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<br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that the planned rent from the MN Renaissance School is in <br />jeopardy because of mold found at the old City Hall. He reviewed the other possible expenditure <br />cuts ,that have been identified by staff. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen arrived at 5:39 p.m. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich noted that there was $47,000 in excess revenue for 2008, but <br />cautioned that this looks like this situation will be a permanent revenue reduction, so although it <br />could be used to bridge the budget gap for 2009, it would not be a long term solution for the <br />budget shortfall. He reviewed the some other possible expenditure cuts such as community <br />education; AMM; North Metro Mayors; Anoka County Mediation; and TimeSavers. He noted <br />that some of these items would not result in a savings until 2010, because there is a lag time in <br />the actual fees. He stated that there could also be cuts in out-of-state travel, department line <br />items and staff reductions. He distributed and reviewed information that Human Resources <br />Manager Kone put together with some personnel related options for reducing the budget <br />expenditures including: a soft hiring freeze; voluntary separation incentive; unpaid leave; <br />voluntary schedule reduction; mandatory schedule reduction; reduce contracte~ expenses; job <br />sharing/reassignments; 2010 wage freeze; restrict or eliminate overtime and comp time; and <br />layoffs. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig asked for more information on where overtime is occurring. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that it is in areas such as snowplowing, because there have been <br />more snowstorms, or police, for example, if there is an arrest at the end of their shift. <br /> <br />Police Chief Way stated there is some money that is brought back in for special events like the <br />Game Fair. He stated that court costs are a large portion of the overtime costs, as well as some <br />training situations, sick calls or arrests made at the end of shifts. He stated that he thinks about <br />$83,000 of the total overtime costs are from the police department. He stated that he has a <br />breakdown of exactly where all the overtime occurred, but he doesn't have it with him tonight. <br /> <br />Councilmember Jeffrey stated that this would be good information to know because some of the <br />overtime costs are offset by the events Where money is brought in. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich noted that he will get that information to the Council. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that right now the City is just trying to cover the market value homestead <br />credit loss of $400,000. He asked about information on what the City will take in for 2009 and <br />the valuation.amounts from the County. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund stated that the valuation is just an estimate at this time. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey stated that he just wanted to make sure that the Council is talking about the <br />budget issues before us right now and not talking about year-end information for the 2010 budget <br />cycle. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / February 3, 2009 <br />Page 2 of 15 <br />