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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />September 4, 2018 <br />APPROVED <br />91 hates that the project cost keeps rising but that's indicative of all construction costs now. <br />92 He remarked that if it isn't done now, it probably won't get done or will cost even more. <br />93 Council Member Maher said she isn't comfortable putting in facilities for properties that <br />94 aren't there yet. Director Grochala explained that the water looping isn't about future <br />95 development but for maintenance and service and would improve the system; the <br />96 infrastructure would serve one existing house and also be available to the park. <br />97 <br />98 Community Development Director Grochala explained that the LaMotte portion of the <br />99 project will be on the next council agenda to award the bid. The WSL project will next <br />100 be considered at the assessment hearing, with more to be worked out. <br />101 <br />102 5. Council Compensation — City Administrator Karlson explained that staff has <br />103 conducted a salary survey regarding salaries for city council members and mayors (cities <br />104 of comparable size). Staff has found that Lino Lakes' elected officials are paid well <br />105 below the amounts seen in other cities of similar size. Staff has proposed an ordinance <br />106 changing salaries as of January 2020, and amending language relative to special meeting <br />107 pay. <br />108 <br />109 Mayor Reinert remarked that he isn't comfortable getting a larger percentage increase <br />110 than the council members; perhaps the raise could be an average of the two. In any case, <br />111 he won't accept any percentage that is larger than what council members receive. <br />112 <br />113 Mayor Reinert suggested also looking ahead. He realizes that the council cannot legislate <br />114 raises infinitum but perhaps there could be language that ties future salary to other <br />115 numbers (i.e. staff compensation). Council Member Stoesz and Rafferty expressed <br />116 concern about that type of arrangement. <br />117 <br />118 The council and administrator discussed possible ways for future council salary <br />119 consideration. <br />120 <br />121 Council Member Manthey said he'd like to understand clearly that that the salaries noted <br />122 for other cities represent a similar amount of duties (i.e. number of meetings per month). <br />123 <br />124 Council Member Rafferty suggested increasing per meeting salary for the Economic <br />125 Development Authority (EDA) members to $40. The council concurred. <br />126 <br />127 The council concurred that they will consider an increase for the council members and <br />128 mayor of 39%. <br />129 <br />130 Mayor Reinert asked the administrator to do a recap of the discussion and forward to the <br />131 council. He wants to make sure everyone is in agreement; if not, he would prefer not to <br />132 do it. <br />133 <br />134 On the matter of future increases, Council Member Rafferty said he'd be comfortable <br />