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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, November 27, <br />2018, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Members Present: <br />Mayor John LeTourneau <br />Councilmember Debra Musgrove <br />Councilmember Chris Riley <br />Councilmember Melody Shryock <br />Members Absent: Councilmember Jill Johns <br />Councilmember Mark Kuzma <br />Also Present: <br />City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich <br />Finance Director Diana Lund <br />Fire Chief Matt Kohner <br />Police Chief Jeff Katers <br />Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood <br />Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer <br />Administrative Services Director Colleen Lasher <br />Community Development Director Timothy Gladhill <br />City Engineer Bruce Westby <br />Councilmember Elect Nadine Heinrich <br />Planning Commissioner Bruce Anderson <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor LeTourneau called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:34 p.m. <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />2.01: Continued Discussion of 2019 Budget and Levy <br />City Administrator Ulrich reviewed the memorandums that were included in the staff report from <br />the different departments, providing the information requested by the Council after the last <br />discussion. <br />Finance Director Lund provided final numbers for the proposed budget, which incorporates the <br />outside information the City was awaiting and shows the impact to the different home values. <br />She explained that lower priced homes are seeing an increase to their taxes payable because of <br />the increase in value, while the higher priced homes and commercial properties are seeing a <br />decrease because those property values have not increased at the same rate. <br />City Council Work Session / November 27, 2018 <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />