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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JULY 14, 2025 26 <br />Councilmember Holden said she is waiting for the survey results. <br />Mayor Grant said if we don't hear back from them, we still have to make a decision. <br />Councilmember Holden said she thinks we take it out of 2026 and put it in 2027. <br />Councilmember Rousseau asked why even put it in 2027. <br />Councilmember Holden thought there is some small signage that could be put up, but we have <br />$40,000. She asked how much the entrance signs are. <br />Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen didn't know. It has been a long time since <br />we purchased one. <br />Councilmember Weber said he thought there were economic development funds that we <br />anticipated transferring out. <br />Finance Director Yang said in 2025 we transferred $100,000 to the General Fund. We could do <br />that again. <br />Councilmember Holden wants to strip the $270,000 out of the CIP. It doesn't make sense to <br />have a placeholder until there is a plan. <br />Councilmember Rousseau would like to keep it as a placeholder for now, and as we get further <br />into budget talks we can move it later. <br />Councilmember Weber doesn't see any reason to keep it in there if we know we aren't going to <br />do it. <br />Councilmember Holden said instead of taking it out altogether, we could put a little bit more in <br />2027, like $60,000. <br />Councilmember Rousseau thought that would be better. She thought we could keep about a third <br />of the amount and move it to 2027. <br />Council agreed to move $90,000 for the gateway signs to 2027 and eliminate the rest of the <br />amount from the budget. <br />Mayor Grant noted Finance Director Yang distributed a document as a bench handout regarding <br />City Hall. He was struck by the amount of small items. There is corrosion listed on several items. <br />He asked who makes those repairs. If we just wait it could be much more expensive. <br />Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said typically the Building Department has <br />managed the building and scheduled the vendors. Public Works has been requested to perform <br />some minor repairs at City Hall. <br />City Administrator Jagoe said the former City Administrator requested this study be completed <br />to anticipate what CIP planning needs to be done for future building needs. We knew a roof <br />replacement was going to be one of the bigger ticket items and this helps build in some of those <br />