HomeMy WebLinkAbout19890808_special8 MNUTES OF SPECIAL BUDGET MBTING
OF THE EDINA CITY COUNCIL HELD AT CITY HAJJ,
AUGUST 8, 1989
5:OO P.H.
Answering rollcall were Members Kelly, Paulus, Rice, Smith and Mayor Richards.
Pursuant to due notice given, the Council met in the Manager's Conference Room of
City Hall to begin review and consideration of the proposed 1990 Budget for the
City of Edina.
1990 BUDGET PRESENTED Manager Rosland presented the proposed 1990 Budget for the
City of Edina stating that it is based upon the programs and projections outlined
in the budget assumptions presented to the Council on June 19, 1989.
1990 Budget responds to the direction received from the Council at that time and
represents a 5.0% increase over 1989.
increased by 3% and an overall increase of 5.0% in revenue from licenses/permits
and fees/charges is recommended.
The proposed
Depending upon anticipated legislative
- action, the City should be within its levy limit. Salaries are proposed to be
Presentations were made by Larry Oppold, Executive Director, South Hennepin Human
Services Council (SHHSC) and Otto Byrne, Chairman of the Human Relations
Commission, on funding requests summarized as follows:
SHHSC - Budget request for 1990 is $21,385 which is based on $.47 per capita for
the City of Edina. Reasons for the increase of $7,735 over 1989 were: 1) SHHSC
has the possibility of moving into the old Northgate School, located near 1-494
and Portland Avenue, which is being developed by Robert E. Miller (REM) as a human
services center.
will no longer be willing to provide the entire cash funding required for building
space.
contribution. The four cities are being asked for a portion of the rent dollars
for office space. 2) SHHSC is requesting the addition of one half-time planner in
1990 to aide in the implementation of the long range plan and development of the
human services center.
one third-time clerical staff person to assist the increased planning staff, and
4) 4% increase over 1989 funding is being requested for inflation and salary
increases.
budget from each of the four cities to adequately fund the position of a senior
planner for the rest of 1989. Considerable discussion followed relating to the
relocation of SHHSC and other human senrice agencies to the proposed human
services center.
bringing the agencies together for the sake of providers and recipients and
recommended funding the initial expenses.
Human Relations Commission Budnet - Funding requests for the 1990 Budget were
presented as follows: Storefrontflouth Action $38,500, Senior Community Services
$5,000, Cornerstone Advocacy Service $2,700, Share-A-Home $2,000, United Battered
Families Network $2,000, VEAP $1,800, West Suburban Mediation Center $800 for a
total of $52,800. A request of $4,500 for the Chemical Health Program was also
presented which would provide for a chemical health program coordinator.
Mr. Byrne responded to questions and discussion on the proposed Human Relations
Commission budget request and the Chemical Health Program.
If SHHSC does move to the human services center, Bloomington
Bloomington has provided office space in Creekside Center as an in-kind
3) SHHSC is requesting funding to support the addition of
The SHHSC Board is also requesting a $2,000 supplement to its 1989
Mr. Byrne commented that the Human Relations Commission supports
PROPOSED 1990 BUDGET REVIEWED - The Council then reviewed the proposed 1990 Budget
for the various departments of the City, with discussion on the following areas:
Election - Mayor Richards asked if there is some cost savings wi'th the new voting
system.
property which eliminated the cost for rental of storage space for the previous
voting machines.
I Clerk Daehn responded that the voting equipment is now stored on City
Some increase in costs for general supplies and printing is
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anticipated but, basically, the total election budget for 1990 is the same as for
1988.
Assessinp; - Member Kelly asked why there was a 7.9% increase.
that there are some comparable worth adjustments in the department and also, costs
for data processing (LOGIS) are up.
Legal and Court Services 5 Member Kelly asked if the 1.0% increase is reasonable
considering pending and potential litigation. Manager Rosland responded that he
has been working with the prosecuting attorney in an attempt to hold prosecuting
services at the current level. If enforcement goes up there should be the
correlating income as an offset. As to services for civil cases, that is
difficult to estimate and is affected by any settlements that may be made.
It was explained
Public Works/Suuervision - Mayor Richards asked what would happen if we did not
fund the Gopher One State program. Manager Rosland explained that this is a
mandated program from the State which establishes a central agency to locate
buried utilities.
mandated programs but that for the present the City pays for the program.
Rosland said he would research how the program works and would bring back that
information.
Public Works/Street Maintenance - Mayor Richards raised the question of falling
behind on street maintenance.
been able to keep up the current level of street maintenance without adding
manpower by replacing equipment with better and more efficient equipment.
He said there has been some talk about State funding of
Manager
Manager Rosland said that staff believes they have
Public Safetv/Police Protection - Member Rice asked if the proposed budget for
police protection would maintain the current level of service.
that it would improve the level of sewice with the addition of the drug
enforcement officer.
emergency medical calls in the southeast area of the City without an additional
patrol officer in that area, and, also, what the response time is currently.
Chief Swanson said that presently it is well within six minutes, that the previous
standard had been four minutes but that they are not always able to hold the four
.minute mark consistently. She asked for information as to the County's response
time and how the City's emergency medical service compares to that of the County.
Mayor Richards asked what it would mean if the position of the drug enforcement
officer was not funded. Chief Swanson said he felt it would take away the threat
to the street level drug distributor.
the Police Department have substantiated the use and trafficking of drugs in Edina
as indicated by one three-month study project.
providing police service to that activity at the street dealer level.
Richards asked if this is the proper level to attack this problem and who would
prosecute these cases.
cultural problem and has to be addressed by every level.
would be done by the Hennepin County Attorney and/or through the federal court
system on drugs.
Mayor Richards asked if this would be a joint City/School effort,
said previous funded programs that involved the School were for prevention,
education, counseling, liaison work, etc. The drug enforcement officer would be a
worker that would be out there to arrest people who are involved in drugs.
School would need to be made aware that enforcement could lead into the schools.
Chief Swanson said
Member Kelly asked if they will still be able to handle the
Recent undercover operations conducted by
He said that presently we are not
Mayor
Chief Swanson said it was his opinion that it is a
As to prosecution, that
He said he did not conceive that prosecution would be a problem.
Chief Swanson
The
Public Safety/Inspections - Member Rice asked if the City were to be more
aggressive in area of inspections and/or violations what would that entail.
Building Official John Shirmang said it would probably require one-half person at
first.
complaints to seeking out violations it would require a fulltime person.
Manager Rosland said if we were to change from basically responding to
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Public Safetv/Public Health - Member Kelly said she would like the City to
seriously consider contracting with Fairview-Southdale Hospital for at least some
of the public health services now provided by Bloomington.
little control over the contract cost for public health services because
Bloomington has been the only provider to meet our specifications.
one of the benefits the hospital could provide the community would be public
health services.
Currently the City has
She said that
Park & Recreation/Forestry - Manager Rosland explained that this account includes
$5,000 for replacement of approximately 20 boulevard trees; however, more than
that number of trees are lost.
Country Club area residents that the City consider strengthening the tree program.
He suggested that the City could either: 1) Buy the trees and have them planted
and then assess the cost back to benefitted properties over five years, or 2)
Increase the amount for tree replacement in the City budget. Member Kelly said
there has also been some concern expressed that the diseased trees are not being
taken down fast enough. Manager Rosland said that the work is being contracted
out.
from boulevard property this year and 288 have been diagnosed as diseased on
private properties.
trees out of the 106 removed from the boulevards. He said that replacement trees
should probably be spaced further apart because the maples and green ash will not
give the crown look as the elms did that were planted 30/40 years ago. Regarding
removal, he said diseased trees are generally removed 10 days after they have been
identified.
citizens could donate trees to the City.
56 trees from the parks as a result of girdling by deer.
park tree nursery have been planted as replacements.
citizens who donated trees could take a tax deduction if they did not derive a
benefit therefrom.
Non-Departmental - Mayor Richards noted the following: 1) Operating budget
contribution to the Capital Plan Budget of $140,000 is proposed at $115,000; 2)
Special assessments remain at $80,000; 3) Recycling Program is proposed at
$149,885 (doubled); 4) Futures Commission is proposed at $10,000 (new program);
5) Loss Subsidy/Art Center is proposed at $5,757 (tremendous improvement).
Following review of the proposed 1990 Budget, Mayor Richards said that the budget
hearing would continue on Thursday, August 10, and begin with staff's response to
specific questions that have been raised. The Council Members would then discuss
the 1990 Budget as proposed and attempt to reach a consensus thereon.
He said there has been requests from some of the
.
Park Director Kojetin reported that to date 106 elm trees have been removed
There have been only about a dozen requests for replacement
Member Paulus asked if the parks are in need oftrees and also if
Director Kojetin said that we have lost
Over 60 trees from the
Manager Rosland said
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:20 p.m.
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City Clerk