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