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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER 8. 1997 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />. selection of available dates is limited by the fact that the City hearing dates cannot conflict with <br />previously selected dates by the county, school districts and metropolitan special taxing districts. <br />Mr. Fritsinger suggested the City Council schedule its hearing dates as follows, similar to the <br />timing of the 1996 hearings: <br /> <br />Initial Hearing <br />Continuation Hearing <br />(if necessary) <br />Adoption Hearing <br /> <br />Date <br />December 4, 1997 <br />December 11, 1997 <br /> <br />Location <br />Army Reserve Center <br />Army Reserve Center <br /> <br />December 15,1997 <br /> <br />Army Reserve Center <br /> <br />MOTION: <br /> <br />Malone moved and Keirn seconded a motion to adopt Resolution #97-42, <br />Adopting Truth-in- Taxation Hearing Dates and Location tor Proposed 1998 Taxes <br />Payable, in accordance with the above-referenced schedule. The motion carried <br />unanimously (3-0). <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />Resolution #97-44, Adopting the Preliminary 1998 Budget <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Mr. Fritsinger stated that the City is mandated by M.S. 275.065(1) to adopt a preliminary budget <br />by September 15, 1997. Although the preliminary levy amount becomes the maximum amount <br />that may be levied, a preliminary budget is just that, and can be changed if necessary. He <br />explained that although no major service level changes are proposed, the budget does place more <br />of an emphasis on core services such as police protection, street maintenance, snow removal and <br />code enforcement. No changes are being recommended for staffing, which will remain at 20 <br />full-time and 1 part-time position. However, an intern has been recommended for assistance in <br />the areas of Planning and Zoning, and Code Enforcement. <br /> <br />Staff recommends the City Council adopt Resolution #97-44. <br /> <br />MOTION: <br /> <br />Keim moved and Malone seconded a motion to adopt Resolution #97-44, <br />Adopting the Preliminary Budget for 1998. The motion carried unanimously (3- <br />0). <br /> <br />D. Resolution #97-43, Receiving Preliminary Feasibility Report, 1998 Street <br />Improvement Project <br /> <br />Mr. Greg Stonehouse, City Engineer, gave an overview ofthe proposed 1998 Street <br />Improvement Project. He explained the scope of the project ranged from seal-coating to <br />complete street reconstruction. Necessary storm drainage repairs were also included in this <br />report. The engineering staff had performed visual inspections of these areas, and attempted to <br />group repairs in the same geographic area to the extent possible. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Mr. Stonehouse presented overhead slides of proposed street repair, color coded according to <br />seal-coating, bituminous overlay or reconstruction. West Round Lake is proposed to be <br />reconstructed to a nine-ton urban design street because of the high volume of truck traffic on this <br />