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MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINANCIAL TASK FORCE
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
MAY 12, 1992
CITY HALL
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Chair Kelly opened the meeting at 7:09 p.m. at the Brooklyn Center
City Council Chambers.
Present at roll call were Chair Kelly, members Kanatz, Escher,
Peppin, Boyd and Boran. Others present were City Manager Splinter
and Finance Director Holmlund.
There was a motion by Escher and second by Kanatz to approve the
minutes of the April 23, 1992, meeting. The motion passed
unanimously.
Chair Kelly stated he believed a proper process to be used for
going through the priorities would be to go through the
prioritization document and review in priority order first the
number one priorities and then on through priorities two, three and
four. He also stated the City Council, in addition to the
priorities submitted by department heads and the City Manager,
asked the Task Force to review the Communications Coordinator
position proposed by Mayor Paulson and review the process or
recommendation for handling requests such as the Hockey Booster
funding request. After discussion the members agreed to go through
the priorities by priority rating one through four.
Manager Splinter and Finance Director Holmlund were asked to
briefly review some of the details and aspects of the
prioritization document. Manager Splinter stated the two primary
areas in the document which should be focused on by the Task Force
would be the yellow paged section which contained summaries of
department recommendations and the City Manager's recommendations.
It was noted if further detail was needed or of interest then the
blue paged section of the document should contain that detail.
Chair Kelly and the Task Force then proceeded to go through all the
priority one items in the department head's recommendation column
and proceeded to review and make preliminary recommendations for
final Task Force consideration on all priority one items on pages
C1 through C29. On a number of items the Task Force asked Manager
Splinter to give additional information at a later date.
During their consideration of these items it was agreed by the
membership that the Task Force would work until 9:45 p.m. this
evening.
Member Boran asked whether the Task Force should consider reduction
goals of such percentages of 3%, 6% and 9%. Manager Splinter and
Finance Director Holmlund stated the pressure was off' the Task
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Force and the City Council for major reductions in 1992.
Legislative action of this session will impact the 1992 budget in
the area of reductions totalling $75,000. However, State budget
problems are going to continue for the next couple of years. Local
Government Aid will be a target in the future and the amount of
Local Government Aid received by Brooklyn Center is approximately
$1.955 million which is approximately 23% of the total budget. Mr.
Splinter and Mr. Holmlund recommended the Task Force keep that
total figure in mind as they go through the prioritization process.
They should also understand the fact that levy limits have now been
removed and it is possible for the City Council to raise the
property tax levy. As a practical matter there is a lot of
pressure for the Council to keep it as is with only small
increases. The members discussed the processes and the decisions
they would have to make and decided to go through the total
prioritization process and then start to look at what percent level
or levels of cuts and what revenue enhancements should be
recommended.
Chair Kelly reminded the members that the next meeting of the Task
Force would be on Monday, May 18, 1992, at the C Barn.
Chair Kelly thanked the members for their good work and adjourned
the meeting at 9:58 p.m.
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