Minutes - Council Work Session - 08/18/2008

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION CITY.OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Monday, August 18,2008, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Thomas Gamec Councilmember John Dehen (arrived at 5:50 p.m.) Councilmember David Jeffrey (arrived at 6:18 p.m.) Councilmember Matt Look Councilmember Mary Jo Olson Councilmember Sarah Strommen (arrived at 5:46 p.m.) Members Absent: Councilmember David Elvig Also Present: City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich Finance Officer Diana Lund Police Chief James Way Human Resources Manager Givonna Reed Kone IT Manager Dean Busch Captain Tim Dwyer CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gamec called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:40 p.m. APPROVE AGENDA The agenda was approved as submitted. COUNCIL TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1) 2009 General Fund Budget Human Resources Manager Kone' stated that she had put together a packet highlighting the Administrative Services portion of the budget discussion. She noted that the budget summary does not include capital expenses or staff dollars. She stated that the proposed 2009 budget is down about $28,798 from 2008. She stated that there is an increase in the proposed IT budget for 2009 of about 5%, which translates to about $11,000. She stated that there is an increase in $6,600 from contracts with JB Edwards. She stated that they decided to make the amount paid by cities more equitable which is why this amount has increased. Finance Officer Diana Lund stated that she has gotten additional information and this increase will actually be around $1,300. City Council Work Session / Monday, August 18,2008 Page 1 of 12