HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-08-28 - Council Minutes - Part 2CITY OF CORCORAN
CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP
August 28, 2008
The Corcoran City Council met on August 28, 2008, at city hall in Corcoran,
Minnesota. Present were Mayor Guenthner, Councilor Hudok, Councilor Thomas, Workshop Opened
Councilor Jacobs, and Councilor Grabowski. Also present was Interim
Administrator Bodem, Police Chief Gormley, Officer Hamilton and Public Works Roll Call
Superintendent Pat Meister. Mayer Guenther opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m.
Expectations for 2009 — Budget Summary Cover Letter
Budget Overviews
Interim City Administrator Bodem summarized 2009 Levy Limits. We are subject
to a 3.9% levy limits. The Interim City Administrator summarized the 2009
Department of Revenue report covering the Equipment Certificates and Facility
Expansion special levy, the Final 2008 and Proposed 2009 Tax Levy, and the
Proposed 2009 Police Personnel Services and Uniform Deduct and other Special
Exceptions from the General Fund Levy.
The City will be allowed a special levy for debt service and other specified items.
Those special levies only relate to debt service. The Department of Revenue is
reviewing the legislative directives as it relates to public safety as a special levy.
The preliminary levy limit certification is $2.3 million to which we may be able to
add an additional $60,000. The scheduled debt service levies for 2009 total is
$258,087.
Interim City Administrator Bodem feels we should set the maximum levy allowed.
The City cannot increase its levy later but can decrease it. We must certify the
Preliminary 2009 levy by September 15, 2008. Council should set the preliminary
levy at the September 11, 2008 City Council meeting.
Police Department, Chief Gormley
Police Department
Chief Sean Gormley summarized the 2009 Corcoran Police Department
preliminary budget. The police departments overall 2009 budge goal is to maintain
the same level of service to the community which was provided ending 2008.
Chief Gormley proposes that they continue with the truck enforcement over weight
program and include a few hundred more part-time officer hours.
2009 Levy limits have been imposed on cities with populations over 2500. These
limits are set at 3.9 %. The State allowed for police wages, benefits, and uniforms
exempt from this levy limit restriction. This exemption was created to allow for
communities to continue providing the needed core public safety services.
For the 2009 police budget, the personnel services and uniforms accounts for
approximately $750,000 amount has no levy limit and will allow for the city to
continue providing the same level of service ending 2008.
Council's Expectations of Each Department for next workshop Council Expectations
Close Workshop
Staff to look into the following expenditures from the expenditure budget
worksheet:
City Charter - $95 year to date. There has not been any charter this year.
General Government — Insurance (general) 2008 Budget $46,000, YTD
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$1,000
Code Enforcement — Salaries, 2008 budget is $0, YTD is $1600.00.
Bldg Inspection — 2006 Actual is $69,900, 2007 Actual is $28,600, 2008
Actual is $85,000, and 2008 YTD is $25,500. Need back ground
information, seems like a big swing.
Asphalt Maintenance — 2008 budge is $70,000, YTD is $4,000
Recycling — 2008 budget $62,000, YTD is $37,000
Proposed that the next budget meeting be discussed at the next council meeting
instead of having a budget workshop at 6:00. Object of this meeting will be to
adopt a levy number.
MOTION made by Hudok, seconded by Thomas to adjourn the meeting at 6:45
p.m. Voting Aye: Guenthner, Hudok, Jacobs, Grabowski, and Thomas (Motion
carried 5:0)
Kim : achmeier, City erk
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