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BUDGET WORK SESSION <br />CITY COUNCIL <br /> CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA COUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey City Council met to discuss the budget on Monday, November 3, 1997, at the <br />Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Thomas Gamec <br />Councilmember Sheila Beyer <br />Councilmember Natalie Haas Steffen <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Councilmember Carolyn Beahen <br />Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />Acting City Administrator Linda Waite Smith <br />Finance Officer Jessie Hart <br />City Engineer Steve Jankowski <br />Police Chief David Gustafson <br />Fire Chief Dean Kapler <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Councilmember B eyer called the budget work session to order at 6:51 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCIL BUSINESS: <br /> <br />Finance Officer Hart explained that increases/decreases must be discussed and decided upon to <br />present a balanced budget. Included in the revised request for personnel are the following: one <br />full-time Patrol Officer (hire 12/97 with COPSFAST grant); one part-time Public Safety Aid <br />(formerly CSO at 1040 hours/year); one full-time Community Development Assistant; and one <br />full-time Fire Chief/Public Works Director. Some adjustments to various part-time and <br />temporary positions are also included to accommodate the deletion of full-time position requests. <br />They are as follows: Fire Fighters - 320 fire call incidents have been included (compared to 370 <br />requested and 300 budgeted for 1997); temporary Street Maintenance Worker - 1,440 hours <br />included (compared to 1,280 requested and 480 budgeted for 1997); temporary Park Maintenance <br />Worker ~ 6,240 hours included (compared to 4,072 requested and 4,072 budgeted for 1997); and <br />Environmental Specialist - 616 hours included of which additional 100 hours allocated to each of <br />Engineering and Park Maintenance (compared to 416 requested and 416 budgeted for 1997). All <br />capital outlay items were included as originally proposed with the exception of two items. Those <br />items are the Autocad type programs and hardware anticipated by the Community Development <br />Assistant - it is not anticipated that this position will do mappings as had been proposed in the <br />original request but will rather serve more in the capacity of assisting the City Engineer and <br />Zoning Administrator with existing duties and work flow. <br /> <br />Council Budget Work Session/November 3, 1997 <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br />