Minutes - Council Work Session - 11/12/2014

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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 Tuesday, November 12, 2014, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Sarah Strommen Councilmember Randy Backous Councilmember Jill Johns Councilmember Mark Kuzma Councilmember Chris Riley Member Absent: Councilmember John LeTourneau Councilmember Jason Tossey Also Present: City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich Finance Director Diana Lund Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood Human Resources Manager Colleen Lasher City Clerk Jo Ann Thieling Community Development Director Timothy Gladhill City Engineer Bruce Westby Asst. City Administrator /Economic Development Manager Patrick Brama 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Strommen called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.01: Discussion and Review of 2015 Proposed General Fund Budget and 5 -Year Budget: 2015 -2019 Finance Director Lund reviewed the staff report, indicating the Council adopted the proposed 2015 General Fund Budget and Levy at its September 9, 2014, meeting. The City received preliminary tax capacity numbers from the County and the proposed 2015 tax capacity rate, based on preliminary levies, is 42.193 %. Staff had estimated a proposed tax capacity rate of 42.67 %. Finance Director Lund noted the General Fund budget reflects an increase of $109,633 over the preliminary budget ($10,423,759 versus $10,314,126); however, this increase does not increase the tax levy as staff is just moving the road debt from being a debt service levy to the general tax levy. This is being done because of the timing of the debt issuance not occurring until 2015. She explained the General Fund budget needs to reflect this levy change and is City Council Work Session / November 12, 2014 Page 1 of 9