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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 />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,2004,4:45 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 order at 4:45 p.m. <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Aplikowski, Councilmembers: Gregg Larson, David Grant, Brenda Holden, <br />Lois Rem <br /> <br />Absent: None <br /> <br />Staff present: City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Finance Director, Murtuza Siddiqui; <br />Operations & Maintenance Director, Thomas 1. Moore; Assistant to the City Administrator, <br />Schawn Johnson; Community Development Director, Scott Clark <br /> <br />Others present: Steve McDonald, Abdo, Eick, and Meyers; Bob Sundberg, Mounds View <br />School District; Dan Hoveman, Assistant Superintendent Mounds View School District <br /> <br />Utility Rate Study <br />Mr. Steve McDonald (Abdo, Eick, and Meyers) presented the City Council with an overview of <br />the utility rate study. Currently, the enterprise funds for the City are breaking even from an <br />operational stand point. These projections do not take into consideration future road <br />maintenance and street reconstruction projects. According to the City's Finance Director, the <br />existing rate structure is not adequate and will not be able to accommodate future maintenance <br />projects pertaining to the water, sewer, and storm water infrastructure. <br /> <br />The utility rate study reviewed the City's current utility rates, projected revenues, and <br />expenditure. This information was compared to eleven other communities in the metropolitan <br />area. If the rates are implemented per the report, Mr. McDonald reported that on average an <br />Arden Hills resident that uses 15,000 gallons of water per quarter (during the winter months) <br />would see an increase of $22.74 on their quarterly water bill. A commercial water account that <br />uses 120,000 gallons per quarter would see a rate increase of $182.20 per month. <br /> <br />At this time, the City of Arden Hills is considered in the middle of the pack when comparing our <br />water fates to other neighboring communities. The City's water funds are projected to be in a <br />deficit by 2008 if the current rates are left in place. The proposed water rate increase would <br />place the City towards the top of water rates for comparable communities. <br /> <br />\ \Earth \Admin\Council\Minutes\ W orksession\2004\09-20-04.doc <br />