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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 8, 2014 7 <br /> <br />Mayor Grant commented that as the City ages, infrastructure improvements are becoming more <br />necessary and are quite costly. <br /> <br />Councilmember McClung indicated that the PIR fund had a healthy balance at this time to cover <br />the projects planned for the coming years. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant proposed the Council discuss this further as he could not support a 5% tax levy <br />increase either. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked if staff had posted for the Parks and Recreation Programmer <br />position. She questioned whether staff anticipated any additional salary savings in 2015. <br /> <br />Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson stated that this position had been <br />posted. She indicated that the staffing changes in Parks and Recreation should result in a savings <br />of about $20,000 and that no additional savings in salaries was anticipated. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant suggested that the finance intern position be removed from the budget. He <br />believed that the department would become more efficient with the new finance software and <br />electronic bill-pay coming on line. <br /> <br />Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson commented that this would provide <br />the Council with a gross savings of $17,224 on the overall City budgets. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked if the engineering intern was included in the 2015 budget. <br /> <br />Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson indicated that this position had been <br />included. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Maurer discussed the work that was planned for the engineering intern <br />in 2015. <br /> <br />AMENDMENT: Mayor Grant moved and Councilmember McClung seconded a motion <br />to remove the Finance Department Intern Position from the 2015 <br />Budget. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes supported the finance intern position, especially with the TCAAP <br />development moving forward. <br /> <br />The amendment failed 2-2-1 (Holmes and Werner opposed) (Holden <br />abstained). <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden supported the COLA increase at 1.5%. <br /> <br />AMENDMENT: Councilmember Holden moved and Councilmember Holmes seconded <br />a motion setting the Cost of Living Adjustment at 1.5% for 2015. <br />