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5:00 P.M., Monday, September 21, 1987
Main Conference Room, Municipal Building
- Meeting No. 87-19
A special meeting of the City Council of Maplewood, Minnesota, was held in the Main Confer-
ence Room, Municipal Building, and was called to order at 5:00 P.M, by Mayor Greavu.
Council members present were John C, Greavu, Norman G. Anderson, Gary W. Bastian and
Frances L. Juker. Also present were Mike McGuire, City Manager, and Dan Faust, Finance
Director. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Proposed 1988 Budget.
Manager McGuire discussed the letter of transmittal with the Council. Councilmember
Bastian requested staff to supply the Council with a listing of the average market value
of homes in Maplewood for the past l0 years and to indicate what portion of the total
taxes are for the City.
Councilmember Bastian also requested staff to determine the potential cost for Unemploy-
ment Compensation benefits if the proposed two new employees in the Engineering Division
are layed off in one to two years.
At 5:15 P.M. Larry Cude and John Zuercher arrived. The Proposed 1988 Budget for the
Emergency Services Division was discussed. Larry Cude and John Zuercher left at 5:30 P.M.
At 5:30 P.M. Ken Haider arrived.. The Public Works Department Proposed 1988 Budget was
discussed.
"Mayor Greavu requested staff to investigate if the cost of the new opticons on Century
Avenue could be shared with adjoining cities.
Manager McGuire informed the Council that the repainting of the interior of the water
tank was being delayed to 1988. Therefore, the Proposed 1988 Budget for the Hydrant
Charge Fund needed to be revised by the transfer of $125,000 from 1987 to 1988 for
Account 03-4470-60.
Ken Haider left at 6:20 P.M. and Ken Collins arrived. The Proposed 1988 Budget for the
Public Safety Department was discussed. Ken Collins left at 7:25 P.M.
At 7:30 P.M. Geoff Olson arrived. The Community Development Department Proposed 1988
Budget was discussed.
At 7:40 P.M. Geoff Olson left and Lucille Aurelius arrived. The Proposed 1988 Budget
for the City Clerk"s Department was discussed.
Councilmember Juker requested staff to determine the cost to hire a part-time employee
to work two hours per day during the lunch .period.
At 8:00 P.M. Lucille Aurelius left.
The Council discussed the Proposed 1988 Budget for the Finance and General Government
Departments.
At 8:20 P.M. Bob Odegard arrived. The Parks and Recreation Department Proposed 1988
Budget was discussed. At 8:40 P.M. Bob Odegard left.
The Council discussed the Capital Improvements Budget and directed staff to increase the
levy for the C.I.P. Fund by approximately $20,000 so that the City's total tax levy for
1988 will be 2%.
The Council discussed the state levy limit law. Council directed staff to increase the
General Fund tax levy to the levy limit,. to decrease the Debt Service tax levy by a
corresponding amount, and to include a budgeted transfer from the General Fund to the
Debt Service Funds by the same amount.
The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 9:30 P.M.