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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 9, 2008 Page 19 College and the uneven burden that the College and the Cit of Arden Hills was Y placing on the City of Roseville's infrastructure, traffic and parking situations. Ms. McGehee opined that this was a private college that did not serve the City of Roseville, with only two students from Roseville currently at the college; and asked that the City Council look into protecting its taxpayers. Al Sands, 2612 Aldine Mr. Sands thanked City Manager Malinen for the opportunity of this hearing and to think outside the box. Mr. Sands referred to his business experience and en- couraged staff to continue to focus on the City in finding additional economies. Mr. Sands encouraged the City Council to make comparisons with other cities to determine inconsistencies; encourage more Joint Powers Agreements with other cities in areas where the City had special expertise available to market; and sug- gested possible consideration of expanding Ramsey County police services to other municipalities such as Roseville for additional and cooperative cost saving measures. Mayor Klausing encouraged citizens to feel free to provide Councilmembers with additional revenue sources and other specific ideas for the Council's further re- search and pursuit. . John Kysylyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn noted that the program referenced by Ms. McGehee was the "PI- LOT" program (Payments in Lieu of Taxes); noting that in using such a program, those parties needed to be given a seat at the table. Mr. Kysylyczyn provided a history of previous year opportunities for public comment related to the annual budget process; expressed concern in the 1.8% levy increase adopted earlier this evening, and the need to remind people of that when considering the annual tax levy and any proposed levy increases; noted the need to recognize mandatory fees as a tax, and their consideration as such as part of any levy increase rather than shielding it. Mr. Kysylyczyn further suggested the need to review the current Police Department daily practice of taking un- marked squads home and out of the community and whether this was a good value with current gasoline prices; encouraged cutting of "stupid spending," such as metal brackets on light poles for RVA banners and where such an expenditure fell in the ranking of strategic goals when there was an existing $5 million back- log in the City's park system for repairs. Mr. Kysylyczyn also questioned the continued water subsidy program to make working families subsidize senior citi- zen water bills without income guidelines in place, and whether that was a good environmental policy or whether it taught water conservation. Mr. Kysylyczyn further questioned the cost of the leaf pick up program to all taxpayers, when so few participated in the program and it was provided by other private contractors. ~'1