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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION November 28, 2016 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : November 28, 2016 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty (arr. 6:10 pm), 7 <br />Kusterman, Maher, Manthey and Mayor 8 <br />Reinert 9 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None 10 <br /> 11 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 12 <br />Swenson; Community Development Director Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; 13 <br />Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City Engineer Diane Hankee; City Clerk Julie 14 <br />Bartell. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Review Regular Agenda of November 28, 2016 – 17 <br /> 18 <br />Item 1F - Flex Spending Account Amendment – Administrator Karlson explained that 19 <br />this action would change the City’s policy on the flex spending account by increasing the 20 <br />maximum contribution. Council Member Kusterman noted that he would report back on 21 <br />the possibility of a law change that allows some rollover of those funds. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Item 2A – Fee Schedule – Finance Director Cotton explained that staff is recommending 24 <br />approval of 2nd Reading and adoption of the ordinance that will set city fees for the 25 <br />coming year. She briefly reviewed the proposed changes. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Item 3A – Code Amendment Regarding Advisory Board – Administrator Karlson 28 <br />explained that this ordinance amendment would increase the quarterly stipend paid to city 29 <br />advisory board members. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Item 4A – Public Safety Grant for 2017-2018 – Public Safety Director Swenson 32 <br />explained that this action would accept state grant funds for one police officer and related 33 <br />expenses, including an annual conference. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Item 4B – Accept Donation for Canine Unit - Public Safety Director Swenson reviewed 36 <br />the circumstances and source of this donation (the actual donor wants to remain 37 <br />anonymous). 38 <br /> 39 <br />Item 4C – Promotion to District Fire Chief – Public Safety Director Swenson reported 40 <br />that he is recommending the promotion of Mr. Frid to fill a vacant district fire chief 41 <br />position. Mayor Reinert asked if there is a compensation schedule at this time and Chief 42 <br />Swenson explained that this individual would be paid as an on-call fire fighter along with 43 <br />a monthly stipend. Council Member Rafferty asked that that type of information be 44 <br />included in future staff reports for council’s benefit. 45