HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993.08.09 CC Minutes - Budget meetingMINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 9. 1993
The meeting was called to order by acting Mayor Miron at 7:30 PM.
PRESENT: Brunotte, Leroux, Miron
City Administrator, Bob Museus.
City Finance Director, Ron Otkin
ABSENT: Barnes and Stoltzman
The meeting was held to discuss the City's 1994 budget. Ron Otkin
reviewed with the Council the proposed general fund and debt -service fund
budgets for 1994. Major initiatives planned for the City for the
forthcoming year included:
1. Initiation of a seal coating program for the City.
2. Continuation of gravel replacement on City roads.
3. Implementation of a watershed management plan.
4. Recodification of City ordinances applying to zoning, subdivision,
shoreland management, and non -point pollution.
5. Improvement of County Road 8A, between State Aid Highway bl and
Goodview Avenue, a joint project with the County. The City's share
for this project will be paid with the remaining proceeds from the
City's 1991 improvement bond.
b. Replacement of a bridge on Elmcrest Avenue.
The Finance Director explained that he is using an averaging method to
determine debt -service requirements for the City's outstanding bonds. The
Council also discussed the funding of long-term, capital -improvements
needs.
Mr. Otkin identified a concern in the City's debt -service management in
the large number of assessments outstanding on properties enrolled in the
State's green acres program. The Council directed Mr. Otkin to send a
letter to each property owner, who has property enrolled in green acres,
identifying the current assessments outstanding against the property.
Discussion was also conducted regarding the City's continued contributions
to the White Bear Counseling Bureau and the Forest Lake Youth Bureau.
There is some indication that these, perhaps, should be county -funded
programs. The Council directed the City Administrator to contact Dennis
Hegberg and clarify the County's position on these services.
The Council indicated that a tax -levy increase of approximately 8.75%
would be necessary to serve the City's needs for 1994. Staff was to amend
the budget as directed, and present it to the Council at a forthcoming
meeting.
Leroux made motion, Brunotte, seconded, to adjourn at 10:•30 PM.
All aye. Motion Carried.
Robert A. Museus
City Administrator