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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — August 19, 2019 7 staff members get keys and they are required to turn them in at the end of the season. They are charged a $25 fee for a lost key. Councilmember Scott asked about putting fake cameras in the parks. Councilmember Holmes felt they had enough information. There are three troublesome parks: Cummings, Hazelnut and Perry. She thought cameras should be considered. Councilmember Holden asked how much it costs to rekey. Recreation Coordinator Knoll said it's around $250. They have to rekey every door, and Cummings, for example has 15 doors. The general public is charged a $200 deposit when they rent the pavilions. Councilmember Holden suggested having only one door be able to be opened from the outside and the rest would be opened from the inside, that way they'd only have to change one lock. City Administrator Perrault said they could have the locksmith take locks off of all but 2 doors, in case one sticks. But suggested waiting until the next time they need to rekey to have the work done. Recreation Coordinator Knoll said she will look into getting the door locks redone. Mayor Grant said he was on board with getting a few fake cameras. Discussion ensued regarding possible locations for fake cameras. Councilmember Holden suggested we turn the floodlights off at the pavilions. Mayor Grant thought sensor lights would be a good idea. Discussion ensued. City Administrator Perrault summarized that staff would look into fake cameras, rekeying to have locks on only 1 or 2 doors, sensor lights on the pavilions (if the Sheriff agrees to the idea), and quarterly reporting. D. Preliminary General Fund Budget Finance Director Bauman stated that she would be reviewing the preliminary General Fund budget for 2020. The City is required to adopt a maximum tax levy by the end of September. For the purposes of discussion, there is a 5% tax levy reflected in the budget. Finance Director Bauman said the General Fund budget is not balanced. It is underfunded by $159,700. Progress is being made but the practice isn't sustainable so they are trying to eliminate the deficit. Part of the tax levy increase will go to drop the deficit budget balance. A tax levy increase of 9.05% would be needed to balance the General Fund but even with that there would still be issues with some of the capital funds. The revenue budget is projected to be $4.871