Monday, August 26, 2024 · 6:00 PM
Agenda
Not posted
What was on the agenda.
One-line summary
The Council held its third 2025 budget work session, discussed additional budget reductions and action items, and adjourned without adopting the preliminary levy.
3 items as recorded in the packet and minutes, each with a plain-English summary of what was at issue.
1Call to Order / Roll Call / Approve Agenda
Call to order, roll call, and approval of the work session agenda.
The work session was called to order, roll was taken, the agenda was approved as presented, and the meeting later adjourned at 9:03 p.m. The minutes contain an attendance inconsistency because Alders is not listed in the roll call but is recorded as making the adjournment motion.
The agenda was approved as presented by motion with 5 ayes recorded.
23rd 2025 Budget Discussion
Third 2025 budget discussion; City Council was asked to bring previous budget books and review and amend the proposed 2025 budget.
The Council continued its third work session on the 2025 preliminary budget, using Finance Consultant Lori Yager's memo from the prior budget discussion and looking for more reductions. Discussion covered licensing fee revenue, department reductions, staffing and compensation, dust control, legal and traffic-count questions, park signs and supplies, remaining 2024 expense estimates, and other funds still needing review. The minutes note that, if the discussed changes are made, the approximate levy would be 9.6%, but no preliminary levy was adopted at this meeting.
The Council discussed additional possible budget reductions and action items, but the minutes do not record adoption of the 2025 preliminary budget at this work session.
3Adjourn
Adjourn the work session.
The work session was called to order, roll was taken, the agenda was approved as presented, and the meeting later adjourned at 9:03 p.m. The minutes contain an attendance inconsistency because Alders is not listed in the roll call but is recorded as making the adjournment motion.
A motion to adjourn was made and seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 9:03 p.m.
2 motions on the record. Split votes are highlighted.
M-1MOTION BY MAYOR PILON, 2ND BY FLADEBO TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED 5 AYES. MOTION CARRIED.
MOTION BY MAYOR PILON, 2ND BY FLADEBO TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED 5 AYES. MOTION CARRIED.
moved by Pilon, seconded by Fladebo
5 AYES
M-2MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALDERS, SECONDED BY RAINVILLE TO ADJOURN.
moved by Alders, seconded by Rainville
When someone referred back to earlier business, we found the matching prior discussion and tied it in here.
The council and staff met on August 15, 2024, to discuss the proposed 2025 Budget. Below is the result of this budget discussion:
— Lori Yager, RTY Consulting
What this is about
The memo points back to the August 15, 2024 budget discussion and lists the resulting proposed 2025 budget changes.
The records I searched do not include the August 15, 2024 budget discussion itself or the memo page listing the proposed 2025 budget changes, so I cannot verify from these results what specific changes came out of that discussion or whether a formal vote was taken that day. The closest related records are later budget-amendment materials. At the January 13, 2026 meeting packet, staff described a proposed amendment to the 2025 budget because legal, park maintenance, accounting, election, and Sheriff costs were higher than expected, while Administration was under budget due to reorganization. At the April 14, 2026 meeting packet, another proposed amendment would move $25,000 to Fire training, funded by $15,000 from Administration and $10,000 from Contingency, after a $49,518 State firefighter pension revenue/expenditure entry caused the Fire Department to exceed its 2025 budget. That April resolution also notes that the original 2025 budget had been adopted by Resolution No. 2024-105, but these search results do not show the August 15, 2024 discussion or the original adoption vote.
Changes made in previous meetings are listed on the Memo.
What this is about
The minutes refer to changes made at prior meetings that were listed in the Finance Consultant's memo.
The records I searched do not contain a prior decision matching this recollection. The search results include references to “changes” in land-use and subdivision memos in the February 24 and March 10, 2026 packets, and “changes” in actuarial assumptions in the May 12, 2026 audit packet, but they do not show a Finance Consultant’s memo listing changes made at previous meetings. Based on these results, there is no clear record of a prior council discussion, vote, or dollar amount tied to the statement that “changes made in previous meetings are listed on the Memo.”
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Natalie Johnson Subject: Step Increases After conversations with Lori today, it is her opinion that we should hold off on implementing until July 1, 2026. It will require an increase of $25,000 for th
Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.
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