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<br />~SIMbbE <br />City Council Minutes <br />Work Session - Regular Meeting <br />June 3, 2002 <br /> <br />The City Council met on the above date with the following members 5:33 p.m. <br />present: (voting order): Kough, Klausing, Schroeder, Maschka and Roll Call <br />Kysylyczyn. Absent: none. <br /> <br />Work Session <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />Review of Regular Meeting Agenda <br /> <br />Regular Meeting <br />Agenda Review <br /> <br />No review of agenda <br /> <br />II. Additional Staff Presentations <br />A. Setting Tentative Dates for Upcoming Budget Work Budget Work Sessions <br />Sessions <br />Miller: Suggested tentative dates in July in August to <br />give staff the opportunity to inform public of topics and <br />when--maybe give comments and suggestions on where <br />they think their taxes should be next year. Each dept <br />head come in to present overview of programs and <br />services 10-15 min. presentation with opportunity for <br />Q&A and public comment. Is this a format that the <br />council would collectively like to see? <br />Kough: major improvements coming along. Would like <br />to see taxes stay as they are, not having a drastic <br />increase. 5% reduction would like to see. Don't know <br />what the legislature may have as far as local government <br />aid. Dept. Heads should be realistic to watch budget <br />closely and cut out what they don't need, so we don't <br />have to cut it ourselves. Once you establish a budget it is <br />hard to take away. Don't want to see personnel cut. <br />Kysylyczyn: would like to see a 15% reduction-- would <br />like to see the levy reduced to the point where we could <br />absorb the maximum level of the HRA. Then with the <br />increase that would come from the Public Safety Public <br />Works Building (pending approval) on top of that <br />provide a 5% reduction to the taxpayers. If a no vote on <br />