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Mounds View City Council December 10, 200] Regular Meeting Page 29 Council Member Thomas suggested there is more work that could be done on the budget and indicated that the increase in health care for employees was beyond Council control and there were other issues that Council was forced to deal with during the course of the year. She then noted that she feels that Council has done a great job of providing a workable budget that is under 3% and under the rate of inflation. Council Member Quick thanked Staff for the extra time and efforts they put into providing a workable budget. Council Member Marty asked if it would be possible to start a little earlier on the budget discussion next year. Council Member Thomas explained that usually budget discussions begin in May and this year they did not begin until August due to the delay in the legislature. Acting Mayor Stigney indicated it was interesting to note that at the last budget session he had asked Staff to look at their budgets to see if they could reduce them by 1 % and not one Staff member has responded to that request. Acting Mayor Stigney indicated that this Council voted to approve the 80% health care costs. He then noted that Council just approved a 4% cost of living increase for employees. Ayes - 3 Nays - 1(Stigney) Motion carried. H. Resolution 5672 Adopting the 2002 Budgets for Funds Other than the General Fund. • Finance Director Hansen indicated that he had made some changes and reviewed those changes with Council. He indicated that the most expensive option for cable personnel was added to the budget. Finance Director Hansen indicated that the public works director had started at step 1 which resulted in a reduction in that budgeted amount. He also noted that the water and sewer amounts were tied together. Finance Director Hansen indicated that there were two changes not in the memorandum, the first was he discovered that the repair of the exhaust hood over the stoves in the kitchen at the banquet center was not included and that amount was $2,600 and the second error was that the 15% adjusted down for the audit was removed from other budgets but was not added to the golf course budget and that amount increased by $4,500. Finance Director Hansen indicated that the transfers between funds did not balance in the 2001 budget. He noted the vehicle and equipment fund had a transfer out to water and sewer for vehicles in the amount of $5,400 but the water and sewer fund showed it received $1,500. He