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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 25, 2020 Page 2 1 2 A. 2021 Budget Presentation 3 4 Finance Directior Shelly Rueckert presented the 2021 Budget to the City Council. 5 6 Councilmember Walker indicated New Brighton discontinued their relationship with St. 7 Anthony for refueling their vehicles due to them upgrading their Public Works facility, so he 8 wondered how that relationship is established since they are no longer depending on St. Anthony 9 for that. He asked if New Brighton originally contacted St. Anthony for that or did St. Anthony 10 reach out to them and if so, are there nearby municipalities that could take their spot that have 11 been vacated. Ms. Rueckert thought that was on New Brighton's radar for awhile when they 12 expanded their maintenance facility. As far as attracting others, the contracting the City gets for 13 purchasing lets the City save the eighteen cents Federal tax. The reason why it made sense for 14 New Brighton to have that onsite is because they cannot save that eighteen cents a gallon by 15 driving a vehicle back and forth for fueling. More time and labor is lost by bringing New 16 Brighton vehicles to St. Anthony then gaining in gas savings. City Manager Casey indicated 17 New Brighton felt they were getting a good savings by coming to St. Anthony and he was 18 surprised this was not done sooner. 19 20 Councilmember Webster thanked Ms. Rueckert for the presentation, and she thought it was very 21 clear. She noted as a reminder to the residents, the profits from the City's municipal liquor 22 stores come back to essentially lower the City's property tax levy. Ms. Rueckert indicated that 23 was correct. 24 25 B. Ordinance 2020-02 Amending Chapter 91 Animal Control 26 27 City Manager Casey reviewed the ordinance with the Council and indicated that this is the 28 second of three readings. 29 30 Councilmember Walker asked for an example of a proper enclosure because there is some 31 objective standard of what it looks like. He assumed the size would vary based on the dog. Mr. 32 Casey indicated the City does not have any plans for a proper enclosure but would be able to 33 provide some guidance. The Statute did define it as "A securely confined indoors or securely 34 enclosed and locked pen or structure. Suitable to prevent an animal from escaping and providing 35 protection from the elements of the dog. A proper enclosure does not include a porch, patio or 36 any part of the house, garage or other structure that would allow a dog to exit on its own volition 37 or any house or structure in which windows are open or in which a door or window screens are 38 the only obstacle that prevents a dog from exiting." He thought there was some interpretation in 39 the Statute and the Chief of Police of designee would come in and check the property. 40 41 Ms. Renee Reed thanked Mr. Casey for answering her questions regarding the proper enclosure 42 and who is going to determine the proper enclosure. She indicated she read the information and 43 wondered in regard to the signs, how many signs did there need to be and what size of the sign 44 would need to be posted on the fence. She also indicated their mail carrier has informed a 45 number of the residents on the street that if the dog is out when the mail carrier is coming to the 46 street, the mail carrier will not deliver mail that day on their street or will try to come back after