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Home My WebLink About3. Truth in Taxation Hearing on the 2006/2007 Tax Levy Budget :1\-3 CITY OF SHAKOPEE Memorandum TO: Mayor and Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: Gregg Voxland, Finance Director SUBJ: Truth in Taxation Hearing - Continued DATE: December 27, 2006 Introduction City Council continued the public hearing on the 2006/07 tax levy and budget from December 4th. This Council meeting may conclude with the adoption of the tax levy and budget if there are no changes. If there are changes to be made, the tax levy and budget would be adopted on December 19th. Action 6. Opening the public hearing. 7. Tax levy/budget presentation. 8. Public Comment. 9. Either Announce that there is a subsequent hearing immediately following this hearing to adopt the tax levy and budget. OR Announce that the Tax Levy and Budget will be adopted during a subsequent hearing on December 19, 2006 at 7:00 PM at 129 Holmes Street, Shakopee. 10. Close the hearing. ftJ. 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G::e~~land Ji'.:z.nance D' b: IhUdgeto71b d J..1:'ectO.1:' U 1:"eS07 ~3 CITY OF SHAKO PEE Memorandum TO: Mayor and Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: Gregg Voxland, Finance Director SUBJ: Truth in Taxation Hearing - Continued DATE: December 27, 2006 Introduction City Council continued the public hearing on the 2006/a7 tax levy and budget from December 4th. This Council meeting may conclude with the adoption of the tax levy and budget if there are no changes. If there are changes to be made, the tax levy and budget would be adopted on December 19th. Action 6. Opening the public hearing. 7. Tax levy/budget presentation. 8. Public Comment. 9. Either Announce that there is a subsequent hearing immediately following this hearing to adopt the tax levy and budget. OR Announce that the Tax Levy and Budget will be adopted during a subsequent hearing on December 19, 2006 at 7:00 PM at 129 Holmes Street, Shakopee. 10. Close the hearing. p) Gregg Voxland Finance Director City of Shakopee Memorandum TO: Mayor and Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: Gregg Voxland, Finance Director RE: Adoption of the 2006/07 Tax Levy and Budget Resolutions DATE: November 16, 2006 Introduction and Background Resolution Number 6537 adopts the final tax levy for payable 2006 taxes. The total gross tax capacity tax levy for 2006/07 is $1,797,864 (16.8%) more than for 2005/06. Resolution Number 6538 adopts the 2007 Budget. The budget must be adopted after the tax levy. Action . Open public hearing. . Accept public comment. . Offer Resolution Number 6537, A Resolution Setting the 2006 Tax . Levy, Collectable In 2007, and move its adoption. . Offer Resolution Number 6538 A Resolution Adopting the 2007 . Budget, and move its adoption. . Close public hearing. Gre!:'loxland Finance Director h:\budget07\budres07 [, I RESOLUTION NO. 6537 A RESOLUTION SETTING 2006 TAX LEVY, COLLECTIBLE IN 2007 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, COUNTY OF SCOTT, MINNESOTA, that the following sums of money be levied as the tax levy in accordance with existing law for the current year, collectible in 2007, upon the taxable property in the City of Shakopee, for the following purposes: General Levy $12,419,000 Plus Economic Development Authority 60,000 Debt Service - Fire Referendum 246,449 (Market Value) BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to transmit a certified copy to this resolution to the County Auditor of Scott County, Minnesota. Adopted in session of the City Council of the City of Shakopee, Minnesota held this Nineteenth day of December, 2006. Mayor of the City of Shakopee ATTEST: City Clerk RESOLUTION NO. 6538 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2007 BUDGET BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA that the 2007 Budget with the estimated revenues and appropriations for the General Fund and the Special Revenue Funds as shown below is hereby adopted. Estimated Revenue Expenditures & Other Sources & Other Uses General Fund Mayor and Council $ 198,090 Administration 487,750 City Clerk 314,790 Finance 748,780 Legal 486,300 Planning 511,350 Government Buildings 351,190 Information Technology 282,090 Police 5,719,500 Fire 1,954,050 Inspection 857,930 Engineering 968,340 Street 1,705,860 Shop 65,250 Park 1,315,260 Library/Congregate Dining 309,460 Natural Resources 118,830 Unallocated 150,000 Transfers 1,178,770 Total General Fund $17,061,190 17,723,590 Transit Fund 960,840 2,266,460 Telecommunications Fund 308,000 306,860 Recreation Fund 2,113,890 2,113,890 Adopted in session of the City Council of the City of Shakopee, Minnesota held this Nineteenth day of December, 2006. Mayor of the City of Shakopee ATTEST: City Clerk .~ ; j T To: Mayor and City Council From: Bill Anderson, Chair, Telecommunications Advisory Commission Subject: FUNDING FOR PEG AND CABLE ADMINISTRATION IN SHAKOPEE Date: December 5, 2006 Comment: Introduction: In response to questions raised at the Truth in Taxation Hearing on December 4th, I have put together some information which may be of some benefit to the Mayor and Council. The Telecommunications Advisory Commission is funded entirely through the revenues derived by the city from the 5% franchise fee and the Public, Education, Government (PEG) fee which currently is 40 cents per subscriber, levied on the company that provides cable television service in our city, currently Comcast. Background: FUNDING A funding mechanism has been utilized to operate Public, Education and Government access television to the residents within its service; the 5% franchise fee has always been paid directly to the city. For many of the early years of cable operation in Shakopee, the funding provided by those fe~s was.Jlot enough to cover the. cable stuqi() operations, st(iffing and government oversight of the cable franchise by Cable Communications Advisiory Commission. The city had to cover those expenses through its general fund. In the late 90's community growth started providing enough revenue to cover expenses and the city council dedicated all access fees to the Shakopee Public Access. The non- profit SPA held the revenues and paid back the city for staff time related cable franchise oversight expenses. The balance was dedicated for use for operation of Public Access only and afund balance started to grow due to limited use and little spent on upgrading the studio and equipment and staffing. In early 2002 the Shakopee Telecommunications Advisory Commission (TAC) was established, combining two :Jeparate advisory boards into a single entity_ The commission took over the fund balance at that time and all cable revenues going forward. ...A- ..... RECENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMISSION ACTIONS Since 2002, the fund balance has diminished somewhat, but yearly revenues grew due to rapid growth of population and citizens taking cable. The yearly budget is generally being supported by cable fees and the fund balance has been stable. The general municipal operations of Shakopee have benefited from T AC funding for . Fiber optics network to all city buildings, . VOIP telephone system in all city buildings, . Council Chamber video and presentation system upgrade, . City web site . Other miscellaneous items. With PEG, a large increase in playback of City meetings are now available on the Government channel, and the recent upgrade to a digital playback system.allows many more hours of programming to be scheduled. Since 2000 hundreds of staff hours, legal fees and dollars were expended rewriting the 15 year cable franchise agreement and the transfer of cable companies from Time Warner to Comcast. REASONS FOR CONTINUING TO DIRECT CABLE FEES TO TAC The commission is made up of five citizens who advise staff and city council. They are involved in industry and technology and provide a broad understanding of the present and future applications of technology that allow our city to be cost effective in providing services to our citizens. There is a dramatic threat to the current funding mechanisms in place, from the telecommunications industry giants such as Verizon, AT&T and others. They are pushing legislation at the state and national level, and through the FCC. They seek to dismantle and take away local government units' ability to collect fees and provide oversight of their ROW, customer service standards and many other franchise-agreed to rights and obligations. If this legislation goes through, and there is BIG money pushing it, our fund balance and yearly operation budgets would be severely reduced. This alone is reason to not change funding mechanisms-the City's operating budget should not be put at risk from the uncertainty of the continuation of this funding. Other reasons to continue are the planned expenditures in 2007 are: . Provide live and archived streaming of all government meeting on the city web site . Continued oversight of the cable franchise and the city fiber optics network; . Research regarding possible municipal broadband; . Upgrading the Public Access studio and provision of extended studio hours, . Increased amounts of locally produced government access programming. The T AC also provides a research and development fund for city departments to test new technologies that allow them to provide improved services to citizens. .," t' Conclusion: This TAC.budget continues to provide Shakopee with many hours of Public and Government programming through its staff and equipment, oversight of the Cable franchise, and a mechanism that allows city government to access the combined talents of a dedicated volunteer board and its city staff employees for the efficient and thoughtful use of the fees collected. We recommend a continuation of the existing arrangement. Bill Anderson, Chair, Telecommunications Advisory Commission Cc: Telecommunications Advisory Commission