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e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: July 15, 1998 TO: Mayor and City Council fdl~ Brian Fritsinger, City Administrator FROM: H 7IP SUBJECT: 1999 Budget Issues General Background The 1999 Budget process presents the City with a number of prioritization issues that will need to be addressed before a preliminary budget and levy can be adopted. This process also presents an opportunity for the City Council to measure the provision of City services against the Philosophy of Governance adopted as part of the 1998 Retreat. The information below is an attempt to address many of the broad key services issues which will face the City in planning for 1999, It is not intended to be a specific detailed presentation of the effects of these services on the overall budget and subsequent levy impacts. It Philosophy of Governance "To provide basic and necessary scope of quality services through the innovative and purposeful use of physical, financial and human resources." Key Service Issues for 1999 a. Police Protection The City currently contracts with Ramsey County for 24-hour police protection. The cost to provide this protection is proposed to be $586,098 for 1999, This is an increase of 4.9% from $558,444 in 1998. b. Fire Protection The City currently contracts with the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire Department (LJVFD) for fire protection services. The LJVFD has not yet proposed an estimate to deliver these services in 1999, LNFD billed $165,000 and was paid $161,000 (same as 1997) for 1998 fire protection services. c. Rconomic Development . Gateway Business District (GBD) As part of the GBD improvements, the City anticipates reconstructing Round Lake Boulevard and potentially being involved in the Naegele property development. Neither ofthese properties will have an immediate . affect on the general tax levy,