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November 30, 2009 Work Session
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 590 40te Avenue NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421-3878 (763)706-3600 TDD (763) 706-3692 Yuit our website at: www, ci. co[umbur-heights mu. us NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING to be held in the CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS as follows: Meeting of: COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL Date of Meeting: NOVEMBER 30, 2009 Time of Meeting: 7:00 P.M. Location of Meeting: C. RAMSDELL CONFERENCE ROOM Purpose of Meeting: PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING WORK SESSION Public Works PowerPoint Presentation (20 minutes) 2. Discussion and Comments (15 minutes) 3. Finance Department PowerPoint Presentation (20 minutes) 4. Discussion and Comments (15 minutes) 5. Recreation Department PowerPoint Presentation (20 minutes) 6. Discussion and Comments (15 minutes) 7. Combined PowerPoint Presentation on the Highlights of the Remaining Departments (Administration, Legal, Assessing, General Government Buildings, Community Development and Information Systems) (15 minutes) 8. Discussion and Comments (15 minutes) 9. PowerPoint Presentation Recapping the Four-Year Budget Plan, The Property Tax Levy, and Proposed Add-backs to the Budgets. (Hard copies of this presentation will be handed out at the meeting) (10 minutes) 10. General discussion and comments on the budget and levy by Council members and Residents. (20 minutes) Mayor Gcrrv L Peterson Councilmembers Xoherr A. li~tllaam.e Bruce Nawrocki Tanustera Drehm Bruce Kelcertherg City Manager Walter R. hth.cr The City of Columbia Heights does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodation will be provided to allow individuals with disabilities to participate in ali City of Columbia Heights' services, programs, and activities. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request when the request is made at least 96 hours in advance. 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U Q o ~ as . ca = m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ N C . t 6 C ° ~ O ~ O ~ U ~ ~+ ~ ~ ~ ~ C ca c~ ~- ~ +~ o i ~- ca ~ _ ~ v ~ ~ ~ ~ o ~ L G ~ '- ~ ~ ~ = O N ~ G1 L ~ ~ ~ Q. ~ Ri ~ V ~ ~ U ~ ~ - (a ~ , U3 }, ~ ., + O '~ C ~ L N = Q . i N G ca ~ + O O ~ V to N f '~ ~ i. ~ O c N ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ + ~ ~ p N '~ O ~ 0 ~ O O ~ O ~ a~ Q X N O 0 O v O Z N O CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DATE: MAY 7, 2009 TO: THE HONORABLE GARY PETERSON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TAMI DIEHM BRUCE KELZENBERG BRUCE NAWROCKI BOBBY WILLIAMS FROM: WILLIAM ELRITE FINANCE DIRECTOR RE: PREPARING FOR THE 2010 BUDGET (Page 1 of 2) At the work session on May 4th staff handed out information related to the preparation of the 2010 budget. Included in this was historic information regarding the budget, local government aid (LGA), levies, and past property tax increases. It should first be noted that this presentation only dealt with the city property tax levy that appears on the property tax statements as the city levy. The presentation did. not include the school levy, the county levy, the city HRA levy or the county HRA levy for the city. The reason for concentrating on the city portion of the levy is that this is the primary funding for the General and Library funds. The HRA levies are separate levies used primarily for redevelopment within the city. As these are separate levies for a specific purpose they can be dealt with more efficiently at another time. Page 1 of the document shows the General and Library fund budgets for 2003 with a comparison to 2008 and a proposed 2010 funding level. It also shows the amount of personnel expenses along with the percent of the budget that makes up personnel. The largest departments, such as Police and Fire, have 91 % and 90% of their budget in personnel costs. Subsequently it is very difficult to reduce budgets without reducing personnel and services provided. The reason for using the 2003 adapted budget as a basis is that it is our highest-level budget and it is the year that the state began to significantly reduce LGA.. The next column shows the 2008 adopted budget. As you can see, the 2008 budget only increased by $317,635 over the 2003 budget. This is a 3.3% increase in expenditures over afive-year period. Staff is proposing that this be used as the basis for the 2010 budget. The next column shows the 2008 budget plus City Council approved. pay increases through 201.0. Using this column as the starting point in the preparation of the 2010 budget we would be freezing expenditures at the 2008 level with the exception of the app roved pay increases. The nett SPrti:?n, lines 34.37, chnu~c tl?e prnjertinn of ~itilitiec fnr the new gymnasium and public safety building as an addition to the base budget for 2010. The bottom section of this form, lines 39-48, reflects the projected revenues for 2010 through 2013 for the start of a four-year budget plan. The primary goal of this plan is to no longer be dependent on LGA as a funding source for general operations. As you can see, in 2013 the projected LGA for general operations is zero. Line 45 shows the effect this budget plan has on fund balance. In 2010 we would be utilizing $689,489 of fund balance. In 2011 the fund balance used is $99,090, then in 2012 and 201.3 we begin a slow rebuilding of fund balance. The Page Two bottom two lines show the percent and amount of inflation that is built into these budgets. The year 2010 has zero inflation, 2011 has 1%, and 2012 and 2013 have 2% inflation. Page 2 shows the history of the city levy and what we have received in LGA from 2003 through projected 2010. The top portion shows the years and our certified LGA and the cuts that we have received.. As you can see, on line 16 the total lost LGA from 2003 through projected 2010 is $12,020,989. When you go to the bottom section of the chart it shows our levy history for the same period of time. Here, again, on the bottom you can see that the total revenue gained through. increased property tax levies is $12,806,045, which does fully offset the lost LGA. The main point of this chart is that it shows that our property tax levies have basically covered and made up for the lost LGA. The last four columns on the bottom section of the chart show the percent of increase in the levy for 2003 through 2010. As you can see, our levy increases were high in 2004 and 2005 to make up for lost LGA. and then decreased significantly. Likewise, the current four-year budget plan has the largest levy increase in the first year. Page 3 shows the four-year levy plan. In this plan 2010 is the heaviest year as it covers the new expenses for the gymnasium and public safety building as well as additional bonding to cover the Murzyn Hall improvements and the new public safety building. In the years 2011 through 2013 the levy is increased only to replace lost LGA and to begin replacing fund balance used in 2010 and 2011. The two bottom sections of the chart reflect the levy increases broken down for general operations and for debt. Lines 27 and 28 reflect the fund balance changes and the total percent of levy increase for the four years. Following this plan through to 2013 will result in 2013 having a property tax levy increase of less than 5% and an increase to fund balance of slightly over $100,000. One of the key points of this budget plan is to remove the reliance on LGA for general operations. The plan is based on receiving and using $425,338 in LGA far years 2010 through 2013. However, there is a possibility that we could receive more LGA in these years. If this holds true, any additional LGA that is received can be used to reduce the city's debt levy or put aside in a capital building replacement fund. Any portion. that is used to reduce the debt levy will result in a direct property tax savings to the residents. For example, in 2010 the plan projects that we will receive $425,338 in LGA. If the city receives more than. that, all or a portion of it can be used to reduce the debt levy, which will result in a reduction of the total city property taxes to the residents. Additional LGA of $300,000 would reduce the levy by approximately 4%. Based on the discussions at the work sessions, based on this four-year plan. 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- - 14 Total projected levy increase 1,046,665 700,000 600,000 500,000 15 16 2010 2011 2012 2013 17 Prior Year City Levy 7,702,362 8,749,027 9,449,027 10,049,027 18 19 Total current Year levy 8,749,027 9,449,027 10,049,027 10,549,027 20 % Increase for General Operations 10.88% 8.00% 6.35% 4.98% 21 % Increase for Debt 2.71 % 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 22 % Increase for Total Levy 13.59% 8.00% 6.35% 4.98% 23 24 2010 2011 2012 2013 25 Operating Levy 8,052,142 8,752,142 9,352,142 9,852,142 26 Debt Levy 696,886 696,886 696,886 696,886 27 Fund Balance (used) increase (689,489) (99,090) 279,516 128,356 28 % Increase for Total Levy 13.59% 8.00% 6.35% 4.98% CITY COUNCIL LETTER MEETING OF: FEBRUARY 9, 2009 AGENDA SECTION: OTHER ORDINANCES ORIGINATING DEPT: CITY MANAGER AND RESOLUTIONS FINANCE APPROVAL NO: ITEM: RESOLUTION REDUCING THE BY: WILLIAM ELRITE BY: ADOPTED 2009 BUDGET IN ANTICIPATION OF LOCAL DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2009 GOVERNiVLENT AID REDUCTIONS NO: In anticipation of reductions in the amount of money the City receives in local government aid, the City Manager and staff have made advance preparations based on Governor Pawlenty's proposal to reduce the City of Columbia Heights' aid by $460,000 for the year 2009. Through significant advanced planning and reductions, staff and the City Manager are recommending to make cuts and revenue enhancements to compensate for the governor's proposed reductions in the 2009 budget. These cuts and reductions are a combination of reducing services and expenses, some layoffs, and all employees taking an 80-hour furlough without pay in 2009. It should be recognized that this level of reductions cannot be made without serious impairment to services provided by the City of Columbia Heights. These reductions, as laid out in the attached resolution, should enable the City to deal with the governor's proposed. aid reductions resulting in a corresponding reduction of services to residents. As has been discussed with the City Council, staff will continue to evaluate expenses and revenues during the preparation of the 2010 budget. This should allow for the adoption of a 2010 budget that will deal with any further aid reductions that are made by the state legislature. It is staff's very strong recommendation that the council seriously look at increasing other revenue sources wherever possible. There are some instances where the City could make services self-sustaining rather than reliant on taxes or state aid. An example of this would be to establish a street light utility to collect service fees to cover this expense. Another example is that currently approximately $100,000 per year is used to supplement the operation of Murzyn Hall. Service fees should be established to cover the cost of this operation. The other area that needs to be clearly understood is that unlike the budget reductions of 2003 and 2004, the current reduction cannot be made without seriously reducing services. The cuts will mean having parks, streets, boulevard trees, and other public works items maintained at a much lesser level. Library hours (from 60 to 51), reference work, and other services will also be reduced. Murzyn Hall would close when it is not in use for recreation programs or by afee-paying group. This means fee waived groups would. need to be rescheduled to times when the hall is open. Other services such as abatements for weeds and unkempt properties inay not be at the wine level as in 2008. 1n addition to this, we are exploring other reductions such as using an automated attendant for phone calls and encouraging all payments that do not require a receipt to be made in the payment drop box. It is important that the City Council understand that these service reductions may result in more citizen comments and input. rn~r,r~~rr,~.tr~r_rv xTVnrrrnA,. A~,..,,, +,. +1. ,, d;..g 4' D~,...t„+:,,., 7!1(l~ ~~ +t,o b~.„~ 1'I~ p. RL.v,vivtiv 1:iv Lt:L ivt i tvi ivtvv~: w waive ui~. rea iii vi i~wviuuvii ~.vv~-~.~ u~.,re .Iii aiii i~, ev ies available to the public. RECOMMENDED MOTION: Move to adopt Resolution 2009-24 being a resolution reducing the adopted 2009 budget in anticipation of local government aid reductions. WEams 0902051COllNCIL COUNCIL ACTION: RESOLUTION N0.2009-24 RESOLUTION REDUCING THE ADOPTED 2009 BUDGET IN ANTICIPATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID REDUCTIONS WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights is anticipating a reduction in excess of $460,000 in the amount of state aid the City will receive in 2009; and WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights is anticipating a reduction in excess of $960,000 in the amount of state aid the City will receive in 2010; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has utilized. advanced planning and preparation for these reductions; and WHEREAS, it is the overall goal to balance the City budget for 2009; and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that this budget reduction will have a significant impact on services provided to residents: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the following budget reductions be made to the 2009 property tax supported budgets. Adopted Fund 2009 Budget Proposed Cuts General Fund 9,793,340 516,055 Library Fund 783,847 92,377 Community Development Fund 625,309 50,568 Estimated Furlough Expense 260,000 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager be authorized. to develop along- range budget plan to include the reduction of services and expenses, the generation of new revenue, and a projection of property tax increases needed to offset the loss of local government aid. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager instruct staff to explore all areas where City revenue and fees can be increased to offset the cost of providing services and present recommendations to the City Council for evaluation. Passed this day of , 2009 Offered by: Seconded by: Roll Call: Mayor Gary Peterson Patricia Muscovitz, City Clerk ~~ ~ ~. .~`~. g" ,i: Pr° ry Credit Yst ~raline'~~est, 312-2;33-iC~d?; card °estst ff~flfi(S.4ffi Sece~#ery Credit Aae#yst: Steif~ie Der, Gh~a~o (1 }312-2.33-717: stetfianie_ , - ~' s~gs.co€tt ~'~ e~ Ratic~n~le ©utlk Relare~ Research ~vstanclardanflpaors.coe~~rating~dir~at 1 ~ d & P~a{s. ~~ rl~?hfs re:,ervd. N~ rspriaf a du n~~n'a" ~~P's ern ?ems of User'Csisc{tinr~t on tka leaf pr~a pry: -~ _ ~~r'_ ~' _ ~`" ~~. ~ e., ~ `> sir =~ 4='°a 3 , t ~3 - - i', I - ., _ , .... .. t~ ic~.~ ~_...f . _ .. r t~~ T'he "" long-term rating assigned ro Columbia Heights, Iv ~ ,'s series ?9~ general olsligation { 1 public facilities bonds and. series ?~~ taxable +G t~ increment bands reflects tlxe faflawxng credit qualities, in Standard Poor`s hating Services" opiaxion: eery class proxixxxity to Iv~itaneapolis-St. Paul with string participation in the nietresp+~srlitan econonuc baser including a _ ce-- to °rr,>le exnpl~yxre~xt aa~aartxxattes, a '"~~, ~.~.~ic;accxrs r ~ ~"::x9 frc,e~x adequate to #=et _, ;. .. ~~ __. In,-~~r ~ - -- ~ - ar ~ _ ~ . ,. , . < , . ~ m~c~: ra -., ~ , a very stray. _ hxnci '° . ' uxce, and Gac ' ~.= ~-: , +; ;~' ;~:a~;exxxe.. E ~.~::-x~n ~ and proc'_ lures, '.'ch have suataineci tfie ciz "s g, -:d izx;asscil : - r ' ., , is rr'.er stalaili` ; a:;d Tf :- city's faxll GCS! ad valarent t l~~-g~ ~,:,~. es bath series of bane <. Proceeds from the ~ ''`?A series will f :. ~ nce a variety of projects, including a new i~t~ folic saf~--~- ~=etxrer• sty.- ~t and water iaxfrastrucxure iinpravesnents,cnd resxovations to a conxanunity Isuildin~,- The 2f}49P, bonds will fund the acquisitioxx of srructxtres within a tax Standard Poor's ir~gsllitect ~ JuneB, 2 Sty` d ~ s. ~i tiffs to°.ar.+e~. Pdo ragzint tr tGsretnir~tian r.°itt S~~s parmirssion. Sae Tarrat of Usa,'Gi~tastaes wM t fast pa9a. tr r. lea iit ~r" ts, '.. ~,,°_r; ~erctat Chi 200, officials are preparing far a severe loss of LA. and. have word:-- -- -_ ::_ ly s_ ur e_ nditures , {nearby 10°l® of the budged, e city has redatced pr aaras, Ieft iti ~~:; c~ -.a far a °tion, and req steel employees take a lough. ris a result, emeaat ~~ is an raring su us or, ar worms, a break.-~veu g+ca~ depending oaa the level of L reduction. The airy°~ finaaacial forecast in a u of fused al a a 2010 and 2011 as the city reduces its dependence on state aid. The arable outlook re#lects Standard ~. Poor's e cation that manageaaaenr will continue to engage in extensive plannuag in order to respond to potential revenue decreases related. to slipping net tax capacity and reductions in state aid. ale e~-pect the airy to maintain its loaag-terns focus on mainraiating at laser a reserve level. The city's close pro.-' '~ to Ivlinneapolis and its participation in the mersopolitan econ 'c base provide further arability to the ratitag. ~t~ s.r tISPF Criteria: "Gt3 Debt," tact. 12, 2t~6 Complete ratings information is available to RatingsDirect subscribers at .rac° ° ect.com. 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