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I I I I I I I I Councilmember Van Wagner noted that Ramsey's budget proposes to spend money on an airport that does not benefit everyone in the City. Mr. Hadley stated that the community school program benefits Ramsey -- that out of city participants of the program are impressed by what Ramsey has to offer. Councilmember Reimann stated that the community school program is an extra and it should pay for itself. Case ~12: Minnesota Waste Management Board: Councilmember Schlueter stated that she has been appointed to the Processing Area Task Force for Waste Management having to do with cities who are on the list of preferred site areas. Councilmember Schlueter requested from the other Councilmembers their input regarding C~apter 10 of the Draft ~azardous Waste Management Report dated August 1, 1983 and the Report on Mitigation and Compensation dated Feb~,a~y 15, 1983. Councilmember Schlueter stated that she would like Council's input by September 20, 1983, she will then prepare a draft from that input for Council's review on September 27, 1983 , and that draft will be sul~nitted as Ramsey's input at a meeting scheduled for September 29, 1983 dealing with Chapter 10 and Compensation and Mitigation. I I I I Case #13: Council Review Of The 1984 Proposed Annual C~erational Budget: Councilmember Van Wagner stated that she and City Accountant Moen'attended a levy limits seminar an~met~0~ availabl~~tolci~i~s~for~financi.~g~certain item's were discussed. One of the methods is a certificate of indebtedness, A statutory city is allowed to borrow up to 1% over it's assessed'valuation and a charter city is allowed to borrow up to 1/10% ove~ it's assessed valuation. Councilmember Van Wagner stated that if Ramsey were a charter city, Bamsey would not be able to go to a computer system at this time without going to a special vote of the people. Ramsey has been geared'to go to a computer system in order to keep the required amount of personnel to a minimum. Dick Sieber - Stated that he was of the understanding that a charter could set the percentage limit for a certificate of indebtedness and if that is not true, then someone should approach the Charter Commission with this information. Mr. Schnelle stated that when the finance portion of the Charter is written, this issue can be covered at that time. Mr. Sieber suggested that this issue be brought up at the Charter'public hearing scheduled for September 28, !983. Mr. Schnelle stated that finance is too involved to be discussed at a public hearing, that when the finance portion of the charter is being written, the Commission should invite input from persons who have expertise in the'area of financing in order to be sure that the charter does not take away the City's competitiveness. Sp C/September 13,' !983' Page 13 of 15