HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 08-20 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 20, 2012
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 6:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Tim Willson and Councilmembers Carol Kleven, Kay Lasman, and Dan Ryan.
Councilmember Lin Myszkowski was absent and excused. Also present: City Manager Curt
Boganey, Finance Director Dan Jordet, and Deputy City Clerk Maria Rosenbaum.
Others present were Financial Commissioners Steve Landis, Anissa Hollingshead and Dean
Van Der Werf, Rex Newman (arrived at 6:32 p.m.), and Teneshia Kragness (arrived at 6:36
p.m.). Financial Commissioners Dan Schueller and Koffi Agbossou were absent.
2013 BUDGET PRIORITIES
City Manager Curt Boganey discussed that staff had been preparing revenue and expenditure
information for the 2013 and 2014 operating budget for the General Fund and that the initial
assembly of information showed a deficit gap between revenues and expenditures of$1,414,577.
The initial information did not include any increase in the property tax levy for 2013. The
Council is being asked to consider providing direction regarding priorities and a maximum
property tax levy for the 2013 General Fund Budget.
GENERAL FUND LEVY—PRELIMINARY BUDGET IMPACTS
Finance Director Dan Jordet outlined some assumptions in the first budget draft that included a
three percent increase in the base wages for employees, use of 50 percent of the legislatively
allotted Local Government Aid (LGA) for 2013, reductions in fee revenue for Building and
Community Standards function of 14.3 percent, and a contingency set aside of$200,000.
Some other changes from 2012 to 2013 included inclusion of$50,000 for the Brooklyn Bridge
Youth Program, expiration of the Auto Theft Grand Funding with Police personnel discontinuing
the position, adjusting vehicle replacement funding contributions, additional help in the
Assessing Department as the result of tax court appeal representation needs, an increase of five
percent in legal fees for criminal and civil representation, an additional Engineering employee in
Public Works, new intern funding in the City Manager's and Finance Offices, additional funds
for landscaping and building repaifs for General Buildings, replacement of an emergency siren,
inclusion of funding for operation of the Youth Recreation Center at Brooklyn Center High
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School, additional capital equipment in Engineering, and a number of adjustments for supplies,
training, and computer replacements.
To date and provided this evening was a few changes to the draft budget that helps with reducing
the deficit gap which included establishing the increase in base wages at two percent (saving
$95,000), additional $150,000 of CDBG Funding revenue for Building and Community
Standards operations, adjustment of vehicle replacement charges representing a five percent
annual increase in funding for each of the three largest divisions (saving $174,464), mid-year
elimination by attrition of the Auto Theft Grant Officer whose granting funding expires mid-year
(saving $34,000), and other reductions of equipment and allocations totaling $50,000. While
applying these reductions to the first draft budget there is still a deficit gap of about $910,000.
Several additional solutions may be considered to further narrow this gap to zero and produce a
balanced budget with minimal impact on programs and service levels and they are as follows:
elimination of the $200,000 contingency allocation, elimination of base wage increases
(eliminates about $180,000 in expenses), elimination of new position requests (eliminates about
$100,000 in expenses), use of entire allotment of LGA in the budget planning (adds $205,000 in
revenue), and reductions in spending for services provided by General Fund divisions by an
additional $225,000.
GENERAL FUND LEVY- PROPERTY TAX PAYER IMPACTS
Finance Director Jordet outlined the materials provided this evening regarding the total taxable
property values by classification, tax capacity by property class, pay 2013 property tax levy
alternatives as of August 16, 2012, residential impact of various tax levies for taxes payable in
2013, and large concept items for consideration for 2013 General Fund Budget.
PROPOSED LEVY MAXIMUM
There was discussion amongst the Council and Financial Commissioners and it was noted that
more details are needed with regards the adult and children recreation reductions, contractual
services for Parks Maintenance, and also what services would be considered for the $225,000
reduction in spending for services provided by the General Fund Divisions. It was the consensus
to have these details prepared and brought back to an additional meeting that will be scheduled
before the adoption of the Preliminary Budget on September 10, 2012.
ADJOURNMENT
Councilmember Lasman moved and Councilmember Ryan seconded to adjourn the Work
Session at 8:22 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 20, 2012.
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 10, 2012, Regular Session.
City Clerk Mayor
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