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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 4, 2017 Page 3 Chief Deputy Fraiser responded that there were protocols in place for those agen- cies actively sanctioned to assist with the NFL event through the JPA's, with a structure in place for agreed-upon funding to address straight time and overtime pay rates that would average out with the varying labor contracts in those com- munities. Chief Deputy Fraiser advised that, if the City of Roseville's law en- forcement community was called into action, that mechanism would be available to make the department whole for expenses. Mayor Roe thanked Chief Deputy Fraiser for attending tonight and for his report. Recess Due to technical difficulties, Mayor Roe briefly recessed the meeting at approximately 6:33 p.m., and reconvened at approximately6:34 p.m. b. Hearing to Solicit Public Comment on the 2018 Budget and Tax Levy Mayor Roe introduced this annual presentation and recognized Finance Director Chris Miller for a brief presentation prior to public input. For the benefit of the listening public, Mayor Roe clarified several aspects of the presentation, including average impacts for single-family homes in Roseville based on Ramsey County Assessor valuations; with individual properties obvious- ly experiencing different impacts within that range. Mayor Roe also clarified that average usage of water per individual households would also vary based on water usage, with the water and sewer rates based on usage of approximately 5,000 gal- lons of water per month for the average single-family home in Roseville. Mayor Roe also attempted to clarify some of the terminology frequently used in the budget and levy process, with the city's budget based on all proposed spend- ing in 2018 as one portion, with tax levy funds accounting for a certain portion of the budget, and utility fees funding another significant portion of the budget, with the smaller balance funded from other resources. Mayor Roe noted that the pro- posed not-to-exceed levy adopted preliminarily in September of 2017 was set at 6.4%; but because of the way the tax base has shifted since then with value in- creases focused on residential rather than commercial properties, the actual im- pact to the average taxpayer had been reduced to an average of a 2.8% increase for 2018. When factoring in utility rate changes, Mayor Roe advised that the im- pact to that same average valued, single-family home was approximately a 3% in- crease in city property taxes and utility fees combined from 2017 to 2018 as cur- rently proposed. Regarding peer city utility cost comparisons displayed during Finance Director Miller's presentation, Councilmember Laliberte asked the variables of some, in- cluding that the City of Roseville didn't assess property owners for water or sewer main replacements as was the case in some of those peer comparison cities.