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Finance Commission Minutes <br />August 13, 2019 <br />Page 6 of <br /> 9 <br />Mr. Brokke indicated there is a $78,000 annual budget for disease and hazardous tree for that <br />program and is not all full tree replacement. The city does as much as it can in house but some <br />of the bigger stuff is hired out. <br />Commissioner Sagisser asked if the State Grant money does show up would the plan be to <br />accelerate this or to reduce need. <br />Mr. Brokke thought that would depend on the proposals that the city would get and would <br />replace some of the monies the Parks and Recreation would get. <br />Commissioner Lee thought the Commission has exhausted all possible questions for the Parks <br />and Recreation Commission and should take some time to ponder this and move onto other items <br />on the agenda. <br />Chair Hodder agreed and suggested this matter be discussed in September with some <br />recommendations that the Commission sees fit. <br />Receive An Historical Review of the City’s Property Tax Levy & Budget <br />Finance Director Miller reviewed the city’s property tax levy & budget history with the <br />Commission. He indicated tax rates have been going up and have outpaced inflation. What has <br />been driving that has been some of the city’s capital investments and other operations-based <br />decisions the city has had to make as well. <br />Chair Hodder thought this was a great overview and does help frame and tee off the discussion <br />for the City Manager’s recommended budget item. <br />Discuss Recommendations on the 2020 City Manager Recommended Budget and Tax Levy <br />Finance Director Miller reviewed the 2020 City Manager recommended Budget and Tax Levy <br />with the Commission. <br />Chair Hodder asked if there are police incident numbers for 2018. <br />Mr. Miller thought it was around this time that the stats do come out but have not heard from the <br />Police Department if those numbers have been published. <br />Commissioner Harold noted regarding the stopping of the use of General Fund reserves to <br />balance the budget, he thought this Commission had been making that recommendation for <br />awhile but he thought two or three years ago the Finance Commission recommended a more <br />gradual approach and he thought this recommended budget illustrates the benefit of doing a <br />gradual approach. The city is looking at a substantial increase in the levy while at the same time <br />coming off of a reliance Cash Reserves and based on the most recent numbers seen he <br /> <br />