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December~ 15, 1993
Pl.n·~suant to due call and notice t h er~e 0 f, the City CO 1.\ÍlC i 1 for~ the City
of St. ~Toseph met in Special Session on L-Jedn e sda y, Decembe'r~ 15, 1993 at I
7:00 p. m. in the City Ha 11 .
MENBERS PRESENT: tr1ayor~ Donald Bud Re ber~; Membe'r~5 of the Counci I Bob
Loso, Stephanie Hazen, Ken Hiemenz. Clerk/Administrator Rachel
Stapl et on. Ross Rieke was absent.
OTHERS PRESENT: None.
Mayor~ Reber~ called the T'r~ut h in Taxation hear~ing to or~der~ at 7:00 p. m.
No membe...~s of the publ ic we...~e in at tendance.
As 'r~equested f'r~om the hear~i ng of Decembe'r~ 7, Rachel Stapleton,
Clerk/Administrator, discussed with the Council the changes between the
f ir~ s t dr~a ft of the budget and the adopted P'r~oposed budget, which was
app...~oved on Septembe'r~ 2. Hazen ...~equested that the $4 12 "'~'r~ 0 r~ in
De par~t m ent 45202 Par~k A'r~eas, which was incll.lded ove'r~ the amount
app'r~o v ed, is deducted fr~om that depar~tment to make the final amount for
Pa...~k A'r~eas $73, 000.
Stapleton also ...~e viewed the cUr~r~ent debt load, which includes bonds
which wer~e al.ltho'r~i zed on Oct 0 b 12 'r~ 21, 1993 to finance the East and West
Minnesota Street Impr~ovement proj ect s. The amounts budgeted fOr~ this
debt ser~vice f I.\ÍI d fo...~ 1994 a...~e pr~incipal of $25,000, i nt er~est of
$27,614 and agent fees of $500. The...~e is no additional levy fOr~ this
bond issue. I
The Counci 1 then ...~e viewed the proposed adopted budget pr~ i Or~ to adoption
of the levy. Hazen p...~oposed cutting the amount fo...~ tr~avel and
con f er~ence fr~om Depar~tment 41430 Sala...~i es and Administr~at ion to $500.
Stapleton stated that this cat ego...~y is fo...~ semina...~s and tr~a i n in 9 fo...~
the Clerk/Administrator, and that the amount budgeted fOr~ salar~i es in
this Depa...~t ment is inadequate. Reber recommended leaving the amount
bl.\d g et ed and stated that Dick Molohon had r~ecommended more t r~a i n in g,
and that expenditl.wes fo...~ confer~ences needs council appr~oval . Hiemenz
'r~ecommended to leave the bottom line at $74,000, stating that the
Co 1_\ÍlCi 1 app...~oves all school expend i t u...~es.
Mayor Re bet"' asked the Counci 1 to look at the b'.\dget ed amount s fo...~ the
assessor~. It was det e...~m i ned that these amount s a...~e needed to pr~OV ide
the service. Str~eet maintenance equipment budgets wer~e r~e viewed as
well as employee sa 1 ar~y budget s.
Hazen stated that Counci 1 motions should be followed t h...~o ugh. When the
Counci 1 makes a motion to have an action don e, the ensuing <:.~ctions
should r"'ef 1 ect on the motion. Loso expressed that the city needs to
use WOr~k Or~d e...~s. Re be...~ felt that the same thing could be accomplished
with \.'JOr'·k schedl_\l es. Hazen felt that all the Depa...~t ment s should have
wo...~k schedules. Hiemenz stated that the Council should be 'r~eal ist ic in I
setting time lines fo...~ employees to complete pr~oj ect s which ar~e in
addition to the employees cl.n~rent r~outine duties.
Loso questioned if the funds ar~e budgeted fOr"' the sa 1 ar~y i nCr-'eases
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which we'r~e appr~oved. Stapleton stated that ther~e was no inc'r~ease
budgeted fOr~ sa 1 ar~ i 12 S but the cong 1 0 m er~at e amount budgeted fot~ sa 1 at~:i. e s
may covet~ the amount needed. Hazen st,:d:;ed that one dp.par~t: men'\; budgeted
the step and ovet~t ime i nCr~eases fOr~ his d 12 par~t m ent . Hiemenz stated
that the obj ect amounts ar~e gener~al guidelines and that the bottom line
is the fixed amount fOt~ each depar~tment.
Loso made a motion to have the total i nCr~eased sa 1 ar~y amount of 2~~
det et~m i ned, to include the city's pot~t i on fOr~ benefits, fOr~ each
depar~tment, and each Depar~tment He¿~d will calcul.'i:\te within their~ budget
wh !?t~ 12 this amount will be deducted, and r~et I.n~n theit~ r"epor~t to the
Clerk/Administrator by Janua'r~y 15, i 99L~, to be distt~ibuted to the
Council. The motion Wë:\S seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebet~, Loso, Hazen~ Hi emenz.
!\Iayes: None.
Loso and Hazen r~eque st ed that the Co unci 1 r~eceive in f or~mat ion of
over~time, sick leave, and comp time used dur~ing the past year~, fOt~ each
employee, by the second meeting in Janua...~y.
Loso made a motion to appt~ove the following t~esolution adopting the
pr~O po s ecl budget for~ 1994 with Gener~al Fund e x pend i t ur~e s of $ 7:,:í3, 007,
and a total budget of $1, 6iL}, l'j5. The motion was seconded by Hi emenz.
Ayes: Rebet~, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Nayes: Non e.
Be It Resolved by the City Council fOr~ the City of St.
Joseph Minnesota, that i:;he following sums of money be levied fOr~
the cUr~t~ent year~, collectible in 1994, '.\pon the taxable pr~opet~t y
in the City of St. Joseph, fOr~ the following
pUr~poses.
Gen er~a 1 Revenue 157,342
Debt Ser~V ice 7,000
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Total Levy 164,342
The City Clerk\Administrator is het~eby i nstt~uct ed to b~ansm it
a cer~tified copy of this r~esolution to the county aud i t Or~ ()f
Stear~ns County, iYlinnesota.
Loso made a mot ion to adj om~n at 8:25 p. m. ; seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Reber~, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
!\Iayes: None.
Rachel Stap eton
Clerk/Administrator