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<br />~ <br />~HILLS <br /> <br />Approved: June 9, 2008 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING <br />MAY 19, 2008 <br />5:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Stan Harpstead called to order the City <br />Council Work Session meeting at 5:08 p.m. <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Stan Harpstead; Councilmembers David Grant, Fran Holmes, <br />Brenda Holden and David McClung. <br /> <br />Absent: <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />Also present: City Administrator Ronald Moorse; Interim City Administrator Jim Willis; <br />Assistant City Administrator Noah Simon; Finance Director Sue Iverson; City Planner <br />James Lehnhoff; and Stacie Kvilvang, Elizabeth Diaz and Jonathon North, Ehlers & <br />Associates. <br /> <br />ADOPT AGENDA <br /> <br />A motion was made and seconded by the Council to approve the agenda as amended to consider <br />Item B before Item A for discussion. The motion passed. <br /> <br />1. AGENDA ITEMS <br /> <br />B. 2008 Utility Rate Study <br /> <br />Jonathon North, Ehlers & Associates, presented the City Council with information regarding <br />the sanitary sewer and water rates as found in the study completed by Ehlers & Associates. Mr. <br />North explained what the current water fees were covering, such as salaries of employees, water <br />purchased from Roseville, maintenance to the watermains, etc. He reported both the sanitary <br />sewer and water utilities have had declining cash balances since 2002-03. Mr. North explained <br />this was due to expenditure growth along with using cash for capital outlay. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden questioned what was included in the capital outlay. <br /> <br />Mr. North indicated he would have to review the line items to give an exact answer on this, but it <br />included items such as water tankers, tractor loaders and future equipment, along with water tower <br />improvements. <br />