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2 <br />0 <br />6 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />June 9, 2009 <br />Page 4 <br />D. Consider Resolution 09-058; Settingthe City of St. Anthony 2009 "Revised" Budget and <br />Authorizing of the Liquor Fund Transfer. Mike Mornson City Manager / Department <br />Heads, presenting, <br />City Manager Mornson indicated that the proposed resolution sets the 2009 "Revised" Budget <br />and authorizes the Liquor Fund transfer to offset the loss of Market Value Credit. Mr. Mornson <br />provided an overview of the following General Government 2009 Budget Adjustments: General <br />Operating Budget @ $135,000 reduction (City Council, Public Relations, General Management, <br />Elections, Finance, Assessing, and Legal); Capital Equipment @ $18,300 reduction <br />(Administration/Finance). <br />Police Chief Ohl provided an overview of the following 2009 Police Budget Adjustments: <br />General Operating Budget @ $11,000 reduction (Police and Animal Control); Capital Equipment <br />@ $30,000 reduction (Police Department). <br />Fire Chief Malenick provided an overview of the following 2009 Fire Budget Adjustments: <br />General Operating Budget @ $7,100 reduction (Emergency Management and Fire); Capital <br />Equipment @ $27,000 reduction (Fire Department). <br />Public Works Director Hartman provided an overview of the following Public Works 2009 <br />Budget Adjustments: General Operating Budget @ $19,300 reduction (Public Works Division, <br />Tree & Weed Care Division, and Parks Division); Capital Equipment @ $7,000 reduction <br />(Public Works). <br />City Manager Mornson recapped the proposed 2009 Budget adjustments. He advised staff <br />recommends approval of he proposed resolution reducing the 2009 General Operating Budget by <br />$52,700 and the Capital Equipment Budget by $82,300. The "Revised" 2009 General Operating <br />Budget now totals $5,224,700 and the "Revised" 2009 Capital Equipment Budget now totals <br />$317,700. <br />Mayor Faust stated it is anticipated that the City will lose $135,000 through un -allotment of <br />Market Value Homestead Credit. The City Council held four meetings with staff, and the City <br />Manager and staff held many meetings as well. The easy thing would have been to eliminate the <br />sewer jetter; however, they came to the conclusion there may be some things to spread the risk <br />around. He appreciates the departments, the City Manager, and the City Council for their work to <br />ensure that these cuts are equitable. <br />Councilmember Thuesen stated there have been a lot of meetings and this budget cut issue was <br />taken quite seriously. The departments will still do their jobs, but there will be some hurt with <br />these cuts. He applauds the departments for trying to make do a little longer with some things, <br />and he appreciates staff working as hard as they did and doing short term compromises. He <br />stated cities need to be careful about deferring items and they need to be careful not to defer for <br />too many years. <br />Councilmember Stille stated the sewer jetter was the low hanging fruit as the worked through <br />this. However, the equipment has not made the priority list for replacement for a number of <br />0 <br />