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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />i-•� 43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />APPROVED <br />DATE <br />TIME STARTED <br />TIME ENDED <br />MEMBERS PRESENT <br />MEMBERS ABSENT <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />June 1, 2009 <br />: June 1, 2009 <br />. 5:30 p.m. <br />. 7:35 p.m. <br />: Council Member Gallup, <br />Reinert, Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson <br />: Council Member O'Donnell <br />Also Present: City Administrator Dan Tesch; Community Development Director Michael <br />Grochala; City Engineer Jim Studenski; City Finance Director Al Rolek; Economic <br />Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />EDAC UPDATE — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN/ONE-YEAR ACTION <br />PLAN — Economic Development Coordinator Divine reported that the Economic <br />Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) has recently completed an update of their <br />Five -Year Plan and one year action plan as called for in their goals and the city's draft <br />comprehensive plan. A copy of their draft is included in the council's letter. The council <br />has a goal relating to enhancement of economic development that includes holding a <br />meeting with EDAC to discuss the council's economic development goals, EDAC's role <br />in meeting those objectives and establishing some communications procedures, etc. <br />EDAC is very interested in proceeding with such a joint meeting. <br />The council was informed that the next regular meeting of EDAC is July 16, 2009, at <br />7:00 a.m. All council members present agreed to attend that meeting. It would also be <br />helpful to share the results of the recent value setting sessions with the EDAC group. <br />CHARTER COMMISSION AUDIT - Attorney Michael Doherty presented the results <br />of the audit conducted on the practices of the Lino Lakes Charter Commission. He noted <br />that the council received a memorandum that was presented to the city on April 6, 2009 <br />outlining the investigation results as well as a summary of the attorney opinions contained <br />in the report. The audit was started as an investigation on the expenditure of public <br />dollars and whether or not the Charter Commission had overextended its authority in that <br />area. Under state law, chef6ommissions have limited powers that are enumerated in <br />Chapter 410 of the M nnesota Statutes and they have no power past that. Their focus is <br />to be limited to the charter itself and whether it should be amended. The city has an <br />obligation under state law to pay up to $1,500 per year for allowed commission <br />expenditures; additional reasonable expenses can be authorized by the council but not <br />beyond allowed expenditures. In an attempt to gather information about how funds were <br />expended by the commission, Mr. Doherty asked the commission for public data related <br />to communication on the subject. He received a response from their attorney indicating <br />that the data would not be made available and that any data the commission has is <br />1 <br />