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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 8, 2014 8 <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes stated that because the compensation study was not yet complete, she <br />supported the 1.5% COLA. <br /> <br />The amendment carried 4-1 (McClung opposed). <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden recommended that the HSA contributions to employee accounts be <br />capped at $2,000. <br /> <br />AMENDMENT: Councilmember Holden moved and Mayor Grant seconded a motion <br />capping the HSA contribution by the City for each employee to $2,000 <br />in 2015. The amendment carried (5-0). <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden thanked staff for their efforts on the budget. She understood that the <br />majority of the budget increases were related to public safety. She did not believe that any FTE’s <br />should be cut due to the high cost to attract and re-train employees. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant commented that the Council has been discussing the 2015 budget since June of this <br />year. He reported that after months and months of work, the Council was still trying to make cuts. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden questioned who would complete the work of the finance intern if the <br />position were eliminated. <br /> <br />Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson discussed the duties of each member <br />within the Finance Department. It was her hope that new software programs would assist her <br />department in streamlining several different processes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked if the intern was serving both the finance and administrative <br />departments. She asked how much more scanning work needed to be completed. <br /> <br />Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson stated that this was the case and <br />stated that there was a great deal of scanning work that remained. <br /> <br />AMENDMENT: Councilmember Holden moved and Mayor Grant seconded a motion to <br />add a .75 FTE for the Finance and Administrative Services department <br />for 2015 for the purpose of scanning documents. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant withdrew his second to the motion. <br /> <br />The amendment failed for lack of a second. <br /> <br />AMENDMENT: Councilmember Holden moved and Mayor Grant seconded a motion <br />reducing the proposed Finance and Administrative Services <br />department intern position from a .75 FTE to .25 FTE. The <br />amendment carried 3-2 (Holmes and McClung opposed). <br /> <br />Director of Finance and Administrative Services reviewed how the budget would be impacted <br />by the Council’s budget amendments.