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<br />City Council Study Session - 11/15/04 <br />Minutes - Page 4 <br /> <br />former "sunset provision" of the lodging ordinance, which <br />expired in the late 1990' s, and was removed in approximately <br />1999. Mr. Kysylyczyn reviewed the original concepts for <br />creation of the RV A; and opined that the actual tax money <br />benefits realized by the lodging tax may prove to be closer to 20 <br />- 25%. Mr. Kysylyczyn questioned whether the RV A could <br />move their offices into City Hall at a fair-market rent, as an <br />option to realize more benefits. Mr. Kysylyczyn further opined <br />that the City Council was responsible for this business tax. <br /> <br />4. 2005 Budget Issues 2005 Budget Issues <br />Finance Director Chris Miller provided background information <br />to the City Council via staff memo dated November 15, 2005 <br />regarding staff s interpretation of Council directives to-date <br />related to the 2005 Budget. <br /> <br />Those directives to-date were identified as follows: <br /> <br />1. Forgo the creation of a street light utility. <br />2. Forgo the creation of a gas/electric franchise fee. <br />3. Keep the full-time Naturalist position, with a related request for <br /> staff to prepare and present a five-year business plan on the Nature <br /> Center for the 2006 Budget. <br />4. Eliminate the custodian position as of December 31, 2004, with the <br /> acknowledgement that some of the existing duties would be <br /> performed by an outside custodial service. <br />5. Eliminate one (1) maintenance position in either the Street or parks <br /> & Recreation divisions in a manner that least impacts city services <br /> overall. <br />6. Eliminate one (1) civilian position within the Police Department as <br /> of June 30, 2004. <br />7. Forgo the creation of a Training Manager position within the Fire <br /> Department. <br />8. Eliminate the $5,000 appropriate for the Council goal-setting <br /> seSSIon. <br />9. Eliminate the $35,000 appropriation for the new Skidsteer loader. <br />10. Eliminate the $4,050 appropriation for the National League of Cities <br /> Conferences. <br /> <br />Finance Director Miller noted that, with the ten items listed <br />above, in addition to the savings from revised healthcare <br />estimates, the revised 2005 Property Tax Levy would be <br />$10,689,965, a reduction of $72,050, representing a 9.5% <br />increase over 2004. <br />