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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION October 21,2010 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : October 21,2010 5 TIME STARTED : 5:35 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 8:05 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Director of Administration Dan 12 Tesch; Community Development Director Mike Grochala; Director of Public Services 13 Rick DeGardner; Finance Director Al Rolek; Director of Public Safety Kent Strege; City 14 Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 The council convened for the purpose of discussing the 2011 City Budget. The agenda 17 and background information were distributed at the beginning of the meeting. 18 19 Charter Commission Budget Request—Charter Commissioners Caroline Dahl and 20 James Drennen were present. Mr. Drennen noted that,regarding Charter Commission 21 expenses,they(the commission)have heard that they are limited to reimbursement of 22 "frame and amend" activities only(he noted an email from City Attorney Joseph Langel). 23 The council has received a request from the charter commission for their 2011 budget and 24 they attempted to provide their request in a line item fashion. He reminded the council 25 that every amendment the commission studies costs money, including the even-year 26 election review forwarded by the council. The commission is currently working on up to 27 four amendments to consider for the coming year. He read aloud Minnesota Statute 28 410.06, City Authorization for Charter Commission Expenses, noting that the law allows 29 for the city council to give the commission a budget exceeding $1,500 and also pointed 30 out historical data indicating that the commission has frequently had a budget higher than 31 that amount. He added that the commission is made up of volunteers and they have even 32 begun taking their own minutes. The commission is asking for the funding they need to 33 do their job. 34 35 When a council member asked if the commission is interested in recording their meetings 36 so that a city staff member can transcribe the minutes, Mr. Drennen responded that the 37 commission would appreciate any help they can get and added that the biggest part of 38 their need as far as funds is about frame and amend activities and that generally involves 39 the assistance of their attorney. The commission does as much as they possible can on 40 their own. Commissioner Dahl asked when the council would discuss and/or decide on 41 the commission's budget request and the mayor suggested that there will be more budget 42 meetings,perhaps set at the end of this meeting. 43 44 2010 Budget Update—Administrator Karlson first reviewed the city's organizational 45 chart. 1