6.a2 Draft minutes 04 21 21 Joint CC, CIC and WW Work Session
CITY OF SCANDIA
CITY COUNCIL, CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AND
WASTEWATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
JOINT WORK SESSION
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
6:00 P.M.
City Council Attendance: Heather Benson, Jerry Cusick, Steve Kronmiller, Patti Ray and Mayor
Christine Maefsky. Staff: City Administrator Ken Cammilleri, City Clerk Brenda Eklund
Capital Investment Committee Attendance: Mark Lofstrom, Dominic Mitchell. Staff: Fire Chief
Mike Hinz.
Wastewater Advisory Committee Attendance: Dan Cartier, Peter Nora, Perry Rynders, Craig
Pittman. Staff: City Engineer Ryan Goodman
Mayor Maefsky called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Discussion of the City’s Financial Management Plan / Capital Improvement Plan with
Ehlers Public Finance Advisors
Jason Aarsvold provided an overview of the City’s long-term financial plan, discussed the impacts of
various funding options and integrating the budget with the City’s capital projects. Council member
Ray suggested that the broadband internet expansion project be broken out separately from the
general capital projects.
An analysis of the sewer funds was presented. Rate studies were completed for both the Uptown
and Big Marine Sewer systems, to analyze adequate collection of funds for payment of operational
expenses and future capital needs. Funding the Big Marine Sewer System improvement project will
be challenging, and will require a combination of potential revenue sources (bonding) and user rate
increases over the next several years.
Staff will schedule follow-up workshops for more detailed work on the CIP with the advisory
committees.
Adjournment
Benson, second by Kronmiller, moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:37 p.m. Motion carried
unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
City Clerk Brenda Eklund