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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 13,2015 Page 2 13. Budget Items 14. Business Items (Action Items) 15. Business Items—Presentations/Discussions a. Receive the 2016 City Manager Recommended Budget Additional budget comments received from residents after distribution of the meeting materials were provided as a bench handout, and made part of attach- ments to the staff report detailing the 2016 City Manager Recommended Budget dated July 13, 2015. City Manager Patrick Trudgeon presented broad highlights of the 2016 City Man- ager Recommended Budget, providing a copy of the presentation slides as part of the staff report. Mr. Trudgeon advised that his priorities in this budget are to con- tinue the level of and quality of services for residents, and to provide a context from which the City Council can make decisions on the not-to-exceed preliminary levy on September 14, 2015. Mr. Trudgeon advised that he and staff had refer- enced community aspirations, the most recent community survey, and public in- put to-date in developing 2016 budget goals. As detailed in the staff report and presentation slides, City Manager Trudgeon re- viewed budge priorities; a breakdown of non-property and property tax expendi- tures and percentages impacting the levy in addition to fees and other revenue sources beyond the levy itself; and how they differentiated. In an effort to further clarify Mayor Roe noted that the presentation includes ref- erences to both expenditures and to the revenues that support those expenditures. Thus, there are references both to how much the projected spending will increase or decrease relative to this year's budget, but also how much different revenue sources will increase or decrease, and that the percentages are not always the same as a result of whether they refer to spending levels or revenues. City Manager Trudgeon noted the 2016 non-property tax-supported budget is pro- jected at $23,367,130, a decrease based on fewer capital expenditures from sani- tary sewer and stormwater funds, which occurred cyclically and the breakdown shown on the graph presentations. Mayor Roe noted these expenditures went beyond maintenance, with payments for charges included to the Metropolitan Council for water and sanitary sewer charges. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, City Manager Trudgeon confirmed that the water/sanitary sewer fees also impacted the City's residents and business- es.