Lake View City Council reviews the preliminary budget proposal

LAKE VIEW, IOWA – JANUARY 17, 2011

Debt:
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Taxable valuation:
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- Slight increase from residential rollback change, (if the levy stays the same.).
-- Iowa’s statutory limit is $8.10.
- Highest valued town in the county.


City Insurance:
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- Property.
- - Anticipate a 4% increase.
- Work Comp.
-- One large claim in the last year will probably make it go up around 3%.
- Health insurance.
-- 6 family policies.
-- 2 employee/spouse policies.
-- 1 employee/child policies.
-- 4 singles.
- Possible 15% increase for next year. (about $20,000)
- Mayor wants this information passed on to the employees.


Depreciation plan.
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- This is sort of new, it will be done by department.
-- Police department.
--- Should have $13,460.00 from police budget to capital account.
-- Parks Department.
---- This mower is good for dramatic slopes.
---Would like to keep two good mowers but the third one, (which needs replaced this year,) isn’t in the replacement plan.
----Probably isn’t going to happen.
-- Street Department.
--- Street sweeper is used about 100 hours per year and costs about $280K.
--- Backhoe.
---- $9,440 is set aside every year and they have it on a ten year rotation.
----- May be able to trade it off at the end of the warranty when it is still in good condition.
-- Electric Department.
--- The cost of equipment is substantial.
---- The historic set aside is $30K but the actual set aside needs to be dramatically more to be realistic.
----- The city administrator is not suggesting thst they will be able to afford to set aside more


Capital Improvement Plan:
Lake View, Iowa Capital Improvement Plan
- Technology Upgrade.
-- New computer.
- Audit.
-- The city usually bids it out.
-- The city is required to do it this year.


- City Hall Roof.
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-- There are holes in the roof.
-- There is no guarantee about anybody’s ability to fix the roof.
-- City administrator directed to get exact wording of warranty.
-- City administrator directed to have city employees patch leaking roof.


(see capital improvement plan above)
- Copier and vacuum for city hall.

(see capital improvement plan above)
- Handicapped Accessibility for the bathrooms in City Hall.
-- Would change the men’s room into a unisex bathroom.
-- Some stall size modification would have to be attempted.
-- City administrator directed to research the cost and regulations of changing men’s room over to a handicapped accessible restroom.


(see capital improvement plan above)
- GIS mapping of utilities.
-- It’s not getting done, even though there is money in the budget for it.
-- It’s low on the priority list for city employees.

(see capital improvement plan above)
- Library.
-- City administrator suspects that number will get down to $10K

(see capital improvement plan above)
- Electric work.
-- line rebuild.
-- Purchase of vac for exposing utilities safely.
--- Council is in favor of purchasing one.


(see capital improvement plan above)
- Auto read electric and water meters.
-- Would need to get grant funds, (from USDA) to make this happen.
--- Three guys for a day and a half to read meters manually on the electric side.
--- Would cost $160K.
---- Would recapture saving from recaptured water loss readings.
- Council not interested.

(see capital improvement plan above)
Fire Department.
-- Stabilization kit for vehicle rescue.
-- New outboard motor for rescue boat.

(see capital improvement plan above)
- Garbage bags.

(see capital improvement plan above)
- Parks.
-- Reiteration about lack of desire to replace John Deere mower.
-- Exterior doors on bathhouses.
--- Rusting out pretty badly.
-- Auto flush valves.
-- Counters in bathhouses #1 and #2.
--- They drain backwards and hold water. They are now rotting.
-- Benches at ice house trail.
-- Garbage can for the park.
-- Folding chairs.
-- Sidewalk at the east side of mini golf.
-- “Welcome to Lake View” sign on mini golf.
-- Paddle boats.
-- Replacing the dock in the camp ground.
-- Replacing dump site at camp ground


(see capital improvement plan above)
- Police Department.
-- Wait to replace vehicle until it is known what is going on with Wall Lake.
-- New breath sample readers for OWI.
--- May get a grant for it.


(see capital improvement plan above)
- Sanitary sewer.

(see capital improvement plan above)
- Streets.
-- Would try to do something with sidewalk between Kathy’s Korner and the Laundromat.
-- Crack sealing using Lake City’s machine.
-- Pothole patching.
-- Backhoe.
--- Council thinks it will make it another year.

(see capital improvement plan above)
- Water.
-- Additional valves.
--- No part of town can be shut off.

(see capital improvement plan above)
- Further concerns or needs.
- Water main around the school.
- Local option sales tax.
Capital fund balances.

The city administrator would like to put a draft of the budget together that includes everything the council discussed.

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