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City Council - 11/27/1990 APPROVED !MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL TRUTH-IN-TAXATION AND BUDGET HEARING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 1990 7 : 30 PM, CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 7600 Executive Drive COUNCILMEMBERS : Mayor Gary Peterson, Richard Anderson , Jean Harris , Patricia Pidcock and Douglas Tenpas CITY COUNCIL STAFF : City Manager Carl J . Jullie, Assistant to the City Manager Craig Dawson, City Attorney Roger Pauly, Finance Director/City Clerk John Frane , City Assessor Steve Sinell , Dir . of Building Inspections , Safety , and Facilities Kevin Schmieg , Fire Chief Spence Conrad, Dir. of Human Resources and Community Services Natalie Swaggert , Dir . of Parks , Recreation and Natural Resources Bob Lambert , Dir . of Planning Chris Enger , Police Chief Keith Wall , Dir . of Public Works Gene Dietz , Recording Secretary Jan Nelson PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL -- All members were present . I . APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND OTHER ITEMS QF BUSINESS MOTION : Anderson moved, seconded by Pidcock , to approve the Agenda as published . Motion carried unanimously . II . PUBLIC HEARINGS A . 1921, Property Tax Levy o2osed by the City„ gf Edgn Ara; r. (Hearing to be continued to December 11 , 1990 , if necessary ) Mayor Peterson reviewed the procedures for the evening . He noted that the Council reviewed the entire budget document , line by line , at a previous meeting . City Manager Jullie noted his memo of November 23rd to the Mayor and City Council and the summary of revisions to the proposed 1991 General Fund Budget dated November 27th. He then reviewed the 1991 Budget and Tax Levy Hearing Information handout . He said the City is proposing a 1991 property tax 1 levy of $12 , 703 , 000 to finance General Fund operations and general obligation debt . City Council. Meeting 2 November 27 , 1990 w .'::llie saia? the 1991 tax levy is 7 . 12% greater that. the 1990 levy . He noted , however , that the City is not proposing a budget increase that would result in a 7 . 12% increase in the City ' s portion of the property taxes . He said the impact on individual prop-erty owners is greatly offset by growth from new development which provides more taxpayers to share the burden. Jullie noted that the proposed expenditures for the General Fund operation are $15 , 132 , 000 for 1991 , a 9-I/2% increase over the 1990 expenditure level . He said some of the items causing the proposed increase were higher costs for gasoline and fuel oil , f-unding for a storage site for off-season equipment , additional personnel including two police officers and a police dispatcher , and seven new police vehicles . He said there are some major capital projects , including funding for a new City Mall site. Jullie called attention to the charts on pages 10-13 of the handout which summarized the impact of the projected 1991 tax on individual homeowners . IIl . DISCUSSION OF PRCP40SED 1991 BUDGET Peterson asked Jullie to elaborate on the $24 , 000 revisions in r' Employee Benefits and Training in Item iv of the November 23rd memo . Jullie responded that those are increases to the original amounts proposed in August that were caused by changes such as increased health insurance costs and consultant costs for training to implerrert the City ' s commitment to a customer service approach. He noted that the increases have been offset by savings in other azeas so the bottom line did not change . Peterson then asked about Item v of the memo regarding assigning , the responsibilities of the adaptive recreation coordinator to the existing staff . Jullie said the responsibilities would be assigned to the existing recreation staff and there will be opportunity for programming with other communities . Dir . of Parks , Recreation and Natural Resources Lambert said the City will maintain a four-city cooperative program with Richfield , Edina and Bloomington. Pidcock asked if tle Human Resources Department had ever considered having an insurance consultant review the costs and coverage for healtl insurance . Dir . of Human Resources and Community Services Swaggert said for 2 -1/2 years the department has worked with Janes Bissonett S Associates to review all the City ' s insurance programs . She said those reviews have resulted in some changes being made to the insurance programs . Anderson asked what efforts had been made to cut the sky- rocketing costs of insurance . Jullie said that they implemented some of the suggestions from the insurance consultants and that they also passed same of the costs back to the employees . City Council :fleeting 3 November 27 , 1990 Swaggert noted that they have a yearly evaluation of : nsurance utilization so that programs can be modified and some of the costs passed back to the employees . Anderson asked if they have investigated group insurance programs with other cities . Swagger said the Logis group has a program, but our costs are actually better that: that program' s costs . There were no comments from the audience . Harris said she wanted to commend staff and councilmembers who have remained true to their tradition of fiscal responsibility while maintaining high levels of quality and service. ' MOTION : Harris moved, seconded by Pidcock, to adopt Resolution. No. 90-274 , certifying the 1990 Tax Levy , Collectible in 1991 . Motion carried unanimously . IV . OTHER BUSINESS a There was none . V . ADiOURNMENT MOTION: Pidcoc:k moved , seconded by Harris , to adjourn the /f meeting at 8 : 10 PM. Motion carried unanimously . i P f i i i t • r i f s t a jyyi§! O.