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included contracting in the proposed budget for the additional street sweeping in order to <br />determine the. cost effectiveness of potentially adding another sweeper. Also included in <br />the budgei is to continue renting the skid steer loader on an as-needed basis. <br /> <br />Mr. Schroeder stated that if the contracting out for snow plowing and street sweeping is <br />authorized, it would allow for a study to be made to determine if it is cost effective or not. <br /> <br />Cash Flow Analysis: <br /> <br />Finance Officer Hart included cash flow projections for Municipal State Aid Funds, Tax <br /> Landfill Funds and the Public Fund <br />Increment <br /> Financing <br /> Districts, <br /> Improvement <br /> Revolving <br />(PIR). She stated that the City has some extra General Obligation Debt Service funds and <br />she feels it is vital to funnel these funds into the PIR fund for future use in funding the <br />City's share of the street maintenance fund. Street maintenance has not been budgeted for <br />in the past but Staff is proposing to budget for it using only interest from these funds. <br />Some of the street projects have been pushed back to allow for funding with interest only. <br /> <br />Discussi,o.,n ensued regarding the tax capacity rate. Ms. Hart explained that other <br />commumfles are up to about the 18% capacity rate and Ramsey is at about 15%. She stated <br />if the City- levies too little, they "could get burned" with regard to aid, and suggested being <br />more aggressive. <br /> <br />Councilmember Beyer stated she would like to see the City levy as high as it can and added <br />that the time to be conservative is past. <br /> <br />Ms. Hart stated that the cities that levied to the limit in previous years are getting what they <br />need now for even more than they need; whereas the cities who were conservative are not <br />getting the same. <br /> <br />Councilm~mber Beyer stated she would like to see the limit as high as possible to allow for <br />the two full-time sworn Police Officers and the Community Service Officer that were <br />requested. <br /> <br />Councilmomber Zimmerman stated he is comfortable with a 9.69% increase. <br /> <br />Councilmomber Hardin stated he can see both sides of the argument but added he is not real <br />excited about a 9.69% increase as that would be a real surprise to most of the residents. He <br />felt CounOfl has to be able to justify the spending to the residents. He felt they need to <br />know what fire tracks and police officers cost and also what it costs to maintain these <br />employees' and equipment past the first year. He suggested the Fire Department could look <br />for a more-reasonable tanker truck. <br /> <br />Councilmember Beyer stated that she doesn't think anyone who's house is on fire will feel <br />that $88,000 was too expensive to spend on a tanker truck for the Fire Department. <br /> <br />Councilmomber Hardin stated Council has to be ready to explain these figures to the people <br />who are present on December 1, 1993 when the budget is adopted. <br /> <br />Councilmcmber Zimmerman stated people need to be provided with adequate fire and <br />police protection and with more people moving into the City, the need for protection <br />increases. <br /> <br /> stated <br />Coun~ilmember Hardin he feels a lot of the people will be here to complain about the <br />increase. <br /> <br /> Budget Meeting/September 13, 1993 <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br /> <br />