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Regular City Council Meeting <br />Monday, December 21, 2009 <br />Page 18 <br />for a total reduction in the proposed 2010 budget and levy of: $57,596. <br />Discussion included the actual reduction to households per month amounting to a few <br />cents; clarification of the motion as NOT continuing the 2009 cuts that were described in <br />the motion, but rather continuing the rest of the cuts on the list; 2009 cuts not restored for <br />2010; and those items not sustainable. <br />City Manager Malinen noted that the two Public Works cuts, Building Maintenance - <br />Prof Services: $20,000 and Engineering ROW, Erosion Control Mgmt: $20,000, have <br />already been continued into the 2010 budget, so those cuts should not in fact be included <br />in the proposed motion. <br />Councilmember Roe corrected his amendment for a total reduction of $17, 596, rather <br />than the original reduction of $57,596. <br />Roll Call <br />Ayes: Roe; Pust; and Ihlan <br />Nays: Johnson; and Klausing <br />Motion carried. <br />Amendment <br />Ihlan moved to reduce the overall budget by 2%, with staff directed to make allocations <br />as equally as possible across departments. <br />Mayor Klausing clarified if the motion was for the budget or levy; and declared the mo- <br />tion out of order as it proposed to reduce the budget, action not currently before the body. <br />Ihlan moved to reduce the overall levy made possible by the 2% across the board cut to <br />the City's overall budget. <br />Mayor Klausing noted that not all departments were subject to the General Fund levy, <br />and direction to staff would not be applicable. <br />Councilmember Pust, while not supportive of the proposed motion, and therefore not <br />seconding it, opined that it was the City Council's job to provide direction to staff on line <br />items, particularly after having reviewed and ranked each line item. <br />Mayor Klausing declared the motion failed for lack of a second. <br />Amendment <br />Ihlan moved, Pust seconded, declaring that City employee wages be frozen for the 2010 <br />budget; not just COLA but step increases as well, across all departments, with that action <br />to be revisited in 2011. <br />