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FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -3- June 22, 2005 Consideration of construction contract with the City of Roseville Administrator Worthington said that in 2004, Ramsey County turned back Roselawn Avenue to the cities of Falcon Heights and Roseville. The section of Roselawn Avenue between Hamline Avenue and Snelling Avenue is in need of reconstruction. Staff from both cities met to discuss the need to have this section of Roselawn reconstructed. The driving surface is badly deteriorating, and the storm water drainage is inadequate, causing flooding in side yards along the street. The proposed scope of this project may include: Reconstruction to meet municipal state-aid street standards, construction of curbs and gutters, construction of storm sewers as necessary, repair and/or replacement of other utilities as needed (water main, sanitary sewer), and construction of a 6 foot wide sidewalk. The City of Roseville has indicated that the engineering and contract administration services for this project can be handled by their staff working with our staff as needed. Falcon Height's staff believes that this arrangement is the most cost effective and human resource efficient arrangement to handle this project. The first informational meeting with the public regarding this project was held on Tuesday, June 21, 2005. A second informational meeting is being planned for September 2005, as well as a neighborhood walk-thru meeting to be scheduled for October, 2005. • Staff from both cities worked on the draft agreement, it was reviewed by the respective legal counsels, and is being recommended for approval. The Roseville City Council approved the agreement on Monday evening with a vote of 5-0 in favor. A brief discussion followed. Talbot moved that the Roselawn Avenue Street Reconstruction Agreement with the City of Roseville be approved, with the grammatical changes recommended by Mayor Gehrz, and that the mayor and city administrator be authorized to sign it on behalf of the City of Falcon Heights. The motion was unanimously approved. Consideration of mid-Year salary adjustment for the position of City Administrator Mayor Gehrz said that in 2003, the city conducted a review of how the salaries and responsibilities of all city staff positions compared with other metropolitan cities of similar sizes. That review revealed that the City of Falcon Heights was paying salaries that were far below comparable cities for two positions--the City Administrator and the Finance Director. Mayor Gehrz said that as a result, the city council approved a goal and a plan to bring the salaries for these two positions to 90% of the average of comparable cities by January 1, 2006. That goal assumes that the employees in those positions have performed satisfactorily for five years. This plan enabled the City to spread the needed increases across three years instead of making the • adjustment in only one budget year. 3