HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 09-15 FCM JOINT SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY
OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
JOINT WORK SESSION WITH FINANCIAL COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER
The Brooklyn Center City Council met in Joint Work Session with the Financial Commission called to
order by Mayor Tim Willson at 6:34 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Tim Willson and Councilmembers Kay Lasman, Dan Ryan, and Mark Yelich. Also present:
City Manager Curt Boganey, Fiscal and Support Services Director Dan Jordet, and Deputy City Clerk
Maria Rosenbaum. Councilmember OConnor was absent and excused.
Others present were Financial Commissioners Philip Berglin, Todd Boster (arrived at 6:38 p.m.),
Mark Nemec, Susan Shogren Smith (arrived at 6:41 p.m.), and Rex Newman (arrived at 6:38 p.m.).
REVIEW OF BUDGET ACTIONS SINCE LAST WORK SESSION, AUGUST 18, 2008
City Manager Curt Boganey discussed that there will be an in-house process to develop a budgeting
for outcomes budget process since the cost of outside help is extremely high.
City Manager Boganey informed that the PowerPoint Presentation distributed this evening was for
the purpose of providing it to the Financial Commission and that a few new charts had been added.
He outlined the tax capacity charts for 2008 and 2009.
City Manager Boganey outlined a memo that was provided from Fiscal and Support Services Director
Dan Jordet with regards to three questions being answered from the 2009 Preliminary Budget
discussions relating to limited market value and taxable market value, average median value of a
residential property, and debt interest payments. He noted that it was important to inform the
Financial Commission that after conversations with the State about special levies, staff found out that
the previous amount of proposed levy increase was higher that would have been allowed and what
had been adopted at the September 8, 2008, City Council Meeting. He informed that in the proposed
budget the delinquent tax receipts had been reduced to balance the proposed budget.
City Manager Boganey informed that this budget is tight, there is not a lot of room for errors, it will
be monitored carefully, and Department Heads are well aware of the situation. He outlined the charts
that were provided at the September 8, 2008, City Council Meeting. Financial Commissioner Phil
Berglin asked if in the future the charts could have the property taxes removed to improve the look of
the chart.
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REVIEW OF PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE
FUNDS, HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUND, AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUND
City Manager Boganey summarized each General Fund Department and highlighted funds that had
changes which included:
·
10100-41430 City Clerk There is no scheduled Election in 2009.
·
10100-41550 Assessing There were no changes to this division; however, there was
discussion regarding the value of having the County take over assessing responsibilities. City
Manager Boganey informed that the benefit to having staff on site is to provide direct contact
with citizens, and the expertise of in-house staff for redevelopment projects.
·
10100-41520 Finance There were no changes to this division; however, there was
discussion about the $8,000 difference in professional services. Fiscal and Support Services
Director Jordet informed that the difference was because of the new reporting requirements
for post retirement funding.
·
10100-41610 Legal There were no changes to this division; however, there was discussion
about the possibility of having the legal fees negotiated since the hours of service has been
reduced.
·
10100-41940 General Government Buildings The install tox-alert for the Police Station
was removed from the budget and the replacement of fuel tank has been done already.
·
10100-42170 Police Station and Buildings The $5,400 on page 14 was to be removed from
the budget.
·
10100-41920 Information Technology It was noted that the most significant goal for this
division is the implementation of the document management system. During the summary of
this division, there was discussion about Council Members getting laptops and the direction
technology is moving.
·
10100-42123 Police Patrol There was a request to increase and continue funding for a
summer park patrol initiative for 2009 from five days a week to seven days a week. Since this
was started in 2008, it has been successful and with comments being heard that crime is down
in parks, this seem reasonable to keep in the budget. The funding for this request will be from
Patrol Part-time (42123-6103).
·
10100-42210 Fire Department The department goal of inspecting commercial/industrial and
residential property in the City was discussed. The last several years the City has not been
able to provide a consistent program for inspections in a manner believed appropriate by the
City Manager. There was discussion regarding how to meet the needed inspection goals and
having the building inspectors trained and handling these inspections; however, time is an
issue with that consideration.
·
10100-42411 Code Enforcement Additional staff requests have been made since it has been
difficult to stay on top with big issues like Center Pointe Apartments and staff is looking at
revenue outside of the General Fund to beef up code enforcement.
·
10100-45122 Community Center The flat panel displays has been removed from the budget.
·
10100-45124 Pool There was discussion regarding the allocations budgeted for the
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Community Center and the pool. It was noted that there may be a grant funded survey done
city-wide to answer questions about customer demand on recreational use.
City Manager Boganey informed that he believes the proposed budget is maintaining status quo and
meets customer expectations. He outlined the Economic Development Authority (EDA) and Housing
and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) departmental goals and funding mechanisms.
Fiscal and Support Services Director outlined the schedule provided in the materials for the Tax
Increment Bonds.
ADJOURNMENT
Councilmember Lasman moved and Councilmember Ryan seconded to adjourn the Work Session at
9:10 p.m. Motion passed unanimously.
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