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e e e ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNClL- SEPTEMBER 10,2001 ;:c,,;pc~ ~ 9 MOTION: Councilmember Aplikowski moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to approve the 2001 Capital Improvement Plan expenditure as recommended by Staff. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). B. Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, 2002 Operating Budget Approval Mr. Lynch explained the proposed budget. He noted there was one change on page 5 in the budget estimate for investigators. He added the change reflected the phase in of the fifth investigator. He stated the city's share of the cost savings would be about $2,500. He noted the Contractor Community Group suggested this change. MOTION: Councilmember Larson moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve the proposed 2002 Law Enforcement Contract with a contribution of Arden Hills in the amount of $644,774.02. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). C. Resolution #01-16, Clarifying Proposed Sums of Money to be Levied for Levy Year 2001, Payable in 2002 Mr. Post explained this item needs to be addressed this evening to get the preliminary levy in to the county by September 15, 2001. He stated the levy could go down, but could not go up once this preliminary levy was approved. He noted that in looking at the material from the Department of Revenue, the implicit price deflator used in setting the limit was 3.36% rather than the 2.8% in previous levy discussions. He added the city received HACA funds from two sources: primarily state aid certified HACA, and in the form of manufactured home HACA to a limited extent. He stated the city was trying to restore the lost HACA funds from manufactured homes HACA and the certified HACA funds from the Department of Revenue. He noted the city never receives 100% of the levy so they use a delinquency factor. He added he recommended the city council consider an 8.69% increase over the certified 2001 amount. He stated the city would still be under the levy limitation. He noted this compared to earlier discussion of a levy increase of 7.5%. He added he did a quick telephone survey of the neighboring communities. He stated Arden Hills and Maplewood were relatively low. Councilmember Grant asked if those amounts had been approved. Mr. Post responded the amounts listed were what the finance directors were using in their latest submission to their council. He stated they were preliminary. Councilmember Aplikowski asked what the maximum amount of the levy could be. Mr. Post responded the maximum city levy increase could be 12.8 percent. Councilmember Aplikowski stated it would be nice to publicize that. MOTION: Councilmember Larson moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve Resolution 01-16. The motion carried unanimously (5-0).