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. MINUTES OF THE ARDEN HILLS COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING, 1-25-93 Page 4 RENTAL (Cont'd) Post indicated that staff has briefly discussed this matter and no policy has been determined for submission to Council. council concurred to direct staff to research rental of City Hall and prepare a policy for Council review at a future meeting. AMEND 1994 BUDGET PROCEDURES Accountant Terry Post outlined a process whereby the 1994 budget would be discussed in two stages; staff would begin working on the budget assumptions earlier than in the past and would prepare a five year capital equipment plan. He also stated staff would address goals outlined in the Arden Hills 2000 Teambuilding report and try to integrate them into early budget policy discussion. Post stated the procedures would direct early budget discussion to capital expenditure and policy issues such that later budget discussion would largely focus on operation items. ~ Council concurred they would prefer to discuss policy issues surrounding capital equipment purchases earlier in the budget process. COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilmember Hicks questioned correspondence he received from the Volunteers of America. He explained they requested he forward a letter on their behalf which outlines their activities, however, he is unaware of any activities by this organization in the City. staff offered to research the request and report to Hicks. Councilmember Malone asked what other Councilmembers recall regarding arrangements for the purchase of the City's backhoe. He noted that although the minutes of earlier discussions are not clear, he recalled that originally, the City had two tractors and planned to sell the Massey Ferguson tractor and use a portion of money from the budget (originally allocated for the purchase of a bobcat) to purchase a backhoe. . Public Works Superintendent Winkel recalled that originally there were plans to purchase a bobcat and money budgeted to do so, however, the opportunity to purchase a backhoe at a very good price presented itself, so the backhoe was purchased using the funds budgeted for a bobcat. He added that now if a decision Were made to purchase a bobcat also, the only way to do so would be to sell or trade in the Massey Ferguson tractor.