HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011 08-29 CCM Joint Work Session with Financial Commission 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
AUGUST 29, 2011
CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER
The Brooklyn Center City Council met in Joint Work Session with the Financial Commission and
the session was called to order by Mayor Tim Willson at 6:32 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Tim Willson and Councilmembers Carol Kleven, Kay Lasman, and Dan Ryan. Also present:
City Manager Curt Boganey, Fiscal and Support Services Director Dan Jordet, and Deputy City
Clerk Maria Rosenbaum.
Others present were Financial Commissioners Rex Newman, Steve Landis, and Dean Van Der
Werf, Dan Schueller arrived at 6:39 p.m.
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AND TAX LEVY
City Manager Curt Boganey discussed the primary focus of tonight's meeting was to get input on
what direction staff should proceed in order to balance the gap of $503,786 for the 2012 Budget.
Fiscal and Support Services Director Dan Jordet summarized the revenues and outlined the median
value residential tax impacts for 2011 and projections for 2012. There was discussion regarding the
Legislative decision to replace the Market Value Homestead Credit with the Homestead Market
Value Exemption and shift $690,000 in Brooklyn Center's property tax levy to non- homestead
property tax payers. It was noted that it would be beneficial to let residents know about this Law
during the budget public meetings and that more detailed clarifications with numbers for all
classifications would be prepared.
City Manager Boganey summarized the expenditures included with the agenda materials and stated
that at this time the 2012 Budget proposed has no additional staffing requests, all service levels are
the same, and the biggest expenditure factors are the two percent employee cost of living and five
percent equipment replacement fund increases.
There was discussion regarding ways to help balance the budget and some of the suggestions
included the following: medical premium costs, consider using a portion of Local Government Aid
(LGA), reduce a portion of social services, look into increasing speeding fines, use contingency, look
at legal, planning and zoning, and membership fees to see if there is something that can be cut out,
consider ways to get more money out of the Transfer Line item, and reduce the employee cost of
r living increase from 2.0 percent to 1.5 percent.
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Discussion continued on all the above suggestions and City Manager Boganey stated that from what
he had been hearing would be to use a combination of LGA, revenue increases, and expenditure
reductions with minimal impact on services. Staff will prepare a new proposed budget for review on
September 6, 2011.
NEXT STEPS
Councilmember Ryan informed that he may not be present at the November 7, 2011, Enterprise
and Internal Service Funds meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Councilmember Lasman moved and Councilmember Ryan seconded to adjourn the Work Session at
8:38 p.m. Motion passed unanimously.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) ss. Certification of Minutes
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER)
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Brooklyn
Center, Minnesota, certifies:
1. That attached hereto is a full, true, and complete transcript of the minutes of the of the
City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center Joint Work Session with Financial
Commission held on August 29, 2011.
2. That said meeting was held pursuant to due call and notice thereof and was duly held at
Brooklyn Center City Hall.
3. That the City Council adopted said minutes at its September 12, 2011, Regular Session.
City Clerk Mayor
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