09-24-2018 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION September 24, 2018 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE August 27, 2018 5 TIME STARTED 6*00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED 6:23 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 8 Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT None 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 12 Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie 13 Larsen; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City 14 Engineer Diane Hankee; City Clerk Julie Bartell. 15 16 Review Regular Council Agenda of September 24, 2018 The following agenda items 17 were reviewed: 18 19 lA — Expenditures — Council Member Maher noted that there were approximately 20 $7,500 in payments to the City Attorney and to WSB & Associates relative to services on 21 the Lino Lakes Storage development; she wonders if that is close to a standard amount of 22 charges for a project? City Planner Larsen explained that the charges relate to a site plan 23 review for the project and that is a standard practice; the costs are charged back to the 24 developer. 25 26 1D — Peddler Permit for NRG Solar — Mayor Reinert received clarification that this was 27 not someone selling solar services within the city; it was explained that this most likely 28 involves residents purchasing solar credit from a solar garden located elsewhere. 29 30 2A — 2C — 2018 Preliminary Budget Actions —Finance Director Cotton reviewed the 31 preliminary levy and resulting tax rate that is proposed, as well as accompanying actions 32 to proceed with the 2018 budget. 33 34 3B —Temporary Employee for Early Voting - Administrator Karlson explained that 35 staff is proposing to hire an election judge to handle absentee voting at city hall -for the 36 last three weeks of the voting period. Based on experience, the growing demand for 37 absentee voting, and the disruptive impact on doing the process from the front window at 38 city hall, he is recommending this position be added for this year's election. Mayor 39 Reinert asked for more information on the peak period of coverage, the security involved 40 in handling ballots and proper oversight. Council Member Stoesz asked that staff keep 41 track of the number of ballots handled through the absentee process so that can be used to 42 plan for 2020 election. 43 44 4A — Amendments to City Code — Therapeutic Massage and Disorderly House - 45 Public Safety Director Swenson explained the need to update the city's recently enacted 1