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MINUTES OF THE ARDEN HILLS COUNCIL WORKSESSION MEETING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1989, 4:30 P.M. - CITY HALL CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Sather called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. . ROLL CALL The roll being called the following members were present: Mayor Thomas Sather, Councilmembers Nancy Hansen, Paul Malone and Thomas Mahowald. Councilmember Growe arrived at 4:35 p.m. Also present: Public Works Supervisor Daniel Winkel, Park Director John Buckley, Clerk Administrator Gary Berger, Senior Accountant Jane Lund, Accounting Clerk Darlene Scott and Deputy Clerk Catherine Iago. ADOPT AGENDA Malone moved, seconded by Mahowald, that Council adopt the 9-18-89 Agenda as submitted. Motion carried. (4-0) FALL CLEANUP; JOINT ARDEN HILL/SHOREVIEW Council was referred to a memorandum from the Clerk Administrator dated 9-13-89, relative to Arden Hills residents participation in Shoreview's Fall Cleanup Day on October 7. Councilmembers Malone and Hansen expressed concern that residents would not have sufficient time to prepare for the October 7 cleanup day and there is not enough time to publicize the data. Mayor Sather favored participation on an experimental basis; suggested the City would be able to receive newspaper and Cable TV coverage of the joint effort. . Malone moved, seconded by Mahowald, that Council defer joint participation in a fall cleanup day with the City of Shoreview, due to lack of sufficient time to publish notification for Arden Hills residents, and direct the Public Works Supervisor to review and prepare a plan for Arden Hills residents to actively participate in a fall cleanup day in 1990. Motion carried. (Malone, Mahowald, Growe voting in favor; Sather and Hansen opposed) (3-2) 1990 BUDGET DISCUSSION REVENUES Clerk Administrator Berger reviewed the following: "Summary Comparison of Revenues with Revenues of Prior Years" tfDetailed Comparison of Revenues with Revenues of Prior Yearsll by funds; General Fund, Special Fund, and Debt Service & Utility Fund "Summary Comparison of Expenditures with Expenditures of Prior Years". Berger referred Council to the "Proposed Means of Financing the 1900 Budget" and noted the budget overage of $86,178.00. He submitted a recommendation for proposed deletion of certain budgeted items in order to obtain a balanced budget for 1990. Council and staff discussed the 5-year Capital Improvement Plan. The Clerk Administrator explained the alternative methods which could be utilized to achieve a balanced budget; deleting certain items to reduce expenditures or transfer funds from the Public Improvement Revolving Fund to balance the budget. Council discussed utilization of Certificates of Indebtedness for capital . improvements or bonding. The Clerk Administrator advised the legislators will be meeting to discuss truth in taxation laws and the levy limits may have to be recalculated; noted he has utilized the lower figures for the levy in his budget calculations.