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i City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 28, 2002 Page 2 1 Motion by Councilmember Faust, second by Councilmember Sparks, to approve the City 2 Council meeting minutes of May 14, 2002. 3 4 Motion carried 4-0. Councilmember Thuesen abstained. 5 6 V. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 7 None. 8 9 VI. REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND STAFF. 10 A. Ramsey County Library Board will present update. 11 Matt Anderson, Pres of Ramsey County Library Board of Trustees, came forward to 12 provide the Council with information regarding the Ramsey County library, and budget 13 cuts. 14 15 Anderson stated that, last year, the Ramsey County Library had a 7% increase in 16 circulation, and indicated that they were on track to do the same in 2002. 17 18 Anderson indicated that the Ramsey County Library has been asked to meet a levy limit 19 for 2003 that is 7% lower than their current operations budget. He added that he is 20 present tonight to ask for a show of support by St. Anthony, as several residents of St. Anthony use the Ramsey County Library services, for them to maintain enough funding qP in order to maintain their current levels of operations at all seven facilities. 23 24 Anderson stated that St. Anthony has approximately 1100 active members who use the 25 Ramsey County Library services. 26 27 Anderson stated that they are not looking to expand, nor build new facilities, but to 28 maintain their current levels of operation. He stated that if they have to absorb a 7% 29 decrease in their budget, they would likely have to close several of their facilities. 30 31 Anderson stated that he was asking for the municipalities in suburban Ramsey County to 32 pass a resolution that the Ramsey County Library Board of Trustees can take on to the 33 Ramsey County Board of Commissioners which shows that the people of Ramsey County 34 do support their current levels of operations for 2003 and would like to have the funding 35 allocated to their budget to be able to continue providing those services. 36 37 Anderson clarified that what he was asking for tonight is a show of support, and 38 recognition that library services are important to the people of St. Anthony Village. 39 40 Councilmember Horst asked which library was the nearest to St. Anthony Village. 41 Anderson stated that the Roseville library was the closest to St. Anthony. 42 Councilmember Faust asked why they are being singled out as an entity to take a 7% cut. Anderson stated that they are not being singled out, and that all Ramsey County 45 departments have been asked to decrease their levy budget by 7%.