Agenda - Council Work Session - 10/13/2015

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CC Work Session Meeting Date: 10/13/2015 Information Title: Confirm Council Direction for the Ramsey Resident in 2016 Purpose/Background: 2.2. As part of the preliminary 2016 budget for the City of Ramsey, an increase of about $16,000 was made to the Ramsey Resident line item. Said increase in budget would allow the City to return back to six full-size color issues of the Ramsey Resident (see table below). Staff brought forward this potential change as a result of feedback from the City's bi-annual resident survey. Please see attached survey results, page 10. In summary, the Ramsey Resident is the highest rated source of information for our citizens. 2012 2013-2015 2016 full size color issues 4 short black/ white issues 2 Total issues 6 PURPOSE: Confirm Council direction to move forward with six full size, color, issues for the 2016 Ramsey Resident. Why? Planning/ coordination/ ad sales/ writing articles for the 2016 January/February Ramsey Resident will take place BEFORE final adoption of the 2016 budget/ levy for the City. If the Council does not move forward with six full-sized, color issues as part of the 2016 budget/ levy --the January/February Ramsey Resident will remain black/ white (which will drastically change coordination for staff). As a result of the conflicting timelines, Staff would request Council direction on this item now. The Council can defer this decision until final budget approval in December and implement the full-sized version later in the year. That is, the January -February version would go out as a short black & white issue. Timeframe: 10 minutes or less Funding Source: 2016 General Fund Responsible Party(ies): Patrick Brama, Nichole Wenberg, Kathy Schmitz Outcome: Confirm Council Direction on Ramsey Resident in 2016 Attachments No files) attached.