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Elk River City Council Meeting December 2, 1996 Page 2 (basic life support) and ALS (advanced life support) service. Discussion was held regarding the citizens perception of the City of Elk River not having ALS service. It was indicated that because Elk River Ambulance contracts with HealthSpan services, Elk River residents have both BLS and ALS services. Mark Stutelberg indicated that he does not feel a change is necessary to improve ambulance services in the city. He further indicated that if the Elk River Ambulance service were to provide only AL5 service, the cost would increase dramatically. Mayor Duitsman thanked the Elk River Ambulance Service and HealthSpan Transportation Services for their presentation. 5.1. Handke Warmin.q Hous~ Dana Anderson, Park and Recreation Commission representative, stated that the Park and Recreation Commission discussed the possibility of providing a portable trailer as an option to the current Handke warming house. He indicated that the current warming house is not adequate due to the number of people using the skating rink. Dana Anderson indicated that the Park and Recreation Commission voted 6-0 to recommend that the Council authorize the rental of the portable trailer for the 1996-97 skating season. Councilmember Farber questioned the use of the skating rinks and indicated he would like to see the use expanded to include hockey. Councilmember Holmgren indicated that the trailer should be a temporary solution and stated that he would like to see the Park and Recreation Commission come up with a design and cost estimate for a permanent facility. He further indicated that this could be a community project. COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE RENTAL OF A 8 X 32 TRAILER AS A TEMPORARY WARMING HOUSE FOR HANDKE PIT AT 5228 PER MONTH PLUS DELIVERY AND SET UP COSTS FOR A THREE MONTH TOTAL OF $1,354. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. The City Administrator indicated that the funds for this lease would be taken half from the Park budget and half from the Recreation budget. 6. .Open Mike No one appeared for this item. 7. Public Hearinq - Truth in Taxation Hearinq on General Fund Budqet and Tax Levy City Administrator Pat Klaers indicated that the proposed 1997 budget is $4,535,850, which reflects a 10.77% increase over the adopted 1996 budget. He indicated that the proposed budget reflects a 3% increase in the city tax rate based on an increase of 12% in the city net tax capacity. The City Administrator reviewed the source of funds proposed for 1997 and reviewed the budget detail expenditures for 1997. The City Administrator also reviewed the supplemental budgets. The City Administrator reviewed the gross and net tax levy proposal for 1997. Assistant City Administrator Lori Johnson informed the Council that the net tax capacity is projected to decrease 1% fram what was expected. She indicated that this 1% decrease would raise the tax rate change to 3.9% as opposed to 3%.