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Councilmember Heineman asked if the resident is actually living in the house or in any of the other structures on the property. Zoning Code Enforcement Officer Raines answered that staff asked that question during an inspection because the other structures were full of items and there is no way he could be living in any of those structures. Building Official Szykulski stated the resident was invited to the meeting but staff did not receive a confirmation that he would attend. Mayor Kuzma thanked staff for the update. 3. TOPICS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION 3.01: Review Future Topics/ Calendar City Administrator Ulrich added the next work session will include budget discussions. Councilmember Musgrove noted the November 9, 2021, meeting topics includes discussion of the 10-year Capital Improvements Projects (CIP) but she thinks it would be helpful to have that information prior to budget discussions. She noted there is a CIP to look at but there have been changes so she wanted to bring it up to get feedback. City Administrator Ulrich answered the CIP would be presented for additional discussion prior to the budget in that case. He noted the levy for next year is only impacted by the first year of the CIP so at least for the budget, staff wants to focus on the first year, what the impacts are, and then take a look at the long term. Councilmember Musgrove asked if there were significant changes to the 2022 CIP information. City Administrator Ulrich answered they made significant changes, there may be additional changes, and they could look at it during the next work session. Councilmember Musgrove stated that would be helpful for budget discussions. Councilmember Musgrove asked for information about road funding, noting the franchise fee had the $1.9 million and $50,000 for pay back of assessments. She would like to the City to keep that program going and asked where the $1.9 million fell with the levy request and reserves. Councilmember Specht noted it would be hard to know how much to rebate back if just based on the percentage of tax increase based on house value. City Administrator Ulrich commented that it is worth a discussion, that the process would have to change, and that is a policy matter whether the people assessed for roads in the last 5 years should be paying for roads for the next 20 years or should they get a portion of that assessment rebated. City Council Work Session / October 12, 2021 Page 12 of 13