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December 20, 2011 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of St. Anthony, Minnesota Dear Mayor and Councilmembers: RE: Management Letter Herein, I submit for City Council consideration the 2012 General Operating Budget. Included in this document are the 2012 budgets for the General Fund, the 5 -Year Capital Equipment Plan and other budgets such as Water/Sewer and Liquor Operations. Also, included in this document are the goals that were set by the Mayor, City Council and Staff and the Fund Balance Policy which was previously reviewed and adopted by the City Council, as part of compliance with the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) #54. Staff's goal is to provide our community with strong, quality services for Police, Fire, Parks, and Public Works in the most cost effective and efficient way possible. In preparing the 2012 budget, Staff continued its mission to maintain the existing level of City services and programs with the use of financially conservative budgeting. Overall, the proposed 2012 General Operating Budget represents an increase of $20,650 over last year's budgeted amount. General Operatiniz Fund For year 2012, Staff is proposing a General Operating Budget in the amount of $5,498,650, compared to last year's budget of $5,478,000, reflecting a .38% increase from 2011. Overall, the personal services portion of the Budget continues to be the largest segment comprising 74.5% of the General Fund Operating Budget. The increase in the 2012 Operating Budget reflects a 1.5% increase in salaries for Fire, Liquor and Non -Union employees and a 1.0% increase in salaries for Police and Public Works. In addition, the employer health insurance contribution for family coverage will increase $100.00 per month for all union and non-union employees. Infrastructure Improvements During the past few years there has been significant reconstruction of City streets, sidewalks, the storm water system, Silver Lake Village and our park infrastructures. The 2011 road project included street reconstruction and utility improvements to Belden Drive, Coolidge Street, Harding Street and Edward Street (36" Avenue NE to 37°i Avenue NE) and sidewalks on 39°i Avenue (Silver Lake Road to Macalaster Drive).