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<br />! ~\( <br />( II <br />-Eli( <br />River TO: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />PAT KLAERS, CITY ADMINISTRATOR <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />JULY 27,1994 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: BUDGET WORKSESSION <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The City Council should consider calling a budget worksession for sometime <br />during the week of August 8. Considering the discussion on 7/25 regarding <br />Surface Water Management (SWM) fees, I think this will also be Pi. topic at <br />the budget worksession as we may need to levy some funds for this program. <br />The Utilities Commission is meeting with the EDA on Monday, August 8, <br />and this meeting could be lengthy, so we should consider Tuesday, <br />Wednesday, or Thursday of that week for the budget worksession. (The City <br />Council and the Utilities Commission also have to meet, but we will not be <br />ready to adequately address all the topics on 8/8 and will have to hold this <br />joint meeting in September.) Everyone should bring their calendars to the <br />8/1 Council meeting in order to try and find a date so that all 5 members can <br />attend the budget worksession. (The week of August 8 may not work as the <br />Mayor is out of town this week). <br /> <br />Budget items that need to be reviewed and discussed by the City Council <br />include the 1995 employee insurance program(s), 1995 increases in employee <br />wages, priorities for new employees, and capital outlay projections. We also <br />need to review the remaining 1994 budget staffing issues that were tabled in <br />January and February. Finally, as noted above, the budget may also include <br />SWM revenues and expenditures. <br /> <br />Regarding the SWM meeting on 7/25, it is appropriate to review in a <br />worksession, all the possible revenue sources to finance storm sewer <br />improvements. The four known potential sources of funds include <br />assessments, impact fees on developments, user fees (utility bill), and the <br />general tax levy. We may end up using just one revenue source - the tax <br />levy; this is the easiest for the City to ailminister - or we may end up using <br />all four revenue sources to generate the total that is needed for projects. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Information is very preliminary at this point, but having Elk River take over <br />the County ditch system is difficult at best and the City may have to follow <br />the exact same ditch laws as the County. If this is true, there appears to be <br />little benefit for the City to take over this County ditch system. The City can <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway' P.O. Box 490. Elk River, MN 55330' (612) 441-7420' Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />