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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, <br />at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Members Present: <br />Also Present: <br />Mayor Sarah Strommen <br />Councilmember Jill Johns <br />Councilmember Mark Kuzma <br />Councilmember John LeTourneau <br />Councilmember Chris Riley <br />Councilmember Melody Shryock <br />City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich <br />Finance Director Diana Lund <br />Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood <br />Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer <br />Asst. City Administrator/Economic Development Manager Patrick Brama <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Strommen called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:31 p.m. <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />2.01: Debt Review Continued <br />Finance Director Lund reviewed the staff report. <br />Councilmember Kuzma referenced residents that paid their assessment in full in the past few <br />years and asked how that would be handled. <br />Finance Director Lund explained how the franchise fees would be rebated for those that have <br />assessments outstanding or that have been paid in full prior to the implementation of franchise <br />fees. <br />Councilmember Riley referenced the assessments that had been paid in full already. He stated <br />that may be difficult for those that had paid $6,600 in assessments to have approximately $800 <br />refunded. He believed that there should be more fairness. <br />Mayor Strommen acknowledged the comments but noted that there will always be a situation in <br />which someone paid in and did not get the benefit or did not pay and did receive the benefit. She <br />stated that you will get stuck attempting to make everyone full. <br />City Council Work Session / April 24, 2018 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />