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<br /> ~ <br /> . /],\~HILLS <br /> Approved: June 26, 2006 <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br /> CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> JUNE 12, 2006; 9:07 P.M. <br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br /> CALL TO ORDER <br /> Mayor Aplikowski called the mecting to order at 9:07 p.m. <br /> Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers David Grant, Brenda Holden, and <br /> Gregg Larson. <br /> Absent: Councilmember Vincent Pcllegrin (excused). <br /> . Staff Present: City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Chief Finance Officer/Treasurcr, <br /> Murtuza Siddiqui; Community Development Director, Karen Barton; Firc Chief, Tim <br /> Boehlke; Assistant Fire Chief, Ralph Adair; and Recording Secrctary, Kathleen Altman. <br /> LAKE JOHANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL BUDGET FINANCING <br /> Ms. Wolfe stated the Lake Johanna Fire Department (LJFD) Board of Directors met on May 31, <br /> 2006. One of the main discussion points was capital equipment financing. Last year a new <br /> formula was adopted for the LJFD operating budget expenses. In the 2006 budget, operating <br /> expenscs wcre based on the new formula. <br /> The Fire Board was now considering a proposal to apply the new operating budget formula to <br /> capital cquipment purchases. (Station maintenance and repairs would remain under the current <br /> formula outlined in staffs report.) There were many reasons for considering this change: <br /> . The current process for funding capital equipment is inconsistent, difficult to understand, <br /> and difficult to explain. <br /> . It was very difficult to document how much each City had contributed to equipment <br /> purchases in the past. <br /> . Thc current system subjects member cities to large ebbs and flows in capital spending <br /> . from year to year, depending on whether or not a large piece of equipment needed to be <br /> funded. <br /> --- <br />