2019-09-25 CC Minutes - Approved

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City of Centerville Council Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 that the base fee for sewer Collection rate is charged at the established rate multiplied by the number of SAC units determined by Met. Council. He stated that on the water side for billing no such multiplication is made. He also stated that the fee schedule for sewer clearly states that the collection rate is to be charged at $39.69/SAC Unit and the Water System Management Rate does not indicate either a per REU or SAC Unit. He stated that a commercial business with multiple SAC units pays the same base rate (Water System Management Fee) as a much smaller business with only one SAC unit. He stated that he felt that a large business with high demand for water and fire protection should pay the base rate multiplied by the number of SAC Units/REUs and was proposing that Council consider this change during its annual Fee Schedule Ordinance Adoption. Motion by Council Member Montain, seconded by Council Member Love to Adopt Changes to the Fee Schedule Associated with a Water System Management Fee for Commercial Accounts Base Rate and Fire Connection Fee as Presented with an Additional Reading as Needed. All in favor. Motion carried. Lengthy discussion was had regarding larger accounts such as Centennial School District and the Church of St. Genevieve and how multiplying numerous REU/WAC units by the base fee would affect them, that a fee calculation be based off of 2+ for those that exceed two units, doubling someone’s bill seemed inappropriate, and surveying other cities regarding this item. 3. Res. #19-0XX – Adopt Preliminary Budget Mayor Paar stated that staff and Council have been working diligently for the past five (5) months on a 2020 Preliminary Budget along with the Public Safety entities (CLPD/CFD). He stated that all have attempted to keep budgets low while providing adequate services. Administrator Statz stated that the Parks & Recreation Committee along with the Economic Development Authority also submitted budgets that were contained in the City’s portion. Finance Director DeJong stated that in adopting the resolution setting the preliminary 2020 budget is inclusive of four (4) different items setting a preliminary general fund budget with revenues and expenditures totaling $2,729,183 and laying out the levies sent to Anoka County for inclusion Truth and Taxation. He stated that it was a two (2) step process as at the beginning of the year all of the assessing work was completed which derived an assessed value to all homes and now (Truth in Taxation) the City’s Preliminary Budget/Tax Levy will be applied to that assessed value. He stated that residents would be receiving their Truth in Taxation Notices at the end of November which will show them their taxes for the upcoming year and tell them about the City’s Truth in Taxation Hearing based on City of Centerville, Anoka County, the Centennial School District and other districts. He stated that the levies for this year would be $2,310,695 for the General Fund, $457,263 for Debt Service for Bonds so the total levy is $2,767,958 which is a 2.24% increase from the previous year’s levy. This does not mean that everyone will experience this increase because it is based on property value. He also stated that several funds that were not levied ($263,756) for due to funds being available from the debt service fund to pay them off when due and saving taxpayers. Page 6 of 9