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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />Approved: <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />JUNE 12, 2006; 9:07 P.M. <br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski called the meeting to order at 9:07 p,m, <br /> <br />Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Aplikowski, Council members David Grant, Brenda Holdcn, and <br />Gregg Larson, <br /> <br />Absent: <br /> <br />Councilmemher Vincent Pellegrin (cxcused), <br /> <br />Staff Present: City Administrator, Michelle Wolfe; Chief Finance Officcr/Trcasurer, <br />Murtuza Siddiqui; Community Development Director, Karen Barton; Fire Chief, Tim <br />Boehlke; Assistant Fire Chief, Ralph Adair; and Rccording Secretary, Kathleen Altman. <br /> <br />LAKE JOHANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL BUDGET FINANCING <br /> <br />Ms. Wolfe stated the Lake Johanna Fire Department (LJFD) Board of Directors met on May 31, <br />2006. Onc of the main discussion points was capital equipment financing. Last year a ncw <br />fonnula was adoptcd for thc LJFD operating budget expenses. In the 2006 budgct, operating <br />expenses were based on the new formula. <br /> <br />The Fire Board was now considering a proposal to apply the new operating budget formula to <br />capital equipment purchases, (Station maintenance and repairs would remain under the current <br />formula outlined in staff's report.) There were many reasons for considering this change: <br /> <br />. Thc current process for funding capital equipment is inconsistent, difficult to understand, <br />and difficult to explain, <br />. It was very difficult to document how much each City had contributed to equipment <br />purchases in thc past <br />. Thc current system subjects member cities to large ebbs and flows in capital spending <br />fi'om year to year, dcpcnding on whethcr or not a largc piece of equipment needed to be <br />funded. <br />