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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />April 23, 2013 <br />Page 2 <br />1 III. CONSENT AGENDA. <br />2 <br />3 A. Consider April 9, 2013, Council meeting minutes: <br />4 B. Consider licenses and permits: and <br />5 C. Consider payment of claims. <br />Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the Consent <br />Agenda items. <br />10 Motion carried unanimously. <br />11 IV. PUBLIC HEARING. <br />12 <br />13 A. 2014 Budget. Shelly Rueckert, Finance Director, presenting. <br />14 <br />15 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:05 p.m. <br />16 <br />17 Finance Director Rueckert presented the 2014 budget calendar and advised the proposed 2014 <br />18 operating budget and property tax levy will be approved on September 10, 2013, followed by <br />19 final adoption in December. She reviewed the 2013 General Fund revenues stating this is the <br />20 primary fund used to deliver City services with property taxes supporting 56% of the cost of City <br />21 services. She noted that this is consistent with the City's historical and successful approach to <br />22 seek out well designed projects and programs and since 1999, the City has received <br />23 approximately $15 million in grant funding which approximates to $1,942 per resident. She also <br />24 reviewed the 2013 General Fund expenditures as well as General Fund and overall levies in 2012 <br />25 and 2013, noting that the overall levy includes a debt levy supporting street reconstruction and <br />26 levies associated with parks and public works. She stated the proposed 2014 operating budget <br />27 and property tax levy will be presented again at the August 27, 2013, City Council meeting. <br />28 <br />29 No speakers were present. Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:11 p.m. <br />30 <br />31 Councilmember Stille requested further information regarding the CIP levy. <br />32 <br />33 Finance Director Rueckert explained the City added a $50,000 line item under the capital <br />34 improvement levy to supplement the capital replacement program and to support replacement of <br />35 some interest earnings. <br />36 <br />37 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. <br />38 <br />39 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. <br />40 <br />41 A. Aging in Place Presentation. Alissa Boroff. Aging in Place, presenting. <br />42 <br />43 Mayor Faust introduced Ms. Alissa Boroff from the Aging in Place project. <br />44 <br />45 Ms. Boroff advised this grant project is funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services <br />46 and they have partnered with the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation (GMHC), Access <br />47 Solutions, and the City to provide information and outreach to older adults to allow them to <br />