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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 11, 2014 Page 9 Based on his personal review of the first seven months of the 2014 budget, Mr. Kysylyczyn noted that he had not used police or fire services, used no city streets, since he didn't live on a city street, didn't use city parks, and had no street light- ing on his street, and in using the County Road D sidewalk recently installed by the City of Roseville, he instead used the Shoreview pathway across the street. Mr. Kysylyczyn stated that the only thing he used was water and sewer, which he paid by fees, not through property taxes. When staff alluded that this property tax increase was not significant, Mr. Kysylyczyn disputed that statement, opining that it represented a significant amount for many Roseville taxpayers. When using the other services listed above, Mr. Kysylyczyn clarified that they were available to him on a consistent, 24/7 basis and he therefore expected to pay more for them; however, it was difficult for him to compare paying for the City's park system when he rarely, if ever,used it. Mr. Kysylyczyn referenced his term in municipal office for the City of Roseville, comparing General Fund levies and debt service and compared it since 2004 and the huge increases in non-voter approved debt service over that ten year period. Mr. Kysylyczyn referenced an e-mail he'd received several weeks ago regarding the City Council's discussion regarding the former bond issue for City Hall and Public Works Maintenance facilities, which had been approved by the voters, with the promise at that time by him, other elected municipal officials, and City staff that if they supported the bond issue, when paid after fifteen years, it no longer be on the tax levy and property taxes should go down. Since that was the commitment made to taxpayers, who responded and voted in favor of the bond is- sue based on those promises, Mr. Kysylyczyn cautioned the current City Council and staff to not attempt backfilling that allotted money by jacking up the General Fund and then raising taxes on top of that. Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that this was dishonest and disrespectful of the public, and current discussions were simply a marketing campaign to spin this, and was not fair, consistent or honest. Dick Houck, 1131 Roselawn Avenue Mr. Houck referenced the comments of Mr. Kysylyczyn specific to the proposal to repurpose funds originally used for building the City Hall facility, and agreed that if true, it was not an honest or transparent step to take with taxpayers. Mr. Houck opined that the City Council could lose their credibility with taxpayers, and needed to be upfront and transparent, and tell taxpayers how their money was or was not being used. Mr. Houck spoke in support of bond funds, when paid off, being used to reduce taxes by an appropriate amount. If more money was needed, Mr. Houck suggested the City Council go directly to the taxpayers and ask them rather than sneaking in a bond issue without a referendum, which he noted had re- sulted in litigation against the City. Gary Grefenberg, 91 Mid Oaks Lane