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Regular Council Meeting 9 <br /> November 27, 1990 <br /> 1 Tom Roman, 2700-30th Avenue NE, asked about expected increases for the <br /> 2 coming years. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Burt said that for the most part it depends on the legislature. In addition, <br /> 5 Burt talked about the process of salary negotiations with 3 labor unions, 2 of <br /> 6 which have binding arbitration. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Ranallo said their is a trend to let the cities do more on their own. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Burt said the State mandates cities to do things with no money to implement. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Dayton Hultgren, 3400 Croft Drive, said he has lived in St. Anthony over <br /> 13 20 years and has attended 5 hearings about taxes. With regard to State <br /> 14 revenue sharing, Hultgren questioned if it was time for the City and State to <br /> 15 work things out instead of having the taxpayer solve the problem. In <br /> 16 addition, he asked to what extent the City is working to explore other viable <br /> 17 city units that can participate and provide the services and fully benefit <br /> 18 from the tax structure that is evolving in our State. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 In response to the first question, Ranallo said that the League of Minnesota <br /> • 21 Cities and the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities are the two <br /> 22 organizations that the City participates in lobbying to get better cooperation <br /> 23 with the State. Presently the Mayor is serving as Chairman of the Fiscal <br /> 24 Disparities committee. He wants to see the City get its fair share. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 In response to the second question, Burt said that Metro policing is an <br /> 27 example of what the future may hold because the structure of government <br /> 28 will be changed. He said that the State's dealings with Metro cities is <br /> 29 discouraging. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Hultgren then said that he would be surprised if anyone had any question <br /> 32 with regard to the quality and character of the City's budgeting and that he <br /> 33 didn't. He did, however, feel that a certificate of indebtedness circumvents <br /> 34 sound budgeting. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Burt said the City has a levy cap prevents paying for a large item and the <br /> 37 intention is to work itself out of such indebtedness. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Petro Kmit, 2908 Silver Lake Court, said that taxes and other increases <br /> 40 forced him to lose his small business. He called attention to the 13% increase <br /> • 41 in legal expense and the increase in building inspection. He said that if the <br /> 42 City runs out of money it should "go without." <br /> 43 <br />