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<br /> ~ <br /> . ~~HILLS <br /> Approved: September 13,2004 <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br /> COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION <br /> MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2004, 7:00 P.M. <br /> CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 <br /> 1. Call To Ordcr <br /> Mayor Aplikowski called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. <br /> Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers: Gregg Larson, David Grant, Brenda Holden, and <br /> Lois Rem. <br /> Staff present: Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Finance Director, Murtuza Siddiqui; Operations <br /> & Maintenance Director, Thomas J. Moore; and Community Development Director, Scott Clark. <br /> Others present: Greg Brown, City Engineer/URS <br /> 2. Preliminarv 2005 Budl!:et <br /> . Murtuza Siddiqui opened up the meeting with an overview of the proposed preliminary budget. <br /> He mentioned that staff and Council had two prcvious meetings to discuss budgeting <br /> assumptions. He indicated that at the June 21, 2004 Work Session, Council provided a general <br /> framcwork for staif to prepare the budget with the following assumptions: A proposcd levy to be <br /> bctween 3% and 4%; to estimate a 3% aruma I salary increase; to increase the health/dental <br /> bcnefits contribution to $533 per month. <br /> Mr. Siddiqui mentioned that the preliminary budget was prepared with a 3% levy increase. He <br /> indicated that historically, thc lcvy revenue is conservatively budgeted at less than 100% to take <br /> in account pctitions, delinquencies, and fiscal disparities. Hc also highlighted the items <br /> mentioned below: <br /> . Salary adjustments as part of COLA is budgeted at 3%. <br /> . City contribution to health/dental benefits for non-bargaining staff has been incrcascd to <br /> $533/employee. <br /> . All technology upgrades, ineluding thc purchase of a copier has been budgeted as <br /> previously discussed by the Council. <br /> . Construction and road maintenance costs (PMP) wcre rcviewcd by staff and the Engineer <br /> and have been reduced with some deferred to future years. Two projects that were <br /> planned for 2005, namely repainting of the watcr towcr and SCADA have been deferred <br /> pending further analysis. This reduction amounts to $710,000. $30,000 remains for <br /> watcr tower testing. <br /> . . Operating costs in the amount of$82,000 have been budgeted for the new Maintenance <br /> Facility. <br /> \\Earth IAdmin \Council\Minutes\ W orksession \2004108-09-04.doe <br />