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<br />Council Meeting Minutes
<br />December 14, 1999
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<br />Page 3
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<br />Public Hearing - None
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<br />Council Business
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<br />Margaret Egan, Finance Director, presented the certifying of delinquencies for 2000.
<br />Annually, delinquent charges for water and sewer utility services are certified for
<br />collection with property taxes. The certified amount includes an 8% interest charge as the
<br />City will not receive settlement until December 2000. City code defines a delinquency as
<br />a minimum unpaid charge of $1 00 which is over 90 days past due as of September.
<br />Affected individuals have been advised ofthe certification. The certification amount for
<br />2000 will be $73,500. A listing of delinquencies will be provided to Council.
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<br />Motion by Gunderman, seconded by Samuelson, to WAIVE THE READING AND
<br />ADOPT THE RESOLUTION CERTIFYING DELINQUENCIES PAYABLE IN
<br />2000.
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<br />5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried.
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<br />Egan presented formal adoption of the 2000 Budget and Tax Levy. The 2000 Annual
<br />Budget totals $12,983,700, and property taxes will provide 26% ofthe revenues to support
<br />services. The 2000 tax levy of $3, 173,600 represents an increase of 2.5% over the 1999
<br />levy. The increase is the result of rising costs due to new services and inflation in an era
<br />when non-tax revenues cannot accommodate higher costs. About $2,500,000 from the
<br />reserves will be used to fund needed park improvements.
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<br />In response to questions stated at the December 6 Truth in Taxation Public Hearing, Egan
<br />explained that newly revised national accounting standards will require revenues be tied to
<br />program areas. The new standards will better inform the reader of service costs and its
<br />reliance on revenues. Operation of the City's enterprise services is in basic compliance
<br />with the new standards because expenses are directly tied to customer charges. An annual
<br />review of customer charges is completed to balance revenues and expenses. By contrast,
<br />the General Fund relies on extensively pooling of revenues to support service costs.
<br />Currently, program areas are not well defined.
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<br />Egan explained that the General Fund expenditures are allocated into the following areas:
<br />Public Works -$1,059,000 or 11 %, Capital Outlay - $1,779,000 or 19%, Administration -
<br />$1,489,000 or 16%, Finance - $378,000 or 4%, Community Development - $703,000 or
<br />7%, Parks and Recreation - $1,760,000 or 18%, and Police and Fire - $2,432,200 or 26%.
<br />General tax revenues for 2000 are $3,174,000 or 24%. Non-tax revenues (state aid,
<br />reserves and interest, utility charges, and customer charges) are $9,810,000 or 76%.
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<br />Customer charges represent the largest non-tax rcvenue source for general services. Non-
<br />tax revenues contained in the 2000 Budget include: Family Service Center - $556,000,
<br />Forestry - $55,000, Recreation - $315,000, Building Permits - $258,000, Recycling -
<br />$164,000, Tax Increment Financing Administrative fund - $198,000, Sanitarian - $78,000,
<br />Engineering - $200,000, Army reimbursements, Police - $231,000, License Bureau -
<br />$87,000, and donations and franchise fees - $225,000.
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<br />Council Business
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<br />Certifying of 2000
<br />Delinquencies
<br />Report 99-271
<br />Resolution 99-121
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<br />Approval of Budget
<br />and Tax Levy
<br />Report 99-272
<br />Resolution 99-122
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