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<br />2000 Budget <br />July 21, 1999 <br />Page 12 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Reducing the government building's janitorial employee to halftime and <br />having the street/park maintenance employee be halftime (this essentially <br />eliminates a full time position requested, but adds the part time position that <br />is shared with the ice arena), would further reduce the budget gap. By <br />allowing the fire inspector employee to be full time and having the fire chief <br />take the lead on the safety program is already in the budget and would be <br />somewhat expensive, but it may be necessary to handle the safety program <br />work load. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It is hard to really discuss the budget gap without knowing our levy limit, <br />what our net tax capacity growth is going to be, and what, if anything, can <br />reasonably be expected to be received through franchise fees. Regarding <br />franchise fees, at this point all I know is that most franchise fee communities <br />charge a percentage of gross profit, with the normal charge in the 3-4 percent <br />range. At 3 percent, the city of Moundsview received just over $100,000 in <br />franchise fees in 1997. How quickly a franchise fee could be established and <br />received after the public hearing process on a new franchise agreement is <br />uncertain. Whether or not all this revenue would go into the general fund or <br />go into two or three different funds is also uncertain. This appears to be a <br />revenue that would not impact the homeowners greatly, but could generate <br />significant additional city revenues. A justification for this franchise fee is <br />related to the gas utility use of the city owned and managed public right-of- <br />way areas. <br /> <br />Conclusion <br /> <br />The July 26, 1999, City Council budget worksession is necessary in order to <br />receive feedback from the council on how to proceed with balancing the <br />budget proposal. A follow-up worksession is scheduled for August 30, 1999, <br />and at that meeting we will discuss EDA and HRA tax levy resolutions, <br />adjusting debt levies as necessary, approving tax levy resolutions, the Truth <br />in Taxation (December), and the October public hearing and tax resolution <br />requirements. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. Budget Information Chart <br />. 1999 Tax Levy Resolution <br />. 2000 General Fund Revenue Pages <br />. 1999 Expenditure Summary Page with 2000 Notes <br />. 2000 Estimated Personal Services Page <br />. 2000 Capital Outlay Page <br />