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Mounds View City Council December 22, 2008 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br />Council Member Stigney asked if $600,000 can easily be cut from the budget. Finance Director <br />Beer indicated that it would depend upon what the Council is willing to consider. <br />Council Member Stigney indicated that he does not agree with the comparable cities and he does <br />not support this at this time. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Flaherty. To Postpone Until Further Information is Provided by <br />Staff on Budget Impacts From the State. <br />Council Member Flaherty said he would like to wait until he knows where the finances are to <br />consider any increases. <br />Mayor Marty noted the Council approved comparable cities and the City is not going to find a <br />mirror image of Mounds View, so the list was comparable. The employees have not been living <br />in a fish bowl and are aware of what is going on in the business community. He further said that <br />it has been 10 years or more since this was addressed. <br />Ayes - 1(Flaherty) Nays - 4 Motion failed. <br />Council Member Stigney said that he feels this is the wrong spreadsheet of cities because it is not <br />based on tax capacity nor is it based on other factors. This whole thing could be thrown off <br />because he feels the information is skewed anyway. He then said that he wishes that he was paid <br />some of these salaries as it seems they are doing fine to him. <br />Ayes - 3 Nays - 2(Flaherty/Stigney) Motion carried. <br />B. Resolution 7381, Approving the Findings of the Ardan Avenue Subdistrict <br />Drainage Analysis. <br />Mayor Marty indicated he needed to leave the meeting. He then thanked Joe Rhein for the <br />excellent reports and for the work that he has been able to accomplish. <br />Mayor Marty thanked residents for the opportunity to serve them. <br />Council Member Flaherty thanked Mayor Marry for the professionalism and fairness in his <br />dealings on behalf of the City. <br />Mayor Marty left the meeting. <br />Joe Rhein provided a report regarding the Ardan Avenue subdistrict drainage analysis. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7381, <br />Approving the Findings of the Ardan Avenue Subdistrict Drainage Analysis. <br />