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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION February 22, 2016 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : February 22, 2016 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 7 <br /> Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 12 <br />Swenson; City Clerk Julie Bartell 13 <br /> 14 <br />1. Advisory Board Appointment- Administrator Karlson noted the written staff 15 <br />report indicating that there has been one application received from Jim Schueller to serve 16 <br />on the EDAC. Staff is recommending that the applicant be invited to attend the joint 17 <br />meeting with the board when that is scheduled. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Council Members requested that Mr. Schueller’s application be forwarded to them for 20 <br />review. 21 <br /> 22 <br />2. Review Regular Agenda of February 22, 2016 – 23 <br /> 24 <br />Item 1A – Expenditures – Council Member Rafferty asked, at which fire station will the 25 <br />new fire pumper truck be housed? Public Safety Director Swenson said it would be Fire 26 <br />Station No. 2. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Council Member Maher asked about the expenditure of $9,000 to rekey Fire Station No. 1 29 <br />and the process and new key system was explained by Director Swenson. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Council Member Maher asked about the expenditure of attorney fees to BLino LLC? 32 <br />Administrator Karlson explained that the expenditure relates to the payment of certain 33 <br />costs related to an assessment appeal. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Item 3A – Resolution Calling for Reform of the Metropolitan Council – Administrator 36 <br />Karlson reported on a request received from a group of elected officials requesting 37 <br />support for the concept of reforming the Metropolitan Council. They are asking the city 38 <br />to adopt a resolution that has been provided. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Mayor Reinert added that he was asked to serve on the group that brings forward the 41 <br />resolution that calls for changes to the Metropolitan Council. It’s a situation where the 42 <br />matter of appointing members is passed from governor to governor. He said it is his 43 <br />opinion that it should be changed and this resolution is an attempt toward that. 44 <br /> 45