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229 230 231 Financial Support for NewTrax's Roseville Area Circulator 232 At the August 11 meeting, the City Council received a presentation from Scott Olson of NewTrax 233 regarding their circulator transportation service loop that provides rides for seniors to various 234 destinations in Roseville and the surrounding area. This service was in operation previously in 2018 and 235 2019, and has recently been restarted. Mr. Olson asked for financial support from the City to assist in 236 the running of the program. Mr. Olson has provided a letter with further details of their operation and 237 their request. Mr. Olson also provides information about the differences between Met Council's Micro 238 Transit service and NewTrax's service. If the City Council wishes to provide NewTrax funding for 2026, 239 staff would propose the use of levy funds. It is expected that the City will close to its minimum reserve 240 level for the General Fund at the end of the year and staff would not advise the City Council to use 241 reserve funds to pay for the costs of NewTrax. It should be noted that all the information contained in 242 this RCA and the budget and levy impacts and resolutions do not include the appropriation for 243 NewTrax. The resolutions would need to be adjusted accordingly if funding is approved. 244 245 Order for Consideration of 2026 Budgets and Levies 246 As there is a lot of information to be considered and actions that will need to be taken at the December 8 247 City Council meeting, staff would suggest the budget and levy items be handled as follows: 248 Staff presentation of the 2026 budget and levy information and information about the franchise 249 fees 250 City Council asks questions to staff regarding the 2026 budget and levy and franchise fees 251 Reopen the continued public hearing 252 City Council/Staff respond to questions raised as part of the Public Hearing 253 City Council discussion and deliberation of the 2026 Budget and Levy and the use of Franchise 254 Fees 255 Council consideration of: 256 o Budget resolution 257 o City Tax Levy Resolution 258 o EDA Tax Levy Resolution 259 o Franchise Fee (Electric and Gas) Ordinances and Ordinance Summaries 260 261 262 Policy Objectives 263 The public hearing provides an opportunity for Roseville taxpayers to directly comment on priorities and 264 costs contained in the proposed 2026 City Budget. The 2026 Budget provides the resources for the City 265 Council and City Staff to provide services and programs to the residents of Roseville. 266 Page 9 of 10 Qbhf!23!pg!472