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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />DRAFT <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION <br />MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2004, 7:00 P.M. <br />CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96 <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Call To Order <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski called the meeting to ordcr at 7:10 p.m. <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers: Gregg Larson, David Grant, Brenda Holden, and <br />Lois Rem. <br /> <br />Staff present: Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Finance Director, Murtuza Siddiqui; Operations <br />& Maintenance Director, Thomas J. Moore; and Community Development Director, Scott Clark. <br /> <br />Others present: Greg Brown, City EngineerlURS <br /> <br />2, Preliminarv 2005 Bud1!et <br />Murtuza Siddiqui opened up the meeting with an overvicw of the proposed preliminary budget. <br />He mentioned that staff and Council had two previous meetings to discuss budgeting <br />assumptions. He indicated that at the June 21, 2004 Work Session, Council provided a general <br />framework for staff to prepare the budget with the following assumptions: A proposed levy to be <br />between 3% and 4%; to estimate a 3% annual salary increase; to increase the health/dcntal <br />benefits contribution to $533 pcr month. <br /> <br />Mr. Siddiqui mentioned that the preliminary budget was prepared with a 3% levy increase. He <br />indicated that historically, the levy revenue is conservatively budgeted at less than 100% to take <br />in account petitions, delinquencies, and fiscal disparities. He also highlighted the items <br />mentioned below: <br /> <br />· Salary adjustments as part of COLA is budgeted at 3%. <br />. City contribution to health/dental benefits for non-bargaining staff has been incrcased to <br />$533/employee. <br />· All technology upgrades, including thc purchase of a copier has been budgeted as <br />prcviously discussed by the Council. <br />. Construction and road maintenance costs (PMP) were reviewed by staff and the Engineer <br />and have been reduced with some deferred to future years. Two projects that were <br />planned for 2005, namely repainting ofthe water tower and SCADA have been defelTed <br />pending further analysis. This reduction amounts to $710,000. $30,000 remains for <br />water tower testing. <br />. Operating costs in the amount of $82,000 have been budgcted for the new Maintenance <br />Facility. <br /> <br />\ \Earth\Admin \Council\Min utes\ W orksession\2004 \08-09-04.doc <br />