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December 17, 2010 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of St. Anthony, Minnesota Dear Mayor and Councilmembers RE: Management Letter Herein, I submit for City Council consideration is the 2011 General Operating Budget. Included in this document are the 2011 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 policy document (Financial Management Plan) which were previously reviewed and adopted by the City Council, as part of the budgeting text. 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 2011 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 2011 General Operating Budget represents an increase of $194,600 over last year's budgeted amount. General Operating Fund For year 2011, Staff is proposing a General Operating Budget in the amount of $5,478,000, compared to last year's budget of $5,283,400, reflecting a 3.68% increase from 2010. 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 2011 Operating Budget reflects a 1.5% increase in salaries for Fire and Non -Union employees and a 2.0% 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 three unions and non-union employees. Infrastructure Improvements During the past few years there has been significant reconstruction of City streets, sidewalks, the storm water system, reconstruction of Silver Lake Village and our park infrastructures. The 2010 road project was a cooperative effort between St. Anthony, New Brighton and Roseville. The improvements included street and utility reconstruction of Silver Lane from Silver Lake Road to 16`x' Avenue SW. It also includes a bituminous mill and overlay for Old Highway 8 (Highway 88 to 33`d Avenue NE) and sidewalk and lighting improvements (Silver Lane from Stinson Boulevard to 16°i Avenue SW).