09-07-1988 Budget HearingCITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA
BUDGET HEARING
SEPTEMBER 7, 1988
CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS PRESENT: Steven Quam, Mayor; Ivan Ludeman; Martin
Kirsch; Edwina Garcia; and Michael Sandahl.
STAFF PRESENT: James Prosser, City Manager; Steven Devich,
Administrative Services Director; Donald
Fondrick, Community Services Director; Byron
Wallace, Community Development Director; Bill
Fillmore, Liquor Operations Director; Jack
Erskine, Public Safety Director; and Jean
Mitchell, Finance Manager.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Quam at 7:01 p.m.
The City Manager presented an introductory overview of .the
Revised 1988-Proposed 1989 Budgets. Mr. Prosser emphasized the
importance of budgeting with the three year perspective. He
indicated that the City was looking at a status quo budget, but
one which continued to deliver the level of service that citizens
have been accustomed to in the past.
Items #1 Legislative/Executive ®udget
City Manager Prosser presented the
Legislative/Executive sections of the Budget. He
indicated that this Department reflected no mayor '
changes, except for the addition of some additional
part-time help and some office furniture. The total
cost of office furniture and partitions for the
Legislative/Executive and Administrative Services
Departments will be approximately $30,000-$35,000.
Ite^ #2 Administrative Services Budget
Administrative Services Director Steven Devich
presented an overview of the Administrative Services
Department. Mr. Devich indicated that the 1988-1989
Budget was also a status quo budget for his Department.
The one mayor expenditure throughout the Departmental
Budget is the funding of office furniture equipment for
Administration, Assessing, Personnel, and Finance to
provide an up-to-date work environment for Departmental
personnel. Those costs were built in to the 1988
Budget.
Also across the Department, there are some increase
costs due to comparable worth base pay adjustments for
certain Department personnel. Those increases would be
in accordance with the City's comparable worth plan.
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September 7, 1988
Mr. Devich indicated that Personnel showed some
increase costs for 1988. Those costs were due mainly
to significant increases in the use of the Richfield
Educational Assistance Program and, also, there have
been a number of labor related disputes that have
required professional assistance in terms of mediation
and arbitration preparation.
Other Divisions in the Department are pretty well
limited to inflationary increases in the Proposed
Budget.
Itee ~3 Community Services Budget
Community Services Director Fondrick presented the
Community Services Budget. Mr. Fondrick summarized the
proposed fee structures for all of the Oivisions in
Community Services. He discussed the correlation
between revenues and expenditures of certain Divisions
within the Department, such as the Community Center and
Ice Arena/Pool.
The Community Services Director and Administrative
Services Director summarized the Water and Sewer Funds.
It was noted that the staff was recommending no fee
increases for either the Water or Sewer Fund.
Mr. Fondrick presented the Golf Course Budget. He
noted that the past few years have been very profitable
for the operation and indicated that 1988 is expected
to be a very profitable year also. Mr. Fondrick
summarized the fee increases proposed for the Golf
Course for 1989.
The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 9:47 p.m.
Date Approved: 9/26/8$
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