[0:04] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** I'd like to welcome everyone back um we took a motion to go out of recess I like a motion to go back into a regular session so do I have a second second all in favor say I I oppose motion carried uh this section is the truth and Taxation public hearing um the time right now is 6:01 and the date is uh December 11th 2024 so I'll turn it with that I'll turn it over the city administrator. [0:50] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** yes so for the 2025 final budget presentation um there's a few notes that I wanted to have um front of mine when we're reviewing uh the election budget has been removed from the expenditures for 2025 in the general fund uh the general funds and the motor vehicle department reflect an operating transfer of $50,000 a 3% wage employee uh increase is included in the 2025 budget for All non-contract city employees electric utility rate Savings of $180,000 is included in the 2025 budget as a capital item for the residential cial development depreciation has been incorporated into proprietary fund [1:36] budgets this is the first time in in um recent history that that has occurred um I want to reiterate that that was identified as a best practice from the Auditors and so that's something that this current Administration wanted to transition to um so a lot more to come on that within the presentation sales tax revenue of $225,000 is included in the general fund revenues for the 2025 budget local government Aid increased $1,940 for a total of 1,122,320 in 2025 and the campground Revenue uh has been increased $20,000 to 200,000 in the 2025 budget now keep in mind that is not [2:24] net that is just gross revenue. [2:34] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** question last year was it for the DMV was that $50,000 last year as well? [2:38] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** I believe this is the second year that it has been $50,000 prior to that it was closer to the 30 20 to 30 range um there have been some changes in um full-time employee benefits um for health insurance so employees electing to either take or not take health insurance or what type of health insurance they take has changed that that um has changed that budget so things that are out of our control um have added additional expense for that department and now the for the second year the transfer from the general fund [3:10] is $50,000. [3:12] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** and and then the sales tax for 2024 was that 225k around? [3:16] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** yep that has been relatively consistent and we'd like to be a little bit of a little bit conservative with that estimate um but that has been consistent for a couple of years now any further items go ahead okay so in the preliminary budget we took a look in the general fund of all the different general fund departments uh we did look at 24 versus 25 in our preliminary budget um budgeting process so this outlines where each general fund Department landed after all the work that has occurred over the past 3-4 months um I will have a [3:56] couple of notations per department but the general government department for the 2025 budget expenditures are budgeted at 513,000 for city council $43,372 City administration department $352,500 the elections have been removed the community center budget is $44,100 for law enforcement Services the 2025 budget expenditure within the general fund is [4:41] $695,000 for 2025 Public Works is coming in at $427,500 a few notables for Public Works is there was an additional full-time staff um added into the expenditures for 2025 in addition um there has been budget Incorporated for one pedestrian ramp replacement a year two manhole Replacements and then the flags and lighted Decor as identified by Council as a as a um additional expenditure are all Incorporated within that Public Works budget the recycling department is budgeted at [5:26] $18,000 the depot budget is coming in at $6,000 expenditures for Parks and Recreation are budgeted at $125,600 the gardens budget is coming in at $24,000 the library expenditure budget 87,888 there are no active Tiff districts currently the cemetery department is coming in at $4,850 cable TV department 53,800 and Riverside Arena coming in at 97,350 so these are all our general fund departments and the expenditure budgets [6:12] for each for 2025 another notable is that in the Parks and uh parks and Campground Department um we did include a $110,000 line item for annual Park maintenance that is outside the scope of capital so capital projects are not included in these expenditures at this point in the presentation. [6:30] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** so in the Park and Recreation the uh remodeling of the uh bath house down there is is not in that? [6:36] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** correct that is not in the 125,600 that is separate so we'll look at those next so a breakdown of capital now again these figures are are separate from what was just presented the old beach house bathroom [6:58] renovation we have budgeted $30,000 of capital money in 2025 the library is looking at a $1,000 commitment of capital for an exterior building sign the $180,000 as previously mentioned has been set aside for the residential development contribution Public Works has a $50,000 capital budget for a new skidder the community center has a $20,000 expenditure budget uh for capital to continue our rooftop unit install and replacement on the community center the cemetery has a small uh small budget um identified for a fencing project or something of that nature that [7:44] budget is $750 the Elm Avenue beautification that was identified and prioritized by council is budgeted for capital of $5,000 in 2025 a 15,000 um allotment has been budgeted for the Historical Society for an engineering building report in order for them to then be able to apply for Grants um for repair of the Historical Society building and DEP and then we have identified work stations that need to be replaced totaling $18,000 these are all coming out of a um general fund expenditure capital budget our total 2025 general fund Capital projects are [8:31] $318,750 so looking at a summary of the general fund for 2025 revenues are coming in uh that incorporate local government Aid at 2,877,570 operating expenses non-Capital are coming in at $2,530,269 Capital expenses are budgeted at $319,731 for a total expense expenditure budget of $2,850,000. [9:29] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** on to the the water fund now the city engaged in 2024 in a in a utility rate study uh for our water and sewer funds um for the water fund it wasn't the initial priority um but because Northland Securities had previously engaged with the city in a in short order for a a water rate study they were willing to add it on for a minimal cost that water rate study or the inclusion of that in in the city's rate study then kind of fact check where the city was at so the city has has worked really hard on raising water rates over the past consecutive years um a lot of this is a result of um increased bonding for uh water fund projects the new wells the [10:16] rehabilitation of the water tower things of that nature so in order to be able to make those Bond payments um pretty significant increases have happened in water rates over the past couple of years the rates study has identified in June a 1% increase so a few notes for the water fund um in four years the water fund Debt Service obligation will be over $241,000 per year that's why consistent rate increases will uh be able to accommodate those payments there are no Capital Improvements recommended for the water fund for 2025 again this is based on the significant projects that have already occurred and the need to um make sure that Debt Service payments can be [11:02] made in the water fund moving forward now for the first time um in recent history we have included depreciation that discussion happened within our preliminary uh budget discussion so depreciation is in included for the water fund um in 2023 audit it was right around $90,000 of depreciation annually that has been incorporated into the expenditures and if you look at um inflation and the incorporation of depreciation and just what occurs um at a 1% rate increase the water fund will operate in 2025 at a little bit of a deficit um I have Incorporated [11:49] the water um percentage increases that were recommended by the city's rate study on the next page you can see across the board that it's right around 1 or 2% in perpetuity um what our rate study identified is that the hard work has already been done as far as raising rates in order to accommodate for large Debt Service payments Yet to Come however um when you project out this 10 years there are things that are not Incorporated in here like whether or not there's a a large repair needed or inflation or things of that nature so um these Figures were calculated using the 1% from the city's rate study but I wanted to provide Council visibility to [12:35] what it would take for an increase in order to have net income for 2025 so if you're looking at the um a 1% increase the revenue increase is $4,435 at 1% water revenues in 2025 at 1% increase are budgeted at $449,045 expenditures are budgeted at [13:10] $457,570 for a $8,525 loss so looking at a 2% increase and a 3% increase I have provided those figures for Council as well at a 2% increase Revenue would be $453,500 [13:29] $457,570 for a net income loss of $3,216 and at 3% rate increase Revenue would be 458,227 expenditures at 4 157,570 once again for a net income of $1,170 one thing to to um mention in addition to depreciation um there was additional moneyy is put into a repairs learning item we do have a need in 2025 to address some water meter Replacements it's not necessarily going to be a capital item they are coming of age and so there was a need to put the water meter Replacements in the expenditures [14:16] within a line item that becomes a consistent part of the Budget moving forward and so those weren't included in capital those were included as an expenditure as they'll be needed longterm for planning so it's things like that that the water rate study cannot account for which is why we're we're slightly off um from from that rate where that rate study was coming in um but we're we're really close. [14:42] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** moving on to the Sewer fund the city's 2024 rate study recommended rate increases and a $15 EDU charge for 2025 the sewer fund Debt service obligation is over 383,000 in [15:02] 2025 Revenue includes a $319,068 increase due to the base availability charges for 2025 net income includes $250,000 for depreciation now again we've got to put it in there it's a best practice it provides more visibility and there's been a lot of hard work that's gone into identifying rates and and fees for the sewer fund for 2025 um but incorporating the depreciation it is a kicker the rate study recommended a $30 EDU charge initially um city council reached consensus with [15:49] 15 and the sewer expenditures include a capital project of $100,000 right now we're assigning it to a sewer lining project for 2025 it could be something different depending upon how uh mediation and negotiations go with the Sewer District but there is a $100,000 Capital line item as has been included in the sewer fund budget consistently over the past five or so years so utilizing the city's rate study and the rates associated with that in addition to the $15 EDU charge sewer revenues are budgeted at $953,713 sewer expenditures are budgeted at [16:35] $1,038,970 for a net income of a $85,200 loss now keep in mind without the $250,000 of depreciation you're looking at a net income of $164,000 however that sewer fund was depreciating faster than there was visibility to without the depreciation Incorporated in the budget that happens from an on the audit side of things now when you're looking at the budget and making decisions as a council depreciation will be in there and it'll align more closely with your financial statement on an annual basis I did include visibility to the um sewer rates as established by the 2024 [17:24] uh rate study that occurred so one thing that's different with the sewer fund this year um the water fund is still looking at consistent rate increases on a percentage basis across the board sewer rates as per the city's rate study are independently um identified so it won't be a sweeping percentage it will be um a motion to approve the rates as identified in the rate study for the sewer Fund in addition to the base availability fee in subsequent years um the council can choose to do either um you know approve via rates and or approve with sweeping percentage increases or [18:11] decreases as utilized in the past so this is a little different this year with the work that was done on the rate study. [18:22] **Walter Lower III (Council Member):** EDU charge of $15 that was monthly correct? [18:25] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** the city council did pass the resolution to um with the intention of implementation as of January 1st for the $15 EDU and these rates already as part of our annual budget approval we'll get formal motions but that resolution for the sewer fund has already occurred from a council perspective moving on to the motor vehicle fund motor vehicle revenues are budgeted at $2,769,300 [19:01] motor vehicle expenditures are coming in at $2,795,700 there is a need for one workstation to be replaced at $3,000 budgeted within a capital expenditure for the motor vehicle fund for a net income loss of $29,400 the net income includes a $1,500 depreciation line item so again depreciation in all of our proprietary funds and a $50,000 operating transfer from the general fund moving on to the liquor fund for 2025 liquor revenues are [19:48] budgeted at $2,311,180 excuse me let me restart 2,311,180 liquor expenditures are budgeted at $1,931,187 there is a $15,000 capital line item for a Bottoms Up Filler Incorporated in the 2025 budget for a net income of $364,813 the net income also includes $25,000 worth of annual depreciation. [20:37] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** what's the Bottom Up filler? [20:39] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** that is a system where the glasses actually have a hole in the bottom and fill up and there's a magnet that's placed on the bottom and it can increase the capacity of the keg by 25% so you're actually selling more of the keg okay and you can use the magnets for advertising [Applause] um so that concludes the uh proprietary fund presentation moving on to look at the tax levy breakdown on the left hand side of the presentation um it gives visibility to what a tax rate increase from a dollar perspective um is gained from from a [21:25] levy perspective So based on the increase in property values utilizing the same tax rate um the levy would be 1,824,169 and that's an increase of 52,500 over last year a 1% increase which was utilized for Budget preparation based on preliminary budget discussions would be a levy of 1,907,448 that would be $135,779 increase but keep in mind that with each 1% per rate increase the city Only nets $15,000 that Trend continues as you go all the way down through the percentage rate increases in addition I wanted to give visibility to um the tax rate that has been utilized um from 2019 to current so you can see that from 2019 to 2023 the tax rate was never increased by the city property values increased but the tax rate has not again a small [22:56] adjustment was made in 2024 and then um yet to be determined in 2025 also included in the presentation is a home impact by value again that is with the 1, 3 and 5% tax rate increase just to provide a little visibility for example at a 1% tax rate increase on a $400,000 home the city increase would only be $40 a year again notable revenues in the 2025 [23:43] budget that was just presented are calculated utilizing a 1% Levy rate increase it is important that the council passes the levy as a dollar value and so looking at that moving forward for example the 1% Levy rate increase would be a $1,907,448 levy. [24:18] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** remember the evaluation reevaluation is done by the county the city does none so we have to live by what the county does we have got a few calls that does conclude the presentation for the 2025 budget what slides are next will help guide Council through motions as needed um we have got a few calls um which I [24:30] will just communicate the gist of some of those calls or would you like me to wait for the public comment question I think I have to open the public hearing first and then you would give that information out so I have a motion to open the public hearing have a second all in favor say I oppose all right we're open public hearing um we do have a guest here tonight um could you step forward and give your your name and address please. [25:21] **Peter Juac (Resident):** hello good evening um I'm Peter Juac I live at 4320 North Kenwood Avenue in Moose Lake I've been there um about the property I believe in 2016 um as bare land um I have since built a home there and uh each year why I'm here is uh my my taxes have been going up uh quite substantially um I own 40 acres there um and you know hindsight um I'm 40 acres in the city you know I'm paying for that now so um in that I have uh just some uh concerns I've been here before um and uh brought them forward um after around a 40% increase in my taxes um That Grew concerning so each [26:08] year um I get around you know that uh you know 15% to 13% increase every year on my property um which in uh the 5 years I've been in my home have uh roughly um increased about $3,500 um and you know I guess yeah you guys talk about all your increases and whatnot and how much it you know it's the county but you know when I look at my tax statement it says County and City you know so City I got a big chunk County I got a big chunk and then the handful of charges in between you know so [26:55] um so yeah I I I come to you again and uh I know I called the county and the county brings me to you and then I come to you then the county brings me or you bring me back to the county so and working you know uh the assessor has been at my property now several times and uh for the uh 24-25 tax season now I'd be going up another 13.2% I believe which brings my grand total of property tax are around $11,300 so um I'm just concerned um like I said I've only been there 5 years now [27:40] you know in another 5 years um at that kind of an increase every year I'm looking at a substantial tax uh burden there as I see it um where a house mortgage uh payment now I'm paying double that in taxes property taxes for a piece of property in town um I've gotten some uh paperwork here I was you know always thinking about developing some but you know uh we have a uh it's mostly uh a wetland there so um and without bringing any kind of a sewer water in there ever [28:27] I I do not have any sewer water gas uh amenities there on that piece of property um and they um according to um people that I I can't get it there and it will never be there because of the Rock and what what is in the ground there to get the proper stuff there so um every year I just I I I stew about it and I come to you and I I hand this to you and and hopes in some sort of resolution on that resolution um and just uh I don't have [29:19] any foresight and seeing those taxes ever going down you know it took a 100 years to get to 11,000 and now in 5 years it's you know increased that much you know so in another 5 years what will it be so um yeah that's about all I have to say um and uh I'm just looking for some kind of an answer from from somebody and and what we could do about it um as far as a annexation of the property for a Township purpose [30:05] or something where I'm not paying one of those taxes. [30:08] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** so you know I know the county sends people here but they don't tell you they do all the evaluation of of the value and that value determines your tax this city was last year the first time we did a tax above zero what was it that we did last year we went like five years with zero tax increase and all those tax increases that went that the county did on evaluation was caused by them we do benefit that because they raised your [30:51] value but what what was it last year? [30:54] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** so for five years from 2019 to 2023 the city's tax rate didn't get increased so the value of homes went up which meant um that increase the city benefits from that increase so whatever the valuation increase was in the homes is all the city um netted off of that so to speak the rate didn't change last year was the first time the rate was increased. [31:26] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** so I see that tax increase as a as a homec increase you know as they probably you know we purposely we purposely kept it at zero because we thought it it's what the [31:38] county evaluation did raised the tax so much that we couldn't do that to our own City that's why it stayed at zero and that did hurt the city conference let's put it that way. [31:54] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** yes sir if I may you add first what is what did the county evaluate your prop you had what 40 acres? [32:14] **Peter Juac (Resident):** uh yes so estimated uh market value for that for 2024 was 589,100. [32:25] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** so you have 40 acres what size house two bedroom four bedroom five bedroom? [32:28] **Peter Juac (Resident):** a four four bedroom. [32:32] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** two garage three garage? [32:35] **Peter Juac (Resident):** single yes single garage extra garage anything yes we have a barn nothing basically just open land and 40 acres and a four bed home. [32:51] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** the county is screwing on the voice but that's my thought my name yes sir. [33:02] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** just keep in mind uh when we do the Board of Equalization on in April when you come to us which I expect you will they will be seated over there they can come through and they go through your property the board that we have locally does not have the authority to change a classification the only one that can change the classification of the property is the county so you can request to go meet one-on-one with the county and ask them to change classification a part of maybe a part of your property and maybe have that Agricultural and then I would guess that if they're willing to do that that you would save greatly on your property um I have I have but uh and and they would give me like wood Woodland credits too [33:48] mhm uh it would only save me roughly $300 yeah but we do not have the ability to change classification as a city you you it down to have your property on your your house on AC I have Homestead at 10 acres with my house yes so you got two two tax stat um I I don't but I've called the county several times and it is separate you should have you don't have two I do because you should have one for vacant land that that because we have two lots in in Lake and one the VAC just went up 46% for next year and the other one is completely different because it [34:34] has the house on it. [34:36] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** sure so yeah I I would ask for that separate classification and have that land separate because for raw land you should be paying minimum right that that's the approach I would I would take personally and I as you and I discussed before this meeting is I would really continue to talk to them frequently. [35:01] **Peter Juac (Resident):** yeah and I and I have been calling them but um you always get that runaround you know. [35:09] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** but that that is the that that's the fact that we cannot change a classification in a welome Le but they can and when you go have you been to that meeting in April? [35:19] **Peter Juac (Resident):** yes he there. [35:21] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** did you state your your uh evaluation increase what percentage that was? [35:39] **Peter Juac (Resident):** uh for the 24-25 um roughly 13.2% for uh the 24-25 and that's in totality not just the city's contribution. [36:06] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** that yes so this the where it says city of Moose Lake um went from 4348.94 to 5126.40 and that's because of the increase in valuation also just noted that is proposed that's where the city engages in September and and sets an initial Levy and the levy amount can never be increased in in December only decreased and so the county and the city both [36:26] engage in those processes so the proposed statements will most likely be higher than what the actual um Levy amounts are set at so you should see a decrease from your proposed to your final right correct uh which I do have you know several examples of that years yeah uh and they are right on the head within $100 okay. [36:56] **Kris Huso (Council Member):** that is proposed at a 3% Levy that that number right now the initial budget that we have is looking at 1% that's just what the numbers are looking at I definitely understand your pain I know a lot of other people have [37:11] approached me on this subject too my family seeing it you know you always have the state raises taxes a little and they say it's just a little bit the county raises it they say it's just a little bit you know the city can raise it and you'll say it's just a little bit and then once you put in all the extra fees you know for stuff like water and sewer like that you take all those little bits and you put them together and every year it adds up to quite a bit of money and it it it it makes it difficult that's for sure. [37:51] **Peter Juac (Resident):** y yeah and that's you know part of my situation up there is that I do not have any City amenities you know so I'm the taxes that you charge for you know keep upkeep on all that I do not get to utilize. [38:00] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** so I I can say that the the utilities are Enterprise funds that utilize the the revenue generated from the operation of those utilities so like in our budget presentation we don't have any general fund transfers to our water sewer fund those are designed to be self-sufficient so those the money that come into those two particular utilities are through rates so if you're not paying water and sewer the contributions to those utilities um you're not you're not paying for those services so to speak if that makes sense. [38:40] **Peter Juac (Resident):** it doesn't make you feel any better right just but on my little piece of paper here yeah yeah yeah it says I'm paying. [38:45] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** understood nor do you have a nor do you have a paved Road right and we only have a couple we only have a couple streets in whole city that are not paved and you're unfortunately on one of them right and and to me I've been well aware of that and at sometime I that should be addressed with all the streets that are are dirt. [39:15] **Peter Juac (Resident):** so yeah that's uh basically what I have to bring to the table today um and I definitely have will be here any. [39:27] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** appreciate you coming forward thank you thank you for your time in in the interim I would highly suggest talking about looking at reclassification of of the part of that land with the county because when you come here in April that that'll be the same discussion that we're going to have and I want to have give you the tools to have before you come here in April so hopefully we can help guide you in the right direction. [40:05] **Peter Juac (Resident):** perfect thank you thanks. [40:11] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** we have no other um visitors tonight and so Ellissa you had some Communications that you can share with the council. [40:16] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** oh yes City administrative staff uh we're contacted by one other resident um the resident owns a multi family dwelling within City Limits um and so over the past couple years the um dwelling has been renovated and so the valuation has increased from mid 200,000 to mid 800,000 so um as that value increased there was a significant increase in in taxes based on the valuation so we did talk to that individual about that um we did recommend that they attend the uh local board of appeals and Equalization meeting in April and we also did communicate that the initial proposed statement that went out had um an [41:04] initial Levy of a 3% grade increase um utilized within it so we've had those discussions as well I'm hopeful that that Resident will feel comfortable coming in April um but that is the only other communication that the city [41:25] received. [41:26] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** any other so with what we do have any questions by the council so we will wait for just a few more minutes and having none um we will then uh close the public hearing portion and then do the Motions that are necessary so to make sure nobody shows [42:19] up we go to 6:45 right now it is 6:43 so we'll just wait a few minutes and then and uh at 6:45 we will I will ask for a motion to close the public [42:54] hearing say something yeah come on Ryan say something good clicking my pen say say a quote for the paper R come on I'll probably have some for you. [43:25] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** be you know internally City staff has had um some dialogue regarding um when when things are finalized with the district and when you know we look at some strategic planning items we just engaged in a rate study with with Northland Securities and I'd be curious to know um if it would be an [43:40] extremely um decreased cost um proposal to engage with them again because they have all of our current data it would just be the modifications to such to to look at rates um incorporating some of the new Dynamics we're going to have in 2025 um with some of the long-term significant industrial user agreements that we're looking to put in play and so um we've talked about that internally um inflation has been so significant Even in our water fund where we're more at a maintenance standpoint for rates um you know looking at 1% incre one percentage Point increases when you know is 17% [44:28] you you know eventually you're going to start ticking in the wrong direction so there are things like that that have we've had internal dialogue that we'll discuss more with Council moving forward um but just wanting to stay on top of things as best we can with the best information um for Council to make decisions with and for us to have good accurate tools to work with I've got uh 6:45 right now do I have a motion to close the public hearing so do I have a second all in favor say I I oppos motion close motion carried. [45:14] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** we are now in the regular council meeting um we have a number of motions to go through so I'm going to turn that over the city administrator to make sure we step through them and get all the Motions that are needed for this budget. [45:28] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** thank you mayor Michalski so the first motion needed by council is for the general fund and it is setting the annual Levy uh we need to use a dollar amount for this particular motion. [45:45] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** make a motion that we uh our Levy amount is 1,907,448.64. [45:54] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** do I have a second all in favor say I I oppose motion Carried administrator. [46:08] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** the next is approving those uh the revenue and expenditures that are on that same first initial page relevant to the general fund so we do need to specifically approve the revenue and expenditures relevant to that um Levy that was just set. [46:32] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** and what is that amount Do You Want It by Dollar 28 287 something. [46:38] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** make a motion that we have a revenue of 2,877,570 and expenditures of 2,850,000. [46:44] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** do I have a second all in favor stay I oppose motion carried thank you administrator. [46:58] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** um it is important to have a motion um that approves the revenue and expenditures of The Debt Service uh moving forward this can be done as presented you don't need to read the numbers. [47:18] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** everybody understand you have a motion for The Debt Service? [47:20] **Walter Lower III (Council Member):** so move. [47:22] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** do I have a second all in favor say I I oppos motion carries all right administrator. [47:33] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** moving forward to the water fund um we will need to a um approve a percentage uh increase to current rates if desired those are set forward in one two and three within the motion slide and then second we'll have a secondary motion approving the revenues and expenditures um pertinent to that increase. [48:11] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** Council I'll make a motion that we do a 3% water increase. [48:15] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** I have a second? council do we have a second? council do we have a second? I asked three times motion failed we have another motion. [48:40] **Walter Lower III (Council Member):** I'll make a motion that we do a 2% water U increase. [48:45] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** Council we have a second? second have a second um any questions here none all in favor say I I I oppose motion carried at 2% next we'll look at the revenues and expenditures for the 2% increase we we need those um fight number. [49:07] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** Council I'll make a motion that the revenues be 453,284 and expenditures are $457,570. [49:25] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** second second all in favor say I oppose motion carried. [49:32] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** moving on to the Sewer fund um requesting that Council make a formal motion um pertinent to the resolution that was already passed um setting the base availability fee at a $15 um charge. [49:46] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** someone second second all in favor say I oppose motion carried. [50:02] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** next for a motion from Council to um approve the rates as stated in the city's 2024 rate study for the sewer fund. [50:11] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** council do you I have a second? second all in favor say I I I oppose motion Carried. [50:22] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** Next Looking for the revenues and expenditures by number to be approved for the sewer fund. [50:28] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** that a motion I'll make the motion that we accept the revenue of 953,713 and the expenditure of 1,038,970. [50:38] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** do I have a second? second all in favor say I I oppos. [50:52] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** next looking at the motor vehicle fund looking for the expenditures the revenue and expenditures to be approved by value. [51:02] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** Council we got to State their dollar amount [Music] 2,769,300 for revenue 2,798,700 for expenditures. [51:18] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** have a second? second all in favor say I I oppos motion Carried. [51:24] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** and last we're looking for the revenue and expenditures uh by valuation to be approved for the liquor fund. [51:36] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** Council I'll make a motion that we have revenue of uh 2,311,180 and expenditures of 1,946,187 for the do I have a second? second all in favor say I I oppose motion Carried are there any other motions to be made? [52:03] **Ellissa Owens (City Administrator):** that's it. [52:05] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** I think we have no other items so for the last time almost the last time we had a special meeting to that not regular city council do I have a motion to adjourn? [52:20] **Lou Ohly (Council Member):** I second it. [52:22] **Jim Michalski (Mayor):** all in favor say hi oppose we're adjourned.