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Councilmember Beyer stated that at the staff level, where cuts are made, the question is if this is a fair cut or is the cut because there is only one person fighting for it and there may be three against it. Councilmember Haas Steffen stated that Council sees everything that was suggested cut from the budget and would have an opportunity to ask for further discussion or to say it should be back in. Motion by Mayor Gamec and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to amend the budget calendar to include in the dates of July 7 - 18 that the Finance Committee work sessions on the proposed 1998 municipal budget will take place. It was originally suggested that this would take place August 4 through the 8 and that the July dates would be work sessions for the City Administrator and staff only. With this amendment, it was recommended that Council adopt the resolution approving the City of Ramsey 1998 Budget Calendar. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Beyer, Beahen, Haas Steffen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #4: Consider Membership in Joint MPRS Affirmative Action Program Administrative Services Manager Waite Smith stated that at the last meeting, Staff gave the Committee a copy of two resolutions that were proposed by the MPRS. The one resolution authorizes the City's participation in joint activities coordinated by MPRS to comply with the affirmative action requirements of the November 1996 court order, e.g. develop and distribute a brochure promoting law enforcement careers in MPRS communities, maintain a record of cities' activities in complying with the court order, and preparing the annual report that is due to the court each November until 2004. The cost is not known until it is determined how many cities will participate. The City Attorney concurs with staff's recommendation that the resolution should include a not-to-exceed amount of $1,000. Councilmember Haas Steffen suggested looking at groups, other than the MPRS to use for police officer selection. City Administrator Schroeder replied that we no longer use MPRS, however, we are at a point where we need to react to the judges orders rather quickly. Councilmember Haas Steffen stated she would feel more comfortable if we had a time limit stated in the resolution. Motion by Councilmember Haas Steffen and seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman to recommend that Council adopt the resolution authorizing the City to participate in joint aff'mnative action activities to comply with the November 1996 court order in the MPRS lawsuit but prior to renewing participation, and not more than nine months from the date the service starts, that the City Council will review it. Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Haas Steffen, Zimmerman, Beahen and Beyer~,. Voting No: None. Case #5:~.,on~ider Possible Appeal of Court Order in MPRS Lawsuit City Attorney Goodrich announced that this case would be discussed at the end of the regular Council meeting as it is closed to the public. ADJOURNMENT Finance Committee/February 25, 1997 Page 3 of 4