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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION September 6, 2016 DRAFT 5 The council recommended that staff allow the connection since there is very little cost (it 178 will be borne by the property owner). It is evident that the connection fee for this single 179 property would be higher and it is recommended there be full disclosure of possible costs 180 to the interested party. 181 182 4. Public Safety Committee Structure – Mayor Reinert said he’s calling for a 183 discussion of the structure of this process/group. One suggestion was to have the 184 meetings covered on the city channel and another was to have them after a regular 185 council meeting. He fears that the formality of those situations means it’s not a round 186 table discussion that he’d like to see. 187 188 Council Member Manthey asked if it is meant to be more than just an update and he 189 wonders how often the group would meet. Mayor Reinert said that is part of the 190 discussion he’d like to have – he sees having the meetings as an opportunity to discuss 191 the whole department with information. 192 193 Administrator Karlson remarked that if the whole council is involved, there doesn’t seem 194 to be a reason to televise it. The discussion has been to have it quarterly or less if that’s 195 appropriate. 196 197 Council Member Rafferty explained that he called for this because it seemed like the 198 requests were coming every meeting and there simply isn’t time to follow the information 199 closely enough to make those important decisions. 200 201 Mayor Reinert said yes, this would encapsulate more of the process and discussion. 202 203 Council Member Maher said she thinks quarterly makes sense. Mayor Reinert said it 204 can be cancelled if not needed. 205 206 Council Member Manthey suggested that they may be called for more frequently now at 207 the onset of the fire operations. If not needed, the meeting could just serve to update. 208 209 Mayor Reinert suggested, if there is a matter of urgency, it could be called. 210 211 Public Safety Director Swenson clarified that the department wouldn’t have to hold its 212 regular requests to the council, such as donations, data practice resolution. Mayor 213 Reinert said no, the concept is to have a meeting to focus on items connected to council 214 direction (expenditures) that are part of the annual activity. 215 216 Administrator Karlson remarked that the meetings could be held in conjunction with 217 budget discussions, after a regular council meeting. The mayor suggested a tentative 218 plan and see how it goes. 219 220 Director Swenson asked if the first meeting should be planned for October 12 and the 221 council concurred. Director Swenson also asked that special topics be provided to him if 222