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�of <br /> 1�BM <br /> the city that works for you <br /> Council Worksession <br /> August 23, 2011 <br /> 5:30 pm <br /> Present: Mayor Jacobsen, <br /> Councilmember Samuelson <br /> Councilmember Phillips <br /> Councilmember Bauman <br /> Councilmember Burg <br /> Absent: None <br /> Staff in attendance: <br /> Dean Lotter, City Manager <br /> Grant Wyffels, Public Works Director <br /> Grant Fernelius, Community Development Director <br /> Dan Maiers, Finance Director <br /> Sandy Breuer, Parks &Recreation Director <br /> Bob Jacobson, Public Safety <br /> Schawn Johnson, Assistant to the City Manager <br /> The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM. <br /> 2012 Budget Discussion- <br /> City Manager Dean Lotter provided the City Council with an overview of their 2012 <br /> budget goals that were provided in April: <br /> • Continue to maintain funding for the City's staffing of seventeen police officers in <br /> 2012. <br /> • 2% COLAs for non-union. <br /> • 0%tax levy increase. <br /> • To maintain the integrity of the fleet non-fleet pavement plan funding strategy <br /> which was adopted by the City Council in August, 2010, <br /> City Manager Dean Lotter noted that the department directors were successful in <br /> creating a 2012 proposed budget that met all of the goals that were identified by the <br /> City Council in April. <br /> During the 2011 Minnesota Legislative Special Session, the State legislature <br /> approved the elimination of the Market Value Homestead Credit(MVHC) and in <br />