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City Council Work Session Meeting December ]9, 2005 9 . City Council V acancv- The deadline for submitting applications for thc vacant City Council seat is December 29'h. Members of the City Council tentatively scheduled interviews for the City Council candidates on January 20th in the aftcrnoon. New Enl!ineer: City Enl!ineer Status-City Administrator Wolfe stated that with the new Civil Engineer is schcduled to start in early January; in the meantime, the City will need to designate an official engineer for the City. At this time, there are two options for City Council to consider: (1) Appoint the City of Roseville's Engineer as our City Engineer; or (2) Continue with URS as our official City Enginecr. Staffs recommendation is that the City appoints the Roseville City Engineer as Arden Hills City Engineer. Councilmember Larson asked what will happen to the 2006 PMP Project if we switch Civil Engineers. City Administrator Wolfe said that the Roseville City Engineer would he responsible for reviewing the plans and signing off on the final documents. Councilmember Larson is concerned that the City will be losing some of its continuity and should not be getting rid ofURS at this time. . City Administrator Wolfe said that the Civil Engineer will be working very closely with URS. The new civil engineer will be giving work direction to URS and representing the needs of the City. Majority of the members of the City Couneil agreed that the City should designate the City of Roseville's Civil Engineer as the City's official engineer of record. Fund Transfer Discussion Finance Director Murtuza Siddiqui provided the City Council with a verbal update on the City's fund transfers for the 2005 fiscal budget. In 2005, the City anticipated to transfer general fund dollars to the capital equipment and public safety funds. Due to unexpected clean-up costs from the September thunderstorm, the City will be using reserve funds to cover the projected deficit in the general fund halance. The deficit in the general fund balance will result in a decrease in the dollar amount that will available to the City for future capital improvement projects. Finance Director Siddqui asked the City Council if they would like to transfer City reserves to the City's public safety and capital equipment funds to offset the projected difference. Councilmember Grant said that he has no desire to transfer funds at this time. Councilmember Larson said that the City may have to use genera] fund dollars to offset deficits in the capital equipment or public safety funds in the future. .