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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 03, 2012 Page 17 Roll Call (Willmus Motion) Ayes: McGehee; Pust; Johnson; Willmus; and Roe. Nays: None. Johnson moved, McGehee seconded, a technical clarification and adjustment of the 2013 budget and levy to reflect $20,000 for the HRIS, with the remaining $20,000 coming from reserves. Roll Call Ayes: McGehee; Pust; Johnson; Willmus; and Roe. Nays: None. Johnson moved, McGehee seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 11028, "Reso- lution Submitting the Final Property Tax Levy on Real Estate to the Ramsey County Auditor for the Fiscal Year of 2013;" in the total amount of $17,269,826. Councilmember Pust spoke in support of the motion; recognizing her past posi- tion and votes accordingly related to the bonding without a referendum, but ad- vising that it had now become an official debt of the City and she would not op- pose this motion based on that conclusion. Councilmember McGehee concurred with Councilmember Pust. Mayor Roe spoke in support of adopting the levy as currently laid out. Specific to CIP funding needs, Mayor Roe opined that the bonding falls in line with that, and clarified that the bond funding included $2 million for pathways over the next four (4) years, as supported by the community and without funding other- wise. In additional, Mayor Roe opined that over the last few years, in addition to the CIP, this City Council had made significant cuts in operating costs and this proposed budget and levy continued to retain that status quo. Based on property tax statements from Ramsey County, Mayor Roe noted that the aver- age taxpayer would indeed see an increase with the median payers would see a $1.98 per month increase on their bill. Mayor Roe noted that, due to property values changing, impacts would be smaller than the actual dollar amount levied. Councilmember Johnson concurred with the comments of Mayor Roe; and em- phasized the CIP put in place over the last two (2) years. Councilmember John- son noted repeated cautions during his first two (2) years in office by Finance Director Miller that the way the City was doing business and funding operations was not sustainable. Through working cooperatively on strategies, Coun- cilmember Johnson opined that many things had been accomplished with this budget and the bonding that would take care of infrastructure issues not taken care of in the past, including addressing the condition and status of the existing three (3) fire stations and the City's thirty (30) parks. Councilmember Johnson