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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Monday, August 8, 2022, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Acting Mayor Chris Riley Councilmember Chelsee Howell Councilmember Dan Specht Councilmember Matt Woestehoff Mayor Kuzma Councilmember Heineman Councilmember Musgrove City Administrator Brian Hagen City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Bruce Westby Finance Director Diana Lund Fire Chief Matt Kohner Police Chief Jeff Katers Administrative Services Director Colleen Lasher 1. CALL TO ORDER Acting Mayor Riley called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.01: Continued Discussion on 2023 Budget/Levies Finance Director Lund started by discussing the road options. She said that she updated the numbers to remove $750,000 from the ARPA funds so that the money can be used and it is now in the general fund. She spoke with City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby in regard to the $750,000 and believes that it is more comfortable and doable to split the $750,000 into two years. She stated that $375,000 has been added to the 2023 budget and the other $375,000 has been added to the 2024 budget. She noted $750,000 was added to the debt. She said that options one and three were chosen at the last work session. Option one adds the funds to the property tax levy each year for the next nine years, and the roads would only be able to be done to the extent of the available funds since it will be limited based on the annual levy. Option three is to issue debt, likely fall of 2022, over a 15 year timeframe. She discussed the original request with the full budget request noting option one adds the additional levy for the roads and option three adds the 15 year debt service levy. City Council Work Session / August 8, 2022 Page 1 of 19