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<br /> <br />City of EII< River Item Number <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION 5.8. <br />Agenda Section I Meeting Date Prepared by <br />\\1 orksessioll June 12, 2006 Lori J 011nson, City J.L\chninistrator <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />2007 Prelitninatl' Budget <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />I \vould like to get inpllt &on.1. tlle Council on tlle 2007 budget alld tax lev},. <br /> <br />Discussion <br />Depart11lellt 11eads are currel1tly pulling togetller tlleir budget requests. Ho\ve\rer, prior to putting togedler <br />tlle draft budget for tlle City COUI1Cil, I \vould like Council input on se\Teral itelTIs. <br /> <br />First, in previous years tlle Councilllas tried to keep tlle tax rate constant and has only lllcreased tlle lev}' <br />by tlle atnount of tax generated on tlle lllcreased net tax capacity (NTC). TIle intent \vas to do tllat last <br />year as \veIl. Ho\ve\Ter, tlle prelllTlinary NTC Sllerburne County pro.{ided \vas higll and later decreased <br />after tIle tax lev;' \vas adopted causlllg tile tax rate to increase sliglltly. I \vant to confirln \vidl tlle COUllCil <br />tllat tlle llltellt for 2007 is to re\Tert back to tlle 2005 tax rate. <br /> <br />Second, I \vould like input froln tlle Council on any areas in \vhicll you feel staff sllould dedicate eitller <br />ll1.0re resources or fe\ver resources. For instance, if you feel tllat \ve need to decrease the titne III \vhiell <br />all of tile streets are plo\ved, \ve knO\V tllat \ve need to reallocate resources to sno\vplo\ving so tllat \ve call <br />accoll1plisll tllat goal for tlle COUllCil. On tlle otller l1and, you tnay be a\vare of a progralll tllat you feel is <br />no 10llger as itnportant as it once \vas and you \vould like to re-e\Taluate tllat progratn. Your input at this <br />v"ery prelllnirlary point in tlle budget \villllelp to ensure tllat resources to accolnplisll tlle Council's goals <br />for llext year are included III tlle budget. <br /> <br />Detail budget inforlnatioll \v~ill be preseIlted to tlle Council in J.~ugust \vIlen you \vill be asked to gi\Te your <br />lllput at a more detailed lev'el. J.L\t tllat titne, \ve \\lill re\Tie\v tlle tax levy, estitnated tax rate, capital outlay <br />and staff requests, and tlle proposed budget for each departmellt. On rvlonday, your input on tlle tax rate <br />and your goals for llext year's budget are tlle tnain points of discussion. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />None <br /> <br />Attachments <br />N aIle <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Tlus is a discussion itelTI only. No forinal action is requested. <br /> <br />s: \ Council \Lori \2006 \ Budget Preliminary 061206. doc <br />