Agenda - Council - 07/23/1985 - Laserfiche WebLink

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The Ramsey Planning Commission is currently working on a major undertaking - revamping the zoning and subdivision chapters of the City Code. The City Council will be receiving a draft of these revised chapters in the near future. In addition, the Planning Cxmmission is responsible for reviewing all requests for platting, subdividing, conditional use permits and rezoning. The Ramsey Park and Recreation CXml~ission is currently completing a lighting study for the soccer and softball field at Central Park. This Commission also plans for other park improvements. The Ramsey Economic Develo~ent Commission is concentrating on assisting and enoouraging the expansion of businesses located in Ramsay as well as encouraging new bus. inesses to locate in Ramsey. The Ramsey Airport CommisSion is overseeing the develo~ent of the Airport Master Plan that I mentioned earlier. City_ Accomplis~nts 1) Long Term Financial Plan: The City's Long Term Financial Plan was completed as required by the City Charter. This Plan requires an extensive layout of the City's plans for spending tax dollars and other revenues that the City receives' during its fiscal year. It further requires the City to establish expenditure plans for the next five years. 2) 1985 Operational Budget: This document is very comprehensive and fully explains the City's Operations for 1985. Both are unabridged versions with full detail and an abridged version is also available for public review. I I I I I I I 3) 1984 City Audit (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Year Ended December 31, 1984): The City of Ramsey is one of the few cities that prepares its own Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. An independent audit firm reviews this report and renders an opinion on it. It should be noted that the City also suhnitS this report to 'the Government Finance Officers Association for review. For the past three years, the City has received the-Certificate of f~nformance-for---fi-nahciaI .................. reporting. ]his is the highest award a city can receive for the maintenance of its financial syst~n. Please r~te that copies of all these documents are available for public review at the City Hall or Anoka County Library. In addition, copies of these documents can be purchased at City Hall. I would request that residents review these documents since they provide significant insight-into-theCity!s cur-rent-operations and future plans. 4) The City of Ramsey received an upgrade in its bond rating from Moody's Investment firm of New York City in early 1985. The Cities bond rating was improved from Baa-1 to A-1. It is quite unique that a ten year old developing suburb like Ramsey I I -3-