WS 1999 11 15CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1999
The meeting convened at 5:30 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mancino, Council members Engel, Jansen, Labatt and Senn.
STAFF PRESENT: Scott Botcher, City Manager; Todd Gerhardt, Assistant City Manager;
Bruce DeJong, Finance Director; Kate Aanenson, Community Development Director; Charles
Folch, Public Works Director
2000 BUDGET: Kate Aanenson, Community Development Director was present to discuss her
budget. As there were no significant changes in the budget, the discussion was quite brief. The
focus of the discussion was primarily on the administrative positions within the Public
Safety/Building Inspections Departments. It was indicated that utilization of these staff positions
would be observed by the City Manager as organizational changes progress.
Todd Gerhardt, Assistant City Manager, was present to discuss the administrative part of the
budget, and again, the amount of questioning involving these budgets were minimal. A significant
increase was shown in the elections budget, as a presidential election will be held in the year 2000.
Charles Folch was present to discuss the Public Works Department budgets. The focus of the
discussion was the action of the City Manager to remove a request by the Public Works Director
for $200,000 per year for the initiation of the installation of radio controlled meter reading
devices. It was the City Manager's position that there was no cost benefit analysis indicating that
utilization of this technology was superior to any other and would in fact be economically
beneficial to the organization. The council concurred and this recommendation was upheld.
LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES, AMM, AND NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
LEGISLATIVE POLICIES: Following the budgetary discussions, the council reviewed the
League of Minnesota Cities, AMM, and National League of Cities Legislative Policy Positions. A
majority of them were agreed with; several were not and were noted by Mayor Mancino and City
Manager Botcher for utilization in voting the city's position on these policies at the Policy
Adoption Conference on November 19.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: The final item on the agenda was Miscellaneous Items wherein
some basic discussion was held regarding PUD's and the authority of cities to act there under.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott A. Botcher
City Manager