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LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN <br />Page Two <br />by the City Council, as it relates to being a <br />division of the Administration section of this <br />report, will not be changed and any increased <br />impact on the City's budget will only result from <br />inflationary factors, compensation increases, or <br />increases in fees, dues, or other expenses <br />contained within the City Council budget. <br />The City Council has indicated a desire to <br />contract for a City Survey as a follow-up to the <br />one performed in 1988. Cost is expected to be <br />approximately $8,000 . <br />In response to the State mandate to reduce the <br />amount of household waste being landfilled, the <br />City has implemented a recycling program and is <br />working toward the composting of all yard waste. <br />At the direction of the City Council, City staff <br />is investigating the issue of organized waste <br />collection. Organized collection is seen as a <br />means of meeting all of the State mandates and <br />providing more efficient and cost effective <br />refuse collection to the City's residents. The y <br />City Council will be considering the staff report <br />in the Fall of 1989 with potential imple- <br />mentation in 1990. <br />2) Advisory Commissions - The city's active advisory <br />commissions include Planning, Charter, Civil <br />Service, Environmental Quality Task Force, and <br />Parks and Recreation which serve as advisory <br />bodies to the City Council and, when functioning <br />jointly with other political subdivisions, <br />operate as an administrative body responsible to <br />the City Council. An example of the latter is <br />the North Suburban Cable Communications <br />Commission, a consortium of 10 north suburban <br />Ramsey County municipalities established to <br />coordinate the franchising and oversee the <br />operation of Cable TV service in the 10 munici- <br />palities of which the City is a member. <br />It is not anticipated that the activities of the <br />City's Commissions will significantly impact upon <br />the annual budget. Any budgetary increases are <br />expected to result from increases in general <br />operating expenses such as the update of the <br />City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Regulatory <br />Ordinances which began in 1987. <br />3) Elections - The election activities of the City <br />inc u e the maintenance of Voter Registration <br />records, orovision and maintenance of voting and <br />ballot counting equipment, supplies and <br />