7A, 2011 Operating Levy Payable 2012 and 2011 Truth-In-Taxation

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Memo City Council 2012 Propased Preliminary Budget and Tax Levy 8 $ l 0,00Q has bee� budgeted for a lease on a capy machine. The current copy machine in six years old and was puxchased �or $27,00� and has a trade-in value of $700. The current maintenance agreement expired in June of this year. The current r�achin� do�s not r�eet the needs af the City and staff has been working to review all department and City needs and has received bids and is in t�e process of evaluating th�m. The City's postage meier has an annual cost of $6,000 and was previously not zncluded in the budget, it has now been added to the budget. The Gover-nment Suildings budget was reduced substantially to more accurately reflect casts for utilities. An amount was budgeted for the increased cost for the Ramsey County Maintenance Facility lease as the cold storage will be converted to heated storage. The net effect is a$28,933 decrease to this budget. There is no Reserve/Contingency budgeted in the 20 � 2 budget as proposed. Other rx�.i�cellaneous adjustments includ�: an increase in the Mayor & Cou�cil budget for newsletter costs and txaining; increases in �ie Finance and Adminis�trative Services budget for Springbrook software maintenance costs and IT services from Roseville; incxease in �lie Streets budget for snowplowing ov�rtir�e based on the previo�s iwo-year hisiory; a reductian in emergency managerzaent costs; and aiher miscellaneous adjustrr�ents. Other Funds We have previously nated the changes to �he EDA Fund as costs have been moved from the General Fund to the EDA Fund. Staff is also recommending a transfer of $65,000 from the PIR Fund for the Gateway sig�s. There were no significant chariges to the oiher Special Revenue Funds with the exception of ihe Com�unity Services Fund being folded into the Public Safety Capital Fund. This is being done in part because of new accounting standards but also because the charitable gambling proceeds can only be used for public safery capital purchases, as a result, Council will be asked to formally dissolve this f�znd and move the baiance to the Public Saf�ty Capital Fund at a future Councii meeting. There ar� no significant change� to ihe Debi Service Fund. Capital �unds were discussed at our J�ne meeting during the Capital Improvemen� Plan (CIP) revzew. They will agai� b� brought back for discussion at our Novezx�ber worksession. Enterprise Funds have been evaluated and chan.ges made ta 2012 Rate Increases accurately reflect economic conditions and hisiorical trends. A updated rate study will be done and presented to the City Council at Water 7% the November worksesszon. The rates included in the proposed Sanitary Se+nr�r 2% budget are from the 2008 Rate Study. Surface Water 3%