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City of St. Anthony <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />Minutes <br />October 26, 2020 <br />Present: <br />Mayor & Council <br />Randy Stille, Mayor; Bernard Walker, Councilmember; Thomas Randle, Councilmember; Wendy <br />Webster, Councilmember and Jan Jenson, Councilmember. <br />Absent: <br />None <br />Staff: <br />Charlie Yunker, Interim City Manager <br />Shelly Rueckert, Finance Director <br />Consultants: <br />None <br />Call to Order: <br />Mayor Stille called the Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. <br />Capital Improvement Plan: <br />Rueckert presented the 2021 CIP budget and reviewed the staff memo. For the Building Improvement <br />Fund, levy was paused in 2020, should consider returning to the levy in 2021. For future consideration, <br />the sign in front of City Hall is aging, and Council should consider if it should be replaced or if funds <br />would be better utilized elsewhere. <br />For the Capital Equipment Fund, Council should consider revisiting the city’s fund balance policy and <br />incorporating a mechanism to transfer excess funds, typically large, one-time money received to the <br />Capital Fund to reduce pressure on the Capital Levy. And using MSA funds for reducing the debt levy and <br />replace that revenue with Capital levy. Council expressed appreciation to the Public Works staff for the <br />care they take of their equipment. Council and staff discussed the police squad car replacement <br />approach shifting from planned replacement by year to replacement based on mileage. Approach is <br />working and helps adapt to a variety of vehicle types. <br />For the Parks Improvement Fund, staff asked the Council to consider implementing a small parks levy to <br />establish a revenue source for future park improvement needs. Council discussed the need to address <br />the tennis courts, and directed staff to have the Parks and Environmental Commission discuss and make <br />a recommendation to the Council. <br />For the Utilities, Stormwater and Street Improvement Funds, staff reviewed the plan and consider these <br />funds financially stable. <br />Utility Fees: <br />Rueckert presented the proposed 2021 utility rates and discussed the need increase in fees to cover