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of 10% and on down. With regard to setting up funds for roads - we made a good cut last yeaz <br />and hopefully we will see that things will turn and maybe we can sell some pieces of property. <br />He stated he liked the idea of paying down debt. , <br />Councilmember Dehen stated he does not have the philosophy to lower taxes and have <br />"Bumpkinville". We cannot be the lowest in taxes and maintain higher services. He wants to <br />use funds to create funds to start taking care of things in the future. <br />Councilmember Wise reiterated that Department Heads need to look at incentive programs -the <br />.City wins and the employee wins. <br />City Administrator Ulrich summarized we will continue forward looking at trying to cut costs <br />where we can -look at innovations -look at some service cuts.. . <br />Finance Officer Lund reminded the Council that we have not received any numbers from the <br />County - it will fluctuate this rate. <br />1. Development of Long-Term Budget -Focus on Park, Road & Trail Maintenance <br />2011 General Fund Budget <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated this discussion is to talk about long-term issues in budgeting <br />and how do we address some of these issues. <br />Finance Officer Lund stated this was tabled at a Finance Committee meeting to bring it to the <br />total Council for discussion. <br />Director of Public Works Olson stated that when we talked about street reconstruction, Council <br />asked about several scenarios. Staff identified needs at about $3 million annually. We know we <br />will not get to that but that's the outstanding need. Thirty-three percent of our roads were <br />constructed between 1974 and 1980. <br />Councilmember Dehen inquired where we got the money to construct the roads in the first place <br />to which Mr. Olson replied the developers. <br />Mr. Olson continued that, as Council directed, staff looked at other cities and what they have <br />done -other Charter cities. Blaine is going through pavement management -they add 100% for <br />reconstruction -they did not assess for overlays -now they are planning to assess for it. We are <br />talking about eliminating that assessment. <br />Councilmember Look asked what the cost of the typical overlay is to which Mr. Olson presented <br />a range. Mr. Olson reported there were a number of communities staff surveyed. There is only <br />one community that does not have an assessment rate at all and that's Minnetonka as they ended <br />up with an endowment of $20 to $30 million for trunk fees, etc. The interest covers the annual <br />costs. <br />City Council Work Session -June 29, 2010 <br />Page 6 of 10 <br />