5.g) 2011 Proposed Budget, Forest Lake Cable Commission �
Meeting Date: 12/07/2010
Agenda Item: S �
- - /
C�ty Counc�l Agenda Report
City of Scandia
14727 209t" St. North
Scandia, MN 55073 (651) 433-2274
Action Requested: Review the 2011 Budget of the Forest Lake Cable Commission.
Deadline/Timeline: 45 days after receipt(received 11/18/10)
Background: • Scandia, along with the cities of Forest Lake and Columbus, entered
into a Joint Powers Agreement(JPA)to create the Forest Lake Cable
Television Commission.
• The JPA (Article IX, Section 2)provides that "each year the
Commission shall prepare an annual budget which shall be
approved by the Member Cities... The annual budget shall be
submitted to the Member City Councils on or before August 1 of
each year. No budget shall become effective unless approved by
resolution of the City Councils of the Member Municipalities. The
proposed budget must be approved by each Member City Council
within forty-five (45) days after its submission to the Member
Municipalities. A Municipality having an objection to the
Commission's proposed budget shall submit any such objection in
writing to the Commission within the forty-five (45) day period,
and failure to do so shall be deemed a positive vote for the
proposed budget. "
• The Cable Commission's largest revenue source is franchise fees
collected by the cities and passed through to the Commission.
Scandia's 2011 Budget estimates $6,000 in revenue from the
franchise fee and $6,000 in expenditures by payments to the
Commission.
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution, attached,
approving the 2011 Budget of the Forest Lake Cable Commission.
Attachments/ • 2011 Proposed Budget, Forest Lake Cable Commission
Materials provided: . Draft Resolution
Contact(s):
Prepared by: Anne Hurlburt, Administrator
(Cable Commission 201 l Budget) '
Page 1 of]
1 l/29/10
CITY OF SCANDIA
RESOLUTION NO. 12-07-10-01
APPROVING 2011 BUDGET OF
FOREST LAKE CABLE COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Scandia, along with the cities of Forest Lake and Columbus, have entered
into a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) to create the Forest Lake Cable Television Commission;
and
WHEREAS, the JPA (Article IX, Section 2) provides that no budget shall become
effective unless approved by resolution of the City Councils of the Member Municipalities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SCANDIA, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, that it hereby
approves the 2011 Budget of the Forest Lake Cable Commission received on November 18,
2010. ,
Adopted by the Scandia City Council this 7th day of December, 2010.
Dennis D. Seefeldt, Mayor
ATTEST:
Anne Hurlburt
City Clerk/Administrator