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Finance Director Lund confirmed and stated that the County is looking at about a 9% home value <br />increase for next year versus the 24% increase for this year. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley asked if the Council was in consensus or if there was any further discussion. <br /> <br />There was a consensus of the Council. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell added that she would like to hear more about ways to collect fees and <br />other efforts to offset the Recreation Specialist salary. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated that he is in favor of this and mentioned that every December <br />or January the fees for the year are reviewed. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund mentioned that it is up to Staff to update that schedule and it will come <br />forward in a work session later. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff said that this is another way to make sure that they are in the correct <br />market space and can bring in some more funds. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley asked Interim Parks and Assistant Public Works Director Riverblood to come <br />up with some ideas to bring in more funds. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if the policy in regard to the percentage of what goes to the roads <br />needs to be changed. She mentioned there was a time when the Council discussed the allocation <br />of the excess funds and keeping that money for roads. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley added that the Council did discuss that the money stays in the pavement <br />management fund if there is excess and asked if there is already a policy about this. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated that what she believed was staying in the pavement management <br />fund was any money that was remaining in the general fund that was applicable to the patching <br />account that would get transferred over and that amount would be the $575,000. She added that <br />when the transfer is made in regard to the four funds, it is at Council’s discretion. She added that <br />not knowing where it will end up this year in regard to the equipment fund, it is at a low balance <br />until the Council gets to that point of knowing what that amount is. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma asked if there was a consensus on the budget. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley confirmed there was a consensus by the Council concerning the budget. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund asked if the Council was comfortable with bringing this budget forward as <br />the preliminary or if the Council still wanted to see what the numbers represent based on the <br />$185,000 reduction. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / August 23, 2022 <br />Page 15 of 16 <br /> <br />