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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, September 10, <br />2024, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Members Present: <br />Also Present: <br />Mayor Mark Kuzma <br />Councilmember Chelsee Howell <br />Councilmember Debra Musgrove <br />Councilmember Michael Olson <br />Councilmember Chris Riley <br />Councilmember Dan Specht <br />Councilmember Matt Woestehoff <br />City Administrator Brian Hagen <br />Finance Director Diana Lund <br />Planning Manager Todd Larson <br />City Attorney Fritz Knaak <br />City Clerk Katie Schmidt <br />Community Development Director Stephanie Hanson <br />Assistant City Engineer Joe Feriancek <br />Police Captain Tim Frankfurth (attended remotely) <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Kuzma called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />2.01: Final 2025 Budget/Levy Review Before Preliminary Adoption on 9-24-24 <br />City Administrator Hagen reviewed the Staff report in regard to the 2025 budget and levy with <br />changes since the Council's last discussion. He shared that the preliminary levy is at 8.24%. <br />Councilmember Riley said he would support adding back two items that they had discussed <br />removing, the Council Work Session meals and the Employee Appreciation event, which adds up <br />to $7,500. He added that this would increase the budget by 0.034%. <br />Councilmember Musgrove disagreed as they will be potentially increasing the budget for the roads. <br />She asked if there are any TIF dollars that will become available in 2025 that they could use to <br />offset road funding. <br />Finance Director Lund shared that they used a lot of the TIF funds to fund road improvements in <br />the COR area that are currently being constructed. <br />City Council Work Session / September 10, 2024 <br />Page 1 of 13 <br />