03-25-97 Special
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Richfield, Minnesota
Special Joint City Council/Richfield
School Board Meeting
January 6, 1997
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Kirsch at 5:37 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Members Present:Martin Kirsch, Mayor; Michael Sandahl; Susan Rosenberg; Russ
Susag; and Kristal Stokes.
Staff Present:James Prosser, City Manager; Steven Devich, Administrative
Services Director; Thomas Ferber, City Clerk; Mike Eastling, City
Engineer; Gretchen Blank, Leisure Services Coordinator; Bruce
Palmborg, Community Development Director; and William Fillmore,
Liquor Operations Director.
School Board
Members:Nancy Rowley, Chair; Bob Lindgren; David Lamberger, Vicki Rorie,
Steven Gamble, and Terry Freeman.
School District
Staff:Barbara Devlin, Dennis Laingen, Jerry Kjorlien, Bruce Abrahamson,
Lynda Gault, and Judy Miller.
Item #I RICHFIELD COMMUNITY COUNCIL PRESENTATION OF THEIR
REVENUE ENHANCEMENT SPENDING PLAN. S.S. NO. 8
Joint Council/School Board Meeting Minutes-2-January 6, 1997
City Manager Prosser reviewed Study Session Letter No. 8 regarding the
recommendations of the Richfield Community Council regarding the use of Revenue
Enhancement Funds in Richfield.
Jamie Halpern, Hennepin County Office of Budget and Finance, provided an
overview and answered questions regarding the Local Collaborative Time Study Revenue
Enhancement Program. He stated that a specific form of revenue enhancement, named
the Local Collaborative Time Study (LCTS), was authorized in State laws that established
the Family Services Collaborative (FSC) and Children’s Mental Health Collaborative
(CMHC) programs, to help stimulate the development of new funding strategies and to
help generate sustaining resources for the collaboratives. The LCTS raises new money
from several federal entitlement programs, Medicaid, Foster Care, and Aid-to-Families-
with-Dependent Children (AFDC) by documenting existing expenditures made by local
agencies and submitting claims for federal reimbursement. These new federal funds are
then given to collaboratives. He outlined the following rules that pertain to LCTS revenue
enhancement programs:
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All LCTS funds must be used to expand collaborative, preventive services and not
fund out-of-home care for children.
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LCTS funds cannot be used to supplant other resources already committed to the
collaboratives.
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Spending plans for use of the LCTS revenues must relate to the goals, priorities,
and desired outcomes established by the collaborative and are subject to State
approval.
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LCTS revenues must be part of a collatborative’s ‘integrated fund\funding plan’
which demonstrates the collective contributions of all collaborative partners.
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Most importantly, collaboratives must have over-all control over the investment of
all LCTS dollars - no single agency can be given unilateral control over the use of
any LCTS funds. In addition, a single plan for county-wide oversight is required by
the State, in addition to any local oversight delegated to local collaboratives.
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County government must serve as the primary LCTS fiscal agent (in addition to any
local fiscal agents).
Camillo DeSantis, Chair of the Richfield Community Council, presented their
proposed revenue enhancement spending plan as follows:
Goals
1. Support the operation of the Richfield Community Council.
Objectives
1.1Provide resource support for the operation of the Council to promote
collaboration in serving children and families.
1.2Periodically reevaluate community needs, set priorities, and determine
ways to meet those needs.
Joint Council/School Board Meeting Minutes-3-January 6, 1997
Goals
2.Establish and support the operation of the Richfield Community Resource
Center.
Objectives
2.1Serve as a clearing house for sharing information and resources to meet
local needs.
2.2Identify unmet children and family needs and gaps in service and in
collaboration with the Council develop appropriate priorities and plans.
2.3Pursue the long-term financing of Community Resource Center
emphasizing the use of in-kind resources.
2.4Demonstrate the capacity of the Resource Center to organize and
implement a human service provider network system of formal and informal
resources for more effective service with families and children, locally and
in concert with the three other South Hennepin resource centers and the
Resource Center Hub.
Goals
3.Promote a healthy community and healthy youth and families.
Objectives
3.1Enhance community-wide awareness and commitment to the importance
of promoting healthy communities and healthy youth and families.
3.2Facilitate connections among families, individuals, organizations,
governmental agencies and businesses in regard to healthy youth
andfamily development.
3.3Promote healthy community and healthy youth and families in the
structures and operations of the Council and participating organizations
and agencies.
Discussion followed regarding the conduct of the time study by the school district,
the proposed designation of the City as the fiscal agent for the revenue enhancement
funds, the inclusion of asset building in youth rather than just “at risk” programs, the
refocus of existing organizations and changing the Richfield Community Council’s
recommendation from spending “plan” to spending “priorities”.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 6:35 p.m.
Date Approved:
Martin J. KirschMayor
Thomas P. FerberJames D. Prosser
City ClerkCity Manager
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