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Mr. Schrocder asked if Mr. Mevissen was 100 percent sure about doing this with Andover. <br /> <br />Mr. Meviasen replied no - but that he was pretty sure it would happen as Andover is going <br />out for bids now for the sweeper. <br /> <br />Mr. $chroeder asked about the size of the area of sweeping in Rarnsey versus Andover. <br /> <br />Mr. Mevissen felt it was probably about the same size. He didn't know what their road <br />mileage is :but felt it would be pretty close to what Ramsey has. <br /> <br />Ms. McAloney stated, with regard to professional services, she is fmc with the amount for <br />comp worth but questioned where legal services is. <br /> <br />Ms. Hart stated it is covered under the legal line. <br /> <br />Ms. McAloney asked if by reducing the Building Maintenance to half, would that be <br />eliminating one-half of a position. <br /> <br />Ms. Hart replied yes, that's the way it was suggested. She added we need $1,698 to <br />balance the budget to the maximum; $35,141 to existing budget proposal; and $78,500 to <br />get to zero increase. <br /> <br />Mr. Schroeder stated if we think we will spend $235, round it up to $250. Do that for <br />several thousand items and you could come up with $100,000 or so. If you are a couple <br />percent up to the good, you are okay, if you are a couple percent over to the bad, you are <br />not okay. I have been criticized in the past for ending up with a couple thousand dollars a <br />year (not here in Ramsey). <br /> <br />Sergeant Oustafson stated if same dollar is put toward building goals and the City needs to <br />borrow less or increase taxes to do so, it's a sound practice. We could put aside and not <br />raise taxes or not have a bond issue. <br /> <br />Chief Auspos stated that once the computer is here he would be able to reduce overages in <br />his department based on past numbers. <br /> <br />Ms. Hart stated we prepare for overages to a certain extent. She talked some about the <br />reserve in, the fund balance, where the overages go, etc. Try to plan for what you think <br />your current services are going to be. <br /> <br />Chief Auspos stated that for Account Number g42206 - by cutting $50 - the Supreme Court <br />determined we should retain all our tapes for people in custody. Now we cannot use these <br />tapes over and we may have to keep witness tapes too. <br /> <br />Mr. Jankowski, with regard to the HVAC contract for the Park Center, inquired if we <br />currently take care of that. <br /> <br />Mr. Boos .replied no. It was originally submitted as a way to get by the crunch we are <br />experiencing. We will just call them when we have a problem. <br /> <br />Ms. McAloney commented that she noticed nothing was cut from Finance. <br /> <br />Ms. Hart stated she cut a position. <br /> <br />Staff Budget Meeting/November 22, 1994 <br /> Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />