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Public }-~earing 9/26/'7? PUBI.IC F.FJ P.! YG CITY OF C OU)'.TTY OF STATE OF A Public Pearing was held on September 26, 1977, at Ramsey Elementary Sc?'ool, }.usic Room, 15000 ~.~owthen. Boulevard, ~W~[, Ramsey, ~,'~innesota 55305. ?ayor C ox .c, oune ilman Gamec Couneilman F iekels on C ooncilman ~uller Councilman Eeimann Also Present: Adm. Asst. Meresop Attorney Goodrich I.~ayor Cox called the Public }~earing to order at 7:37 P..~4. l~ayor Cox led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Administrative Assistant }.!ereson presented and discussed the proposed 1978 budget to the Council. hr. Mereson explained that the increased revenue is a result of the increased local government aid based on the population increase, the Federal Revenue Sharing increase, the increase in licenses and permit fees to be collected, the park revenues and the I~TSA maintenance income. }~'iayor Co× asked if this increase of nearly one hundred thousand dollars seemed to be an awful lot. Councilman Gamee, who worked on a sub-committee with F~r. l~ereson, said he did quite a bit of figuging about it and he felt that the amount was not too out of ]_ine. Regardin,~ the Street Oepartment, Mr. }~ereson was directed to take care of selling the .1942 Street Department truck by sealed bid.. Regarding the Police Department, Councilman Gamec raised the point that, to reflect a truer picture of the budget, if one fulltime patrol officer is dropped, it will also drop the uniform and fringe benefit amounts. ~Zayor Cox indicated that he would like to see the shade tree program aimed toward reforestation, ~r. Mereson suggested that this program could do two things: 1. help people to get trees, and 2. establish and maintain a service by which people who have diseased trees to be cut or hauled can contact people who want woo~ for burning and would cut them down or haul them away. Discussion was held on the parttime position in the'Building and. Assessing Department and it was generally felt that a parttime position would not be needed. F'r. ~ereson said that in the future he woald like to see the City use a calendar process that would run from July to July, particularly on salaries for employees. The Park Department had considered hiring a consultant to help plan the property, but the subcommittee said they would like to see the Park Department do this.