CC 11-16-1995 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

I I. I Agenda Item 3e I Finance Committee Chuck Mertensotto and Tom Steele, representatives of the Finance Committee, attended the Meeting with the Committee's 1996 Goals and mission statement. I They indicated that the Committee is dedicated to providing citizen input on issues that have a financial impact on the City of Arden Hills. I They shared a number of projects that they have under consideration, including closer liaison with City Department Managers, Livable Communities Act and a sub-committee liaison with Alliant Techsystems. The Council supported the I goals of the Committee and advised the Committee to determine whether any members are not planning on serving in 1996. I Agenda Item 3f Public Works/Safety Committee. . Arnold Delger, Craig Wilson and John Tholen, represented the Public Work/Safety Committee. They reviewed several projects completed in 1995 including a Safety Program, a review of the municipal Lift Stations and Red Fox .. Road Water Tower capacity. In 1996 the Committee indicated that the Highway 96 project will be apriority. I The Council again requested information about membership in 1996 and thanked the Committee for its efforts over the past year. . Agenda Item 4 AdministratorlDepartment Head Comments Brian Fritsinger, City Administrator indicated that the 1996 estimated budget . from the Ramsey County Sheriff has been revised with a 4.7 percent increase proposed. The most recent estimate prior to this was a 4.5 percent increase. . Staffhas revised the proposed City budget with these figures and made appropriate adjustments to allow the proposed increase to remain unchanged. I Staff is currently preparing documentation to seek proposals from other insurance agencies on providing an agent of record. Mr. Bill Hite, our current agent of record, has not been as responsive as necessary. . Staff is also currently preparing a package to be proposed to be included in Governor Carlson's Bonding Bill. Due to deadlines this proposal needs to be . completed before Thanksgiving. The purpose is to seek funds to assist with the predesign and design efforts necessary to continue the planning efforts of the City, .- County, State and Federal agencies at TCAAP. Mr. Malone indicated he was encouraged to see the City investigating various funding opportunities and those types of efforts should have been done years ago. .