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