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Home My WebLink About2004 [09] Sep 09 I I I I I i September 9, 2005 Page 1 of 3 I Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of SI. Josep met in special sessioh on Thursday, September 9, 2004 at 5:00 PM in the SI. Joseph City Hall. Members Present: Mayor Larry Hosch. Councilors Gray Utsch, AI Rassier, Ross Rieke, Dale Wick. Administrator Judy Weyrens. Others Present: Pubic Works Director Dick Taufer., Folic.) Chief Pete Jansky. Hosch called the meeting to order and stated the purpose of the meeting is to finalize the preliminary budget for 2005 and finalize the Water/Sewer Access fee for commercial and industrial property. Administrator Weyrens presented the Council with the final draft of the 2005 budgel. The budget documents include a preliminary five year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The Department Heads have been working for two years to establish a CIP and the 2005 Budget includes financing of the same. Once the CIP is adopted, the plan is amended each year with another year added. The purpose of the CIP is to plan for future equipment and personnel. Included in the budget is also the first draft of the Park Board CIP. Each year the Council must approve a budget for the Park Board which is based on the CIP. Once that is adopted the Park Board can expend funds for those projects withou( Council approval unless the project exceeds $ 3,000.00. i I I Weyrens stated that the budget as presented include all the requests of the Department Heads including establishing a seal coating program. The proposed budget includes a General Property Tax levy of $ I 501,000. Hosch stated that he will be voting against the budget as it includes a significant increase. He will however, support the budget after adoption. . Utsch stated that while the budget includes an increase, it is his understanding that in the past levy limits have precluded the City from adopting a budget that accommodates growth. Utsch agrees the budget:is increased, but the budget is financially responsible. Rassier concurred with Utsch and stated that he is not in favor of increasing the tax rate for the City but recognizes the need to adopt a budget that provides for the cost of services. Rassier also stated that he hopes that adoption of the budget by the Council i~ not politically motivated and members adopt a budget that meets the needs of the City. I Wick questioned the net impact of thl; proposeJ budget using projected growth. Weyrens stated that the Office staff has reviewed the growth for the past tw~ year3, which indicates the City has experienced an 18.67% growth rate. Weyrens presented the following annual tax impact using the averaged growth rate and two less aggressive rates: Growth Growth Growth Home Value Rate Rate Rate 18.67% 10.00% 5.00% $ 75,000.00 /15.01\ 11.39 28.59 $100.000.00 /20.02\ 15.19 38.12 $ 130,000.00 /26.Q!) 19.75 49.56 I /30.02\ I $ 150,000.00 22.79 57.18 , , Weyrens clarified that the proposed tax impact assumes that housing values stay the same. If the value of a home is increased the tax impact will also ¡¡ncrease. After considerable discussion, Rassier made a motion to adopt the following resolution establishing the proposed tax levy and budget for the' year 2005. The motion was seconded by Utsch. Ayes: Utsch, Rassier, Wick, Rieke Nays: Hosch Motion Carried 4:1:0 September 9, 2005 Page 2 of 3 RESOLUTION 2004·28 ADOPTING PROPOSED TAX LEVY APPROVING 2004 TAX LEVY, COLLECTIBLE IN 2005 BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of SI. Joseph, Steams County, Minnesota, that following sums of money be levied for the cur:rent year, collectible in 2005 upon the taxable property in the City of SI. Joseph, for the following purposes:'" : GENERALFUNDL~ES General Fund Tax Levy 501,000 BOND INDEBTEDNESS 1998 Street Improvement & Water & Sewer 1999 Steams Cooperative Loan 2000 City Hall 2002 Street Improvement 2002 Equipment Certificates 2003 Fire Hall Refunding Bonds 2003 Revenue Bonds 2003 Improvement Refúnding Bonds 2004 Street Improvement 2004 Equipment Certificates 7,450 29,863 97,000 45,500 69,500 42,578 56,000 51,200 15,000 75,500 Be it further resolved that these levies will support the general fund budget of $1,779,447 for the year 2005. The City Administrator/Clerk is hereby instructed to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the County Auditor of Steams County Minnesota. Water and Sewer Access Fee: Weyrens stated that the Council has agreed to resolve the methodology used for calculating water and sewer access fees for Commercial and Industrial uses. Staff has presented and recommended the Council adopt the Met Council formula, which applies average water, uses to specific types of businesses. Access fees should be applied based on the impact to the infrastructure. Therefore, those businesses using more water and sewer should be charge a greater fee. The formula used by the Met Council has been used since 1975 and has been tried and tested in Court successfully. Weyrens stated it was her understanding that the EDA and Council had two concerns: 1) Warehouse facility; 2) Restaurants. In response to this concern, those two areas have been modified using current water usages. Weyrens further stated that the City of Sartell has been using the Met Council formula for a number of years and have implemented the fees in its original formal. Further, the City of Waite Park is in the process of reviewing the same methodology with anticipation of adopting it as well. Hosch questioned if the Council would have the opportunity to amend access fees for a particular use if petitioned by a developer. Weyrens stated that a provision is included for amendment, bu1 in doing so they must look at the classification of business not one particular developer and use. For example if a developer were constructing a movie theatre andJhey felt the fee was to high, the Council could amend the hookup fee for all movie theatres not just one particular developmenl. I I Rassier and Utsch stated that the Council has discussed this matter for the past twelve months and it is time to finalize the rates. Therefore, Utsch made a motion to adopt Ordinance 44, Water and Sewer Access Fees with an effective date of January 1, 2005. Ordinance 44 adopts the modified Met Council access fees. The motion was seconded by Rassier. I Ayes: Hosch, Utsch, Rassier, Wick Nays: Rieke Motion Carried 4:1:0 I I I September 9, 2005 Page 3 Of3 I OTHER MATTERS I ¡ Roof Repairs: Taufen reported that th'J roof on Well House NO.3 is leaking and needs to be repaired.ln addition, the canopy at the City Hall is leaking and "'ho~:¡j..l:'e repaired. Therefore, Taufen presented the Council with the following cost estimates to repair the roofs: Company Well House Canopy Total McDowall $ 5,470.00 $ 6,370.00 $ 11,840.00 Granite City Roofing $ 3,544.25 $ 3,544.25 $ 7,088.50 Horizon Roofing $ 2,927.00 $ 3,283.00 $ 6,210.00 Hosch stated that he has had an opportunity to review the bids and each of the companies use a different material and weighl. All the bids provide an option to upgrade the thickness to a 60 mil rubber. The ' material used by Horizon is not the same quality as !ha, of the other two companies. Therefore, Utsch made a motion to accept the quote of Granite City Roòfing to repair the roof on Well House No 13 and the Canopy at City Hall and request that 60 mil rubber be used. The repairs should not exceed $ 9,000.00. The motion was seconded by Rassier and passed unanimously. ¡ Adiourn: Wick made a motion to adjourn at 7:20 PM; seconded by Rassier and passed unanimously. ~t:f~ I THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK I I