Oak Grove City Council Work Session meeting, July 25, 2022
Council Work SessionMonday, July 25, 2022
What happened
The Oak Grove City Council held a 2023 budget work session covering the budget/levy process and CIP funding, with discussion of major equipment timing and potential funding sources including ARPA funds and grants.
What was on the agenda
4 items as recorded in the agenda and minutes, each with a short summary of what was at issue.
- Discussion only
12023 Budget Process
Council began the year’s budget process in its first budget work session, discussing the preliminary 2023 budget and levy timeline. Staff had not yet received Anoka County tax data but expected it for the next work session, and the council was reminded that the preliminary levy must be adopted in September; the next budget work session was scheduled for August 29.
- 2023 budget process
- preliminary levy timeline
- Anoka County tax data
- Discussion only
22023 Preliminary Levy & Budget
Council began the year’s budget process in its first budget work session, discussing the preliminary 2023 budget and levy timeline. Staff had not yet received Anoka County tax data but expected it for the next work session, and the council was reminded that the preliminary levy must be adopted in September; the next budget work session was scheduled for August 29.
- 2023 preliminary budget
- budget work session schedule
- Discussion only
32023 CIP
Council discussed how CIP expenditures are tracked and whether annual amounts saved per asset can be shown; staff explained that asset acquisition funds show total balances but not sub-buckets by item, and Abdo is working on a long-term financial plan that will recommend annual savings needed to fully fund the CIP. Council also received updates on major equipment: a plow truck chassis order would not arrive until the end of 2023 if ordered now, and the fire department was working on specifications for a new truck to replace Engine 11 with hopes to order by November, with an 18–24 month production time; grants for a 2023 fire truck were discussed along with the possible use of ARPA funds (approximately $970,000, usable until 2024) for a fire truck or fire station.
- CIP tracking
- asset acquisition funds
- long-term financial plan
- plow truck timing
- fire truck grants
- ARPA funding
- Outcome unrecorded
4Adjournment
Minutes in this bundle do not record an adjournment time or a motion to adjourn.
Alternatives considered
Options the council weighed, and what happened to them. The record of the road not taken.
Funding for fire truck / fire station
mentioned onlyUse American Rescue Plan Act funds toward the fire truck or fire station (rather than relying on grants that open later).
Why: Administrator noted grants "do not open until later in the year, after the city has set their budget" and that ARPA funds could be used with a deadline in 2024, but no decision was recorded at this work session.
Raised by Wickham
Sources
Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.
Packet
Not in this archive
The supporting materials the board reviewed.
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