HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.b. Minutes of July 30, 1996 Special Budget Workshop for City CouncilROSEMOUNT CITY PROCEEDINGS
lkivi *4,. B SPECIAL MEETING
JULY 30,1996
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a special meeting of the City Council of the City of
Rosemount was duly held on Tuesday, July 30, 1996, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at
City Hall.
Mayor Busho called the meeting to order. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the
proposed 1997 operating budget.
Councilmembers present were Anderson, Wippermann, Carroll and Edwards. Staff members
present were Administrator Tom Burt, Administrative Assistant Susan Walsh, Public Works
Director Bud Osmundson, Finance Director Jeff May, Parks & Recreation/Community Center
Director Jim Topitzhofer, Fire Chief Scott Aker and Police Chief Lyle Knutsen.
City Administrator Burt reviewed a draft of the 1997 operating budget and discussed the impact
of the proposed budget and CIP budget on residents' property taxes. Part of this discussion was
whether the city should levy the $343,371 for transit services that was earlier approved by the city
council or whether this amount should revert back to the Metropolitan Council to levy for the
city's portion for transit services. After much discussion the city council reach a consensus that
the Metropolitan Council should be responsible for this levy, and the city council directed staff to
advised the Metropolitan Council and the Department of Revenue of this decision.
The city council agreed to have further discussion on the 1997 budget at a meeting in August
1996.
By unanimous consent the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan M. Walsh, City Clerk
City Clerk's File 1996-24