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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION February 6, 2012 <br /> APPROVED <br /> 226 <br /> 227 The mayor noted that there are certain amendments to the Charter that have been <br /> 228 submitted and require further review. That impacts the city's budget and so it causes a <br /> 229 kind of pause at this point. Staff may have to apply the impact of an amendment to the <br /> 230 Plan. <br /> 231 <br /> 232 Mr. Rolek noted that Page 2 of the Plan is his interpretation of the proposed tax cap, and <br /> 233 indicates a levy limit impact. <br /> 234 <br /> 235 A council member requested that he receive the previous ten years of General Fund levy <br /> 236 amounts for review. Mr. Rolek will provide that information. <br /> 237 <br /> 238 11. City Logo Policy-Administrator Karlson explained that there has been recent <br /> 239 discussion about the use the City's logo on business cards, clothing and patches. There <br /> 240 is a city policy in place regarding the logo and it is attached to his staff report. While the <br /> 241 Police Department has recently changed the logo on their uniform(patch) and the Public <br /> 242 Services Deaprtment is looking at requiring public works staff to wear a logo shirt, and a <br /> 243 request is in place to change city business cards,the policy isn't necessarily clear on these <br /> 244 requests. Mr. Karlson would like council direction in the area of changing some logo use <br /> 245 to a four color design and use of a color other than the standard green and creme called <br /> 246 for in the policy. <br /> 247 <br /> 248 The mayor suggested putting a meeting schedule of the council on the back of the <br /> 249 business cards. On the question of deviating from the current city logo policy,the council <br /> 250 concurred that they don't see a problem with use of other colors. They would not like a <br /> 251 change in the graphic and would prefer to keep things standardized with deviation <br /> 252 accepted in colors. They suggested that staff bring back actual designs for further review. <br /> 253 <br /> 254 12. Charter Task Force-Administrator Karlson noted that the council has been <br /> 255 provided with the Charter Commission's response to the council's request to participate <br /> 256 in a task force. That response is that they will only consider reviewing a change if it <br /> 257 follows the statutory process and involves the entire commission. The mayor noted that <br /> 258 abundant information is already in place on the topic of Chapter 8; the primary reason for <br /> 259 a task force was to bring in the Commission to participate but they've declined. Since <br /> 260 there is a tight schedule to get something on the ballot this fall and that includes <br /> 261 mandatory charter commission review, he recommends that the council proceed with <br /> 262 their process to put together the language for an amendment. Administrator Karlson <br /> 263 noted the final date in August for submitting language to the county for the ballot and <br /> 264 how the 60 plus 90 day review period for the commission fits into the schedule. It was <br /> 265 noted that the ordinance being discussed has already been submitted to the charter <br /> 266 commission and staff was directed to get a legal opinion on the need to resubmit. In the <br /> 267 meantime,the council will hold a special meeting to discuss an amendment(a meeting <br /> 268 was set to follow the regular council meeting on February 13); they would like to get a <br /> 269 review of the citizen task force recommended amendment, some options for water and <br /> 270 sewer improvements in road projects, and information on why the city needs to make this <br /> 6 <br />