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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 8, 2000 • Page 9 1 At the request of Councilmember Sparks,'Fire Chief Joel Hewitt approached the Council and 2 stated that the fire department's budget was arrived at based upon previous figures and the 3 amount of funds that he thought the department would need for the upcoming year. 4 Mornson proposed that the resolutions be put together regarding the budget and would be put on 5 the agenda for a meeting in September. 6 Mornson said that the Council needed to direct Staff whether the upcoming budget should be 7 actual or budgeted. Councilmembers Horst and Thuesen stated they did not feel that a decision 8 was made to change the budget to actual and to continue increases based on previous years' 9 budgets. 10 XI. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 11 Mornson reported that Middle Mississippi is considering a tax levy. City Staff directed Todd 12 Hubmer to do some research on this issue and will present at a later meeting. 13 Mornson reported that the Mayor and City Manager had a meeting with the superintendent of 14 schools and chairman of school board regarding Central Park. Another meeting is scheduled this 15 month to continue discussions. The City Manager and Superintendent will be meeting with 16 Springsted officials to discuss financing Central Park. It has been agreed that on September 26, 17 there will be a joint meeting with the school board, the Parks Commission, and BRW at 6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. 19 The Council's September 12 meeting will start at 8:00 p.m. due to the primary.- 20 Mornson reported that bids are due next week on the Harding Lift Station, and this will be on the 21 Council's August 22, 2000 meeting agenda. . 22 Regarding the holding pond of the Harding project, Todd Hubmer and Mornson will be selecting 23 an appraisal company and a consulting company that negotiates property easements. Mornson is 24 hoping that the appraisals get started sometime after Labor Day. 25 Horst reported that he does not think that decisions need to be this difficult for the Council. The 26 City has a superior Staff and the Council needs to have more faith in their recommendations and 27 opinions. 28 Thuesen congratulated all volunteers for the VillageFest celebration. Additionally, he expressed 29 appreciation for the organizers of the 5K run, and expressed anticipation that the 30 Councilmembers will volunteer for the dunk tank next year. 31 Sparks noted the fun and excitement of VillageFest and the success of the event. 32 Sparks noted from Horst's comment that sometimes the public process is designed to be slow.