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Home My WebLink AboutSP October 27, 1975 /", /",~ '---"' \,-~" ~ ''-.../ .-' CITY 01 ANDOVER " ~ S ECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING - OCTOBER 27, 1975 , -" MINUTES A Special Meeting of the Andover City Council was called to order by Mayor, Richard J. S hneider, October 27,1975,7:40 P.M., at the Andover Community Center, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard N. W., for the purpose of discussing the 1976 Propos d Budget. Councilperso s present: Holasek, Rither, VanderLaan, Windschitl Councilperso s absent : None Also present City Administrator, Norman J. Werner; City Clerk, Patricia K. Lindquist; and others. Agenda Ap r Mr. Werner equested that the following items be handled in addition to the 1976 Propos d Budget: 1. The pI cing of the Sanitary Sewer Ordinance on the November 4 Agend for discussion and possible adoption. (~~ a. e explained that the hookups may be possible by November 15; \...J he ordinance is necessary to establish permit fees, hookup harges and other requirements. 2. Resc' ding the effective date for the Clerk/Treasurer's retroactive salary date. a. oted that if the August 19 date indicated in the motion, stood, e Clerk/Treasurer would owe monies to the City, inasmuch s she had earned $53 in excess of her increase. MOTION by ander Laan, seconded by Schneider, to adopt the agenda as amended. Motion carri d unanimously. I Sanitar Sew r Ordinance The Planning and Zoning Commission had handled this item on their October 28 Agenda; Ordi ance lIB requires that Planning and Zoning items of their second monthly meet' g be handled by the City Council at their second monthly meeting I I following the lanning and Zoning. It was noted that Attorney Hawkins had advised that t is ordinance provision could be waived. MOTION by VarrlerLaan, I chneider, to direct the City Administrator to place on the Agenda , seconded by , , for the Nove ber 4 Meeting - "Discussion and possible adoption of the Sanitary 0 Sewer Ordina ce "; and that the Clerk/Treasurer be directed to place the ordinance as news item in the Anoka Union. , " ~" --.J Special Cou b-rMeeting "-10/27/75 - - Minutes - P ge 2 ~, ~ Sanitary Sew r Ordinance (continued) Councilpers n Windschitl asked when the Council wO uld be receiving copies of the revise ordinance; ,and expressed concern that there may not be sufficient ti e for review between receipt and the meeting. Mr. Werner advised that here were no changes of any extent, and that copies should be forthcomi g from the Engineer within the next few days. Vote: Yes - olasek, Rither, VanderLaan, Schneider; No - Windschitl. Motion carri d. Clerk/Treas rer Salary Adjustment MOTION by ither, seconded by VanderLaan, that the effective date of the Clerk/Treas rer's salary adjustment be set as October 13, 1975. Councilperso s Holasek and Windschitl'stated that they did not agree on the increase s to the amount and it being based on the employee working in excess of o hours, which should not be necessary once the budget work is complete a d the new employees get a handle on their jobs. ~ Vote: Yes - chneider, Rither, VanderLaan; No - Winds chitIFPre sent - Holasek. ',---, Motion carri d. Bud et, 1976 Pro The Administ ator reviewed the revisions with the Council (Exhibit "A ", attached), sh wing a total expenditure figure of $351, 189. Discussion on whether or no the $15,000 to be added for Nightingale Street payment to Anoka County was an accurate amount. The Administrator was instructed to vertfy with Mr. Kishel of the Anoka Highway Department. Also discussed was the possi ility of assessing this amount to the ,affected property' owners. Other adjust ents: 404.31 ostage +$135 404.50 C pital Outlay Reduce to $500 (Additional booths in place of machines). 4055 uditor Reduce to $2,500 406 ttorney Reduce to $13,500 4094.50 apital Outlay Reduce to - 0- 412.40 ire Protection Reduce to $11,000 4197 ree Inspector Reduce by $3,267 421. 34 emove 4232.50 arks - Capital Outlay Reduce to $7,420 (see later Park Board ~ : ' report) ~ 4233.50 apitalOutlay Add "Nightingale Right-of-way Acquisition" $15,000 431. 40 Reduce to $4,715 (see Park lI»oard Report) 499.40 Reduce to $4 300 411. 40 Correct to $~l, 420, ~, -. ---, ~' ~ ,------ --- ~ Special Coun il Meeting - 10/27/75 Minutes - P ge 3 ~~ ~ Budet,"l976 Estimated Revenues Mr. Werner reviewed the revisions (Exhibit "B", attached), showing an Expected Revenue of $ 49,075. Other adjust ents: 350 Re bursement for Projects '(Zeduce by $9,300 Park Board e ort The Park Bo rd presented a breakdown of the Capital Outlay requested amount: l. Fenc' g - Chapman's Park $ 600.00 2. Cedar Crest North - Fencing for park' g area and grading and filling 1,950.00 3. North oods - Baseball field fencing 350. 00 Mater al & Labor for field 1,500.00 4. Shady Knoll - Tetherball 70.00 $4,470.00 Discussion as had on the City not owning Cedar Crest North, inasmuch as this park wa included in the Fourth Addition which had not yet received ~ Council appr val. It was agreed to remove the requested amount of $1,950 ~ from the total. Total Capita Outlay Request: l. Miscellaneous $2,520 2. Quick trom 1,700 3. Red aks 1,500 4. North oods 1,700 $7,420 Community School Discussion 0 handling exclusively by the City, and bus sing children from the northern par of the City. It was agreed that the School Board could do better in getting bu rates; and that it -would be considerably more expensive for the City to run e program. $4,715 was set for the Community School Program. i Salaries Mr. Werner dvised that he had used a straight 10% increase for everyone. Councilperso Windschitl noted that he had assumed that the salary set for the Clerk/Tr asurer would remain in effect until January 1, 1977; and that ,---- the Building spector and Maintenance Man would receive a 1976 salary '---" the same as hat being received on January 1, 1976. The Decca employee was eliminat d for 1976. A lengthy discussion was had on % of increases, benefits, etc The Administrator was directed to do a complete work-up on each empl'yee and bring back recommendations on increases. ~' - ',,./ ~ ~ Special Coun il Meeting - 10/27/75 Minutes - Page 4 ~ ~ , Continued Bu November 6, 1975 was tentatively set for the meeting to 'Coftiiìl1J:e discussion on the 1976 roposed Budget; a benefit package should be established by this time in orde that more accurate figures can be used. Ad·ournment MOTION by ither, seconded by VanderLaan, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjo rned: 10:15 P.M. ,----. ---.....' ,,.-., ''-...../ 'I, ,¡; "~ " ,,~ ~ ,----..----- --- ~' C:[ry'Y OF ANDOìlJ:::l V~ 1976 BUDGI;;,r ~ ~J 08ne1'o,l di'um! }:::{¡J()l>cl:i..'htl'o~: IJ+ ~.¢~':,:f~r;*1?'" :'Y:"¥4~,c;1~W~'" Mo'endments 1. H('duce 11 ùalaries and bønefits ~¡ "ì 1, 'j " ¡¡oducø +012.2-32 T1'ans])o1'tation 1,\'" ". ',j. "I . f02-40 Confe1'encø6, HembershipG i,!-j, .\p.uuce II. ¡,¡r,duce f053-20 Supplies J ~ (,t) r' flp.duce +09/~- 36 Utili ties " ). () . Høduce +11-40 ContractuiJ,l Services .5C,(¡ ..( '1 lIeriuc 13 ,11~-2.0 Office Supplies j(ì\j t . g. Add 1¡,llf 21 Operating Supplies (gas) 100 0 JÜ:i.li1inu e 41/~- 32 Transportation I)((; " 10. ^dd 1,21 31 PostaGe for Newsletter 600 1i. Hoduce ,I,21-}/, Newslettør (postage) l' Hoduee 21-50 Capital Improvement ProgrÐ.m ' . " i :J. ^dd 1~27 30 Capital Improvoment Program 2,000 llJ.. 1':1:; m:Ln<J. to 1'1,22-40 A0rial photo program ¡('I, ,~\ 1 ~). U('ducp. ~232-50 Water '.rrunk , , -....-/ G01HJ¡)unl 'Y C0J~ter 'rennis Courts J," ,. 1.:. ¡¡('duce 1;~.3)-1~0 Contrac tu£Ü , 1" Add 1+23 "-50 Capital Outlay '), ;!I)(> I. 1 n. Hr.-duce f31-40 Recrea tioJ'¡ 1'1'oGr,:1.]1; -. ,";) ') .'( iI'V,t.t)) , j'¡et reduction , Original budget propoBrÜ . -'_,~_J._ ,_ .... Present budgot proposal " 'Jj, , . ,r"\ 1. ) ,~ . "- , , .~.~~-" ~ '---...-/---- , ~~ ~' CITY OF ANDOVER 1976 BUDGET ~ 6ENERAL FUND REVENUE ~ 1. Plus $38/Z 8 received in December, 1974. Z. Estimated t 97. 10/0 of the budgeted amount. This percent is the average of the two revious yea.rs' collections. 3. Levy limit '$133,\558 Special levies: A. Judgement (liability insurance premiums $1,101 C. Compliance with 1975 Laws of Minnesota 1,900 E. Public Pensions 10,954 T. Increased Industrial and Commercial Development 325 u. Tax abatements 811 15,091 $148,649 4. Estimated 90 contract<;>rs 5. Seven rene als ,~ : , 6. One on- sal at $100, and two (Z) off-sale at $40. '-.-/ 7. Including hating, plumbing, sewer and well. 8. Houses 160 @ $ZOO $ 32,000 Additions Z5 @ 20 500 Garages an Animal shel ers 50@ 30 1,500 Sewer hook ps 150 @ 45 6, 750 Sewer failu es 75 @ 15 1, 125 9. 160 @ $4.0 10. 11. 75 reports $25.00 lZ. Based on s laries and benefits from expenditure budget Building Inspector (six months) $5, 500 Maintèn nce Man (six months) 5,265 Secreta y (six months) 5,325 Secreta y - WIN/PSE (three months 2,580 {', - ~ 13. See Police e penditure budget 14. Including $3 00 for street improvements in the Russell Addition