09-12-11special ••dAl CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
RICHFIELD Richfield, Minnesota
Special City Council Meeting
September 12, 2011
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Goettel at 5:33 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
ROLL CALL
Members Present: Debbie Goettel, Mayor; Sue Sandahl; Pat Elliott; and Tom Fitzhenry.
Members Absent: Fred Wroge
Staff Present: Steven L. Devich, City Manager; Pam Dmytrenko, Assistant City Manager;
Mike Eastling, Public Works Director; John Stark, Community
Development Director; Jim Topitzhofer, Recreation Services Director;
Wayne Kewitsch, Fire Chief; Bill Fillmore, Municipal Liquor Operations
Director; Barry Fritz, Public Safety Director/Chief; Todd Sandell, Public
Safety Deputy Director/Chief; Chris Regis, Finance Manager; and Cheryl
Krumholz, Recording Secretary.
M/Goettel, S/Sandahl to excuse Council Member Wroge from the September 12, 2011
Special City Council Meeting.
Motion carried 4-0.
Item #1 DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ATTENDANCE AT
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONGRESS OF CITIES IN NOVEMBER 2011
Mayor Goettel will attend the conference.
Item #2 DISCUSSION OF 2011 REVISED/2012 PROPOSED BUDGET AND 2012
PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY
City Manager Devich introduced the 2012 proposed budget and preliminary tax levy.
Finance Manager Regis presented the overall budget and tax levy PowerPoint.
Council Meeting Minutes -2- September 12,2011
City Manager Devich reviewed the Legislative/Executive Department budgets.
Assistant City Manager Dmytrenko reviewed the Administrative Services Department
budgets.
Public Safety Deputy Director/Chief Sandell reviewed the Public Safety Department
budgets.
Fire Chief Kewitsch reviewed the Fire Services Department budget.
Community Development Director Stark reviewed the Community Development Department
budgets.
Public Works Director Eastling reviewed the Public Works Department budgets. He stated
the Utility budgets would be discussed at the October 27, 2011 City Council Worksession.
Recreation Services Director Topitzhofer reviewed the Recreation Services Department
budgets.
Municipal Liquor Operations Director Fillmore reviewed the Liquor Operations Department
budgets.
City Manager Devich discussed the Market Value Homestead Credit Program impacts
recently approved by the State Legislature.
Mayor Goettel stated she supported hiring a person to serve as back-up to the Finance
Manager because the lack of this internal control is a finding of the auditor.
The PowerPoint presentation is City Clerk File No. 461.
ADJOURNMENT
The open meeting was adjourned by unanimous c• se at i4: •.m.
Date Approved: September 27, 2011 1 0 I.
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