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Councilmember Kurak stated Bob Johnson will be providing that information to the Council <br />shortly. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund reviewed the 2003 Personnel Services requests, noting the funding <br />required would be $494,834.91 minus the cost of the Fire Marshal which is a current position. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen asked if this proposes to add 14 new employees. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund stated it is actually ten new employees since there would only be one <br />maintenance worker. She reviewed the other positions that are not new but would be additional <br />hours. She then reviewed Pages 6-9 which represents the revenue information and tax portion to <br />be levied out. Finance Officer Lund noted the special levy to make up for lost HACA and that it <br />represents $4,455,756 levy in comparison to $4,353,265 in 2002, or an increase of $102,491. <br />She stated last year they were allowed 3% for inflation but this year they are only allowing <br />.007%. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund reviewed the 2003 Building Permit section, #4205, and advised of the new <br />legislation that will impact the rules and percentages of fees that can be charged. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman explained that while the legislation has been adopted, rules have not <br />yet been provided. <br /> <br />Discussion occurred regarding the fees charged for single-family plan review compared to <br />townhome plan review. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund stated the information includes the expenditure section, broken down by <br />departments, and pointed out that the biggest change is to Public Safety, Line 220, because of the <br />fire truck. The overall expenditures are $7,631,022. She then noted the separation of <br />expenditures by object and department and the cushion included in Line 6131 for group <br />insurance in consideration of what is happening with insurance premiums. Finance Officer Lund <br />stated Line 6361 is for the fire accident which occurred last year and Line 6489 is for emergency <br />contingencies. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen asked about Page 12, Transfers to Other Funds, in the amount of <br />half a million dollars. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund stated that is for depreciation on all the capital and explained how it is <br />transferred. She noted that Page 9 shows all the transfers that are coming into that fund. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kurak asked about the Contingency Fund, and what the Debt Service payment is <br />for. <br /> <br />Finance Officer Lund stated it is for the Holbrook Addition and is in its fifth year of payments. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session/August 5, 2002 <br /> Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />