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City of Saint Anthony <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />Minutes <br />JULY 22, 2025 <br />Present: <br />Mayor & Council: <br />Mayor Pro Tem Jan Jenson, Mayor Wendy Webster (online), Councilmembers Lona Doolan, Nadia <br />Elnagdy (arrived at 5:50 p.m.), and Thomas Randle (arrived at 5:55 p.m.). <br />Absent: None <br />Staff: <br />City Manager Charlie Yunker, Assistant City Manager Ashley Morello, Finance Director Deborah <br />Maloney, and Sustainability Coordinator Minette Saulog. <br />Others: None <br />Call to Order: <br />Mayor Pro Tem Jenson called the Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. <br />1.Approval of CC WS Meeting Minutes <br />A.July 8, 2025 City Council Work Session Minutes. <br />Motion by Councilmember Doolan, seconded by Pro Tem Mayor Jenson, to approve the City Council <br />Work Session Minutes of July 8, 2025, as presented. <br />Motion carried 3-0. <br />2.Work Session Topics <br />A.2026 Initial Property Tax Levy Scenario. <br />Finance Director Maloney reviewed the numbers at this time, which are very preliminary. For 2026, <br />police costs were allocated to a special revenue fund. The costs for policing Falcon Heights were not <br />included in the 2025 budget. Capital expenses for the police are also included. The HRA fund should <br />remain the same as in previous years. The debt service and infrastructure funds will have no levy <br />increase. There is a small increase in the building improvement fund. The park improvement fund will <br />have a $10,000 increase. Ms. Maloney provided a few different option scenarios with firefighters, with <br />the addition of 6 firefighters. She reviewed the percentage increases with the addition of one, two, or <br />three firefighters. It is recommended that $200,000 of the excess fund balance be used to reduce the <br />levy, and that is already included in the amount. <br />Councilmember Doolan asked if $169,000 had been removed from the CIP fund, and Ms. Maloney <br />stated that those are the police capital costs that were scheduled for this year that were moved into the <br />special revenue fund. This is St. Anthony’s portion of the costs. Councilmember Doolan asked about the <br />one additional firefighter cost of 7% and noted that it is a 1% increase above 6.0. Councilmember <br />Doolan asked how confident we are that the liquor transfer fund will be $300,000 is a good number. Mr. <br />3