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EN HILLS Approved: CITY OF ARDEN HILLS,MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MONDAY,NOVEMBER 21, 2005, 5:00 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 Call To Order Mayor Aplikowski called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM. Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers: Gregg Larson, David Grant, Brenda Holden, and Lois Rem Absent: None Staff present: City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Finance Director, Murtuza Siddiqui; Assistant to the City Administrator, Schawn Johnson; Operations and Maintenance Director, Tom Moore; Community Development Director,Karen Barton; and City Engineer, Greg Brown City Hall Arbitration Case City Attorney Jerry Filla announced that the work session will be closed to the public in order to discuss information pertaining to the City Hall arbitration case. Mr. Filla announced that the arbitration hearings for the end of November have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. 2006 Budget and CIP Discussion City Administrator Michelle Wolfe provided the City Council with an overview of the 2006 budget process. City staff is proposing a 4% tax levy for 2006. City staff is currently reviewing the five year Capital Improvement Project list and the PCI ratings that were recently completed by Goodpointe Technologies. The proposed 2006 budget does include the proposed Ridgewood PMP project,replacement lift stations, or capital equipment purchases. Councilmember Grant stated that he does not feel comfortable discussing the proposed five year CIP considering that he just received the information this afternoon. City Administrator Wolfe said that staff apologizes for not attaching the proposed CIP in the work session packets. City staff will not be discussing the proposed five year CIP with the City Council at this meeting. City Administrator Wolfe then asked the City Council if they were comfortable with the proposed CIP projects for 2006. City Councilmembers agreed that they were comfortable with the 2006 CIP budget items.