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increase to the budget is in regard to personnel, specifically new positions added and additional <br />hours added to certain positions. <br />Mayor Strommen noted that the Comprehensive Trail Plan should be listed as the Recreation <br />Plan. <br />Finance Director Lund continued to review the proposed budget information providing <br />comparison information for the proposed 2016 budget to the 2015 budget, noting that the debt <br />service is increasing by approximately $290,000. She also briefly reviewed highlights in regard <br />to donations for certain programs. <br />Mayor Strommen stated that perhaps a work session topic could be scheduled to discuss some of <br />the programs the City supports through donations to review the services that are available and <br />have a more policy -based discussion to better determine the role of the City. <br />City Administrator. Ulrich stated that typically the City provides support to those organizations <br />with a direct link to services, such as Alexandria House and Youth First, which'help the police <br />staff to better do their job. <br />Finance Director Lund highlighted the five-year staffing plan that staff developed in response to <br />the Council comments that begins in 2016, noting that three positions are proposed to be added <br />and two additional positions are proposed to have additional hours. <br />Human Resources Manager Lasher reviewed the additional positions proposed to be added to the <br />budget each year for the next five-year period. <br />City Administrator Ulrich referenced specifically the three positions proposed to be added to the <br />budget in 2016 and asked the appropriate staff member to provide detail on the position proposed <br />to be added to their department. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill provided information on the Code Enforcement <br />Coordinator, which is a new position for the department, and would handle duties such as public <br />nuisance, building and property maintenance, and zoning code items. <br />Councilmember Riley asked if this position would change the system from complaint driven or <br />whether staff would still wait for issues to be reported. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill stated that the system would remain as a complaint <br />based system, as a different staffing level would be needed to move to a proactive based system. <br />He stated that as the position moves along there could be more proactive efforts on certain <br />corridors. <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that while this position will help staff keep up with the <br />complaint -based issues reported, it will also be critical in identifying issues in certain corridors, <br />such as the highways, helping the City to address image issues. He stated that this position will <br />also help other staff in that department to more appropriately use their skills. <br />City Council Work Session / August 25, 2015 <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />