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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION January 28, 2013 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : January 28, 2013 4 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council M ember Stoesz , O’Donnell, 7 Rafferty , Roeser and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; City Engineer Jason Wedel; 12 Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; Public 13 S afety Director John Swenson (arrived at 6:00 p.m.); City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 Review Regular Council Agenda of January 28, 2013 – The council reviewed and 16 discussed items on the regular council agenda as follows: 17 18 1F) Consider accepting for submittal of P ay Equity Implementation Report – 19 Administrator Karlson explained that the city’s report on pay equity is due to the State at 20 the end of the month. The results of the report prepared by Mr. Karlson indicate a small 21 level of non -compliance that will be rec tified according to discussions he has had with the 22 mayor. Coun cil Member O’Donnell commented on his concern that the city is required 23 to contract with the labor unions and still adhere to the pay equity standards and it seems 24 to create difficulties. The mayor suggested that when the council negotiates contracts in 25 the future, this report should be a part of the considerations. 26 27 At the regular meeting, the council will consider accepting the report for submittal to the 28 State. 29 30 1J) Lease Agreement with No rth Memorial Health Care – Council Member Stoesz 31 asked if the proposed agreement for space provided at the Fire Station for ambulance 32 services is a fair arrangement and Administrator Karlson indicated that it is. The mayor 33 added that a broader discussion about emergency services will be forthcoming in the 34 future. 35 36 6Ai) Re solution No. 13 -11, Petition and Waiver Agreement from CM Properties 14, 37 LLP relative to the Otter Lake Road Improvement Project – Community 38 Development Director Grochala explained the fi nancing proposed for the Otter Lake 39 Road improvement s , noting that this item provides for one of the property owners to sign 40 off on the assessments. He distributed a copy of the proposed petition and waiver 41 agreement. It includes some gap funding that wi ll be repaid to the property owner in the 42 form of a truck utility credit. 43 44