finance director has only been with the City since October as he has been invaluable during the budgeting process. She also thanked Mr. Pittman, Mr. Ericson, Mr. Dazmsky and all other Staff members that have worked so hard to provide a balanced budget, including the finance director from Blaine who assisted early on in the process. City Administrator Miller indicated that there were a couple of changes to revenue, the most dramatic of which was the elimination of the homestead and agricultural credits amounting to a decrease in revenue of $389,235. She also indicated that there was a decrease of $68,000 for a federal police grant the City did not receive, a decrease of $9,000 in hotel tax and a decrease of $8,500 in antennae fees. City Administrator Miller indicated that on the expenditure side of the budget there was the addition of a full time police officer, the union contract implementation of a 4% increase in pay, and a change to the health insurance costs which resulted in a 15% increase in health care for the City. She also indicated that Staff has attempted to reallocate costs to more accurately reflect the correct department which results in increases in some departments and decreases in other departments. Finance Director Hansen gave a presentation that explained the State's changes and how those changes affect the budget for 2002. He also gave a complete overview of the proposed 2002 budget and showed comparisons to the budgets from 2000 and 2001. i Finance Director Hansen indicated that the overall increase to the budget was held to 2.87%.