Agenda - Council - 07/26/1983 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I TO: FROM: RE: Mayor and Councilmembers City Administrator Staff Report Finance - The following is hereby submitted on this item: a) b) Capital Improvement Program Budgeting (CIPB) - We had Mr. Jim Barton from the Metro Council Staff put on a workshop for City officials on July 19, 1983 at the ~amsey Municipal Center. We had represen~a.tives from Council, Planning and Zoning and Park and Rec pm~§ent for this workshop on preparing a CIPB. · The purpose of it was to. acquaint City officials with the CIPB. As soon as we complete the City'~ operational budget we will commence on~he.~I.PB. Cash Flow Report for June 1983 - This is being submitted as a case in the agenda and our City Accountant will be available to answer any questions. c) Quarterly Revenue and Expenditure Report for June 1983 - This is also being submitted as a case to the.agenda. d) Budget Adjustments to 1983 Operational Budget - This is also in the Council agenda for Council action. 2) Personnel - The new accounting clerk has been working for approximately four weeks and it has really made a big difference in the administrative section and Police Department as to the flow of work. As an example, we have been able to assign one person to bring our central filing system up to date and this project will be done in about another month. This one project has been in abeyance for five years. In the accounting area, the City Accountant will notice the affects in about six months. The City of Ramsey is really changing a lot. It seems that the people just never stop wanting the City services they enjoyed when they lived in Robbins- da.le, Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center. It is these demands that create government costs. 3) Xerox Equipment - We just updated our Xerox equipment with no additional cost to the City. However, we have increased the productivity, as the new equipment does not require someone to feed the material into it as it is automatically fed. The equipment will reduce and enlarge documents. 4) Metro Council - After the workshop on the CIPB, I had a very interesting conversation with Mr. Jim Barton. He was telling me that Mr. Jerry Isaacs is extremely interested in economic development. It appears that we should be meeting with them as Mr. Barton stated that Mr. Isaacs really wants to push small business development here in the Metro area.