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City of St. Anthony <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />Minutes <br />June 14, 2022 <br />Present: <br />Mayor & Council <br />Randy Stille, Mayor, Thomas Randle, Councilmember, Wendy Webster, Councilmember and Jan Jenson, <br />Councilmember, Bernard Walker, Councilmember <br />Staff: <br />Charlie Yunker, City Manager, Shelly Rueckert, Finance Director <br />Call to Order: <br />Mayor Stille called the Work Session to order at 5:45 p.m. <br />ARPA Funds: <br />Finance Director Rueckert reviewed the staff memo describing the guidance received from the U.S. <br />Department of the Treasury on the usage of ARPA funds. The City is receiving $984,960 in funds, and the <br />initial guidance pointed the City to utilize the funds for the upcoming water tower rehabilitation project. <br />Subsequent guidance has clarified additional areas of use for the funds, which includes public safety. <br />Also, recent extraordinary connect fee revenue has been received by the City which adequately covers <br />the costs of the water tower rehabilitation project. As a result, staff is recommending utilizing ARPA <br />funds for the upcoming Harding Pond Stormwater Project and towards the majority of the costs for a <br />fire truck replacement. Costs are increasing on the fire truck and committing now will save additional <br />inflationary increases, and avoid the need to issue debt to cover the fire truck purchase. <br />The Council discussed the recommendation and was in agreement on the usage of the ARPA funds. <br />Council also directed staff to commit to the fire truck by the end of the month to avoid additional <br />inflationary cost increases. <br />Future Work Sessions: <br />Next Work Sessions will be held on July 12th, 2022, at 5:45pm in the Council Chambers. <br />Adjournment: <br />The meeting adjourned at 6:06 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted by Charlie Yunker, City Manager.