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Mounds View City Council t ��' February 25, 1985 Regular Meeting • • �` Page Two --------------------------------------------------------------------------- fact that they had budgeted a blanket receive, and the amount for all equipment in the office for repairs and maintenance in 1985, which this maintenance agreement could be paid from. Motion/Second: Hankner/Quick to authorize the purchase or a�nance agrii:ji •t on City dictation equipment from Precision Business Systems, Inc, at a cost of no more than $480.00 annually. 3 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Finance Director Brager reviewed that the Finance 8. Reports of Department had worked with the department heads and Department Heads Council to finalize the 1985 budget and long term financial plan. He presented an overhead projection of the breakdown of disbursements of the 1985 property tax levy. Finance Director Brager reviewed the plans for the upcoming special election and the counting of the ballots. They will be having a demo counter in for the special election, and if Staff is pleased with its capabilities and performance, they may be coming back to the Council with a recommendation for purchase in 1986. The Finance Department is working on the year end financial statements and preparing for the audit. There is a part-time accounting clerk on board, who is working 20 hours a week, and is working out well, Microfiche readers and filmers have been purchased for the City, and they are working on filming records. Finance Director Brager will be working with a computer consultant in the near future to study the City's information needs, and hopes to have a recommendation to the Council by August or September, before the budget is approved for 1986. Police Chief Ramacher reviewed 1984 as a whole, briefly, as documented in the yearly report which was issued the previous week. He reported considerable effort had been put into training in 1984. Chief Ramacher presented overhead projections, showing the comparison of the crime rate for 1983 and 1984, with 1984 being down 10.8%. Chief Ramacher reported Sargent Hagen will be retiring in April, and they are in the process of hiring a new officer at this time. Chief Ramacher reviewed his plans for the Police Depart- ment for 1985.