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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — NOVEMBER 21, 2016 11 Interim City Administrator/Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson reported she would keep the staffing levels as is, but would be reducing the Public Works Department from 9 members to 8. Councilmember Holden asked if the City would be addressing the water issue at Boston Scientific. Interim City Administrator/Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson reported this project was included within the CIP. Councilmember Holden questioned who was writing grants on behalf of the City. Councilmember Holmes stated the City had no one writing grants at this time and recommended this be addressed in 2017 by the City Administrator. Mayor Grant asked if the General Fund surplus could be used to buy down the budget. The Council discussed the surplus dollars from 2015 and 2016 in further detail. Councilmember Wicklund stated his taxes would be going down in 2017. He supported the Council dumping the surplus into City infrastructure. Councilmember Holmes agreed. Mayor Grant suggested the levy be bought down by I% with the surplus. Councilmember McClung supported a 3.5% levy increase. Councilmember Wicklund, Councilmember Holmes and Councilmember Holden supported a 4.7% levy increase. Councilmember Holmes asked if there was Council support to move the surplus ($565,000) to the CIP. Councilmember McClung was interested in using a portion of the surplus to buy down the levy. Mayor Grant stated City policy would require the surplus to be transferred to the CIP. There was Council consensus to move the surplus. G. 2017 Proposed CIP Interim City Administrator/Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson stated the City Council previously met on July 18, 2016 to discuss the preliminary CIP and provide feedback and changes. The following changes since the July meeting have been made: 0 Requested changes by City Council at previous meeting.