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City Council Minutes Page 3 of 3 <br />September 15, 2025 <br />--------- <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Portner stated that inflationary costs for personnel alone are 5% of the $17 million portion of the <br />budget. <br /> <br />Mr. Portner stated the city would be out of compliance with its financial management policy with the <br />liquor fund drawdown. Mayor Dietz noted we may need to amend our policy. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz suggested the Council add $50,000 in revenue from ERMU due to a rate increase and <br />move $50,000 in supply expenses from the General Fund to the Pavement Management Fund. He can't <br />support the new fire position request. He noted that with these changes, the savings would be about <br />$175,000, which would bring the levy close to 6%. He's not sure how the Council can do better than <br />this at this point. <br /> <br />The Council discussed gambling revenue and agreed to have a future discussion on implementing a new <br />program where gambling organizations are required to contribute a portion of their net profit to a fund <br />administered by the city. <br /> <br />Mayor Dietz asked the Council if the goal was to get to a 6% preliminary tax levy for this meeting. <br />Councilmember Beyer and Calva would like to review the fire position before determining to eliminate <br />it, and would like to reduce $100,000 elsewhere in the budget. Councilmembers Grupa and Wagner <br />would like the position justified. Mayor Dietz noted the hesitancy of the Council to remove the fire <br />position and the pavement management fund proposal and asked if the preliminary levy should be kept <br />at 7.4%. Councilmember Calva challenged the Council to find $73,000 to $100,000 to cut between now <br />and the next meeting. The Council concurred. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />3. MOTION TO ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />__________________ ___________________ <br /> John J. Dietz, Mayor Tina Allard, City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />