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I I I I I '1 ! I I I I I '1 I I I I FINANCE UPDATE By: Jessie Hart, Finance Officer CASE This case is meanl to "update" the Finance Committee and City Council on events taking place in or around the Fi lance Department. Public Hearing - 1!~96 General Fund Budget The public hearing for the 1996 General Fund Budget is scheduled for Wednesday, November 29, 1995, at 7:00 1: .m. The information that will be presented at the public hearing will coincide with the maximumrlevy that was adopted and certified to Anoka County in September. The "Proposed TaJ Statements" hit the streets during the last two weeks. We have had several calls pertaining to property value increases and only one that questioned the City's increase, which also came dbwn to a value increase causing the taxes to increase more. Calls questioning property values arq being forwarded to the Anoka County Assessor's office. While I have a substantial portion of the public hearing documentation prepared, it is not complete and therefore does not accompany this agenda packet. I hope to have the information complete on Mond~ty and will have the packets delivered to each Councilmember to review prior to Wednesday's m~eting. The information i~ consistent with the recommendations made when the proposed levy was presented and adol~ted in September. There were a few other changes that impacted the numbers and those will be dbtailed in a brief memo accompanying the information. Computer System Update The hardware and ~most of the software for the new computer system has been installed and is being used by mos~ everyone. The network, which includes Mac's and PC's is operating well. There have been some glitches but most have bee~ resolved rather quickly. We are still in the process of upgrading the word processing and spread sheet programs to higher versions for the Mac's. This will make it simpler when "sharing" fil6fi between Mac's and PC's. As part of the network everyone has access to the same in-box or ma~ system so Mac's can converse with PC's and visa versa. We have ordered thee necessary modems so that within a few weeks, if not sooner, we will have at least one Mac lobated at the Public Works Facility so that they have access to the network and the in-box system. ~ We are in the process of training PC users (primarily Police and Finance) in the use of Windows and the word processing. Additional and more intense training will be an ongoing process for all users on the network. 1