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The Council supported including both the 2014 and 2015 tax capacity rates in the presentation <br />and to show the 2015 information first. <br />Finance Director Lund asked the Council if there was any other information they would like <br />added to the presentation. <br />Mayor Strommen stated the newsletter article addressed the tax rate, value of home, and taxes <br />paid last year with the City tax portion labeled. <br />Finance Director Lund stated that slide reflected City tax only because she did not have the other <br />numbers. <br />Mayor Strommen asked staff to make sure that is clear during the presentation. <br />Councilmember Riley asked if the presentation could describe why the levy went up $700,000. <br />Councilmember Backous suggested that information be included in an executive summary. <br />Finance Director Lund displayed a pie chart including that information and stated she will <br />include an additional breakout to make that explanation. <br />Mayor Strommen reported the City received a request from Family Promise of Anoka County to <br />support their work of providing temporary housing and shelter for families in Anoka County <br />without homes. Mayor Strommen stated she forwarded that request to City Administrator Ulrich <br />for review. <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated he will contact Blaine and Coon Rapids about their process as <br />they received the same funding request from Family Promise of Anoka County. He stated <br />Anoka County denied a CDBG request by this group so they are making a funding request of the <br />three cities. City Administrator Ulrich stated it is now late in the budgeting process and since <br />this is a Countywide issue, he will contact Anoka County about whether it would accept a <br />request relating to use of the City's CDBG funds. <br />Finance Director Lund presented the five -year budget 2015 -2019 that had been prepared based <br />on assumptions, past history, the proposed 2015 budget, road reconstruction funding, inflationary <br />factors, and capital equipment needs. She stated it contains a 2% COLA, which is conservative, <br />and a 5% health insurance increase since the City may go to a cafeteria plan. Finance Director <br />Lund stated there are still many questions with the Affordable Health Plan. She stated with <br />PERA, the Police Department went to 16.2% and the others increased to 7.5 %. For road <br />reconstruction, it uses an average of $2.2 million per year and issuing road reconstruction bonds <br />because 20% assessments are required for bonding. She noted because of that, and to gain a <br />constant rate, the debt may have to be pushed out several years. <br />Finance Director Lund stated additional assumptions are that The COR proceeds (based on the <br />Ehlers study) will be used starting in 2019 to finance road reconstruction. Bonded debt will be <br />for a 15 -year term, building permits (for 5 -year budget), will remain constant, and the HRA fund <br />City Council Work Session / November 12, 2014 <br />Page 3 of 9 <br />