HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-07-19 City Council Work Session Meeting MinutesMINUTES
OF THE EDINA CITY COUNCIL
WORK SESSION
COMMUNITY ROOM, CITY HALL
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2022
5:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Hovland called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Answering roll call were Members Anderson, Pierce, Staunton, and Hovland.
Absent: Member Jackson.
Staff in attendance: Scott Neal, City Manager; Gillian Straub; City Management Fellow; Alisha McAndrews,
Finance Director; Chad Millner, Engineering Director; Ross Bintner, Engineering Manager; Derik Otten,
Facilities Manager; Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications Director; Chief Todd Milburn; Sgt. Brandon Kuske;
Perry Vetter, Parks and Recreation Director; Nick Lovejoy, IT Security Analyst; and Sharon Allison, City Clerk.
2023-2028 CIP AND 2023 BUDGET
Finance Director McAndrews reviewed the CIP and Budget timeline and said how she would share projects
from departments and staff teams, and that subject matter experts were in attendance to answer questions.
She said the next budget meeting would be in August and would include the utility rate study to be presented
by Ehlers and Associates, and adoption of the preliminary levy in September.
McAndrews reviewed the strategic policy and implementation and how these feeds into each other. She
reviewed the Budget Goals and Values that informs the work staff does and guides decision making. She said
from the $140M Consolidated Budget that staff would focus on the $80M Governmental funds and spoke
about the Debt Service Levy projection which included Fire Station 2.
McAndrews presented funding options for 2023-2028 CIP that included 383 projects totaling $359M over 6
years. She said projects were prioritized as high, medium, and low. She discussed CIP challenges such aging
assets, capital needs outpacing available funding and others. Derik Otten, Facilities Manager, described several
facilities that were in urgent need of repairs. McAndrews noted that there were some areas not currently
funded that needs to be prioritized. She spoke about the Equipment Levy Funding and how it was data driven
and included detailed replacement schedules with reliable funding source for these needs.
Manager Neal spoke about the 2022-23 Budget Work Plan which was approved December 2021. Neal said staff
would be paying a lot of attention to employees’ compensation, benefits, and practices to attract and retain a
skilled and high-performing workforce. He recommended a 3 percent pay increase to be competitive with
union increase of 4 to 4.5 percent. He spoke about the 2023 Tax Levy that was tentatively approved at 5.76
percent and said how Edina has a market value growth of 12.4 percent over 2021. Neal showed a levy
projection option of 10 percent and explained that the tax impact on the median valued home of $659,900
would be a decrease of 1.1 percent in City property taxes or $23 annually. The next steps are City Manager’s
CIP recommendation on Aug. 16, certify Preliminary Tax Levy on Sept. 20, present draft CIP to Oct. 20, and
hold public hearing for the 2023 Budget Dec. 6.
Council asked questions of staff and provided feedback.
Edina City Council Work Session Meeting, July 19, 2022
DISCUSS FENCING CONSORTIUM JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
Chief Milburn and Sgt. Kuske said that based on Brooklyn Center’s experience during recent civil unrest, a
fence was used to effectively create a buffer between police and protesters, and as a result, a metro-wide
initiative was formed to purchase fences for use by consortium agencies. The fencing consortium, made up of
approximately 53 local government agencies, would jointly contract with a fencing vendor for the availability,
storage, maintenance, and transportation of the anti-scale fencing. They recommended the City Council joined
the consortium.
Council asked questions and provided feedback.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, ____________________________________________
Sharon Allison, City Clerk
Minutes approved by the Edina City Council, August 3, 2022.
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James B. Hovland, Mayor