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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 9, 2011 Page 5 1 flooding and the City is working with Hennepin County and will be televising the storm sewer 2 lines to see if any improvements can be made. He also indicated that the City will be surveying 3 and televising the overflow swale section at Mirror Lake townhomes to make sure there is no 4 break in the line. He added that New Brighton is interested in a comprehensive approach to 5 street drainage and agreed to report back to the City Council. 6 7 B. Proposed 2012 Budget Mike Mornson City Manager, and Roger Larson finance 8 Director, presenting. 10 City Manager Morrison provided a brief presentation regarding the proposed 2012 budget, 11 including the budget calendar, 2012 budget parameters, the General Fund budget/levy, 2012 12 General Fund revenues and expenditures, 2012 proposed levies, issuance of debt/levy impact, 13 grants/donations and partnerships, and next steps in the budget process. He reminded the City 14 Council that the City has not increased the levy for the past three consecutive years and the 2012 15 proposed levy is 4.8%. He stated that the 2012 General Operating Budget totals $5,498,650 and 16 represents a $20,650 increase or 0.38% increase over 2011. He added that the City Council will 17 set the preliminary levy at its September 13t" meeting with final adoption of the 2012 budget on 18 December 13, 2011. 19 20 VI. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 21 22 City Manager Morrison reported on the following: 23 ® The overlay project on Stinson Boulevard from 37t" Avenue to 29t" Avenue will begin on 24 Monday, August 15tt', and is expected to take two weeks. 25 O He thanked all of the City employees for their efforts during Night to Unite and 26 VillageFest. 27 28 Councilmember Gray reported on his attendance at the following: 29 • August 2id Night to Unite. 30 o August Ott' Lion's Club meeting. 31 f August 41" VillageFest committee meeting. He expressed thanks to City staff for all of 32 their work during VillageFest. 33 34 Councilmember Jenson reported on his attendance at the following: 35 f August 2" d Night to Unite. 36 • City Council worksession to identify a consultant to replace the City Manager. 37 • Participated in several volunteer activities during VillageFest. 38 39 Councilmember Roth reported on his attendance at the following: 40 • August 2" d Night to Unite. 41 i August 4°i Cable Commission meeting. He reminded residents of the Cable 42 Commission's open house on August 20`x' from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at their new 43 location at 2670 Arthur Street in Roseville. 44 • August 5"iVillageFest parade. 45 • City Council worksession to identify a consultant to replace the City Manager. 46 5