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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 22, 2019 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : July 22, 2019 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 6:23 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 7 <br /> Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 <br /> 10 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; City Engineer Diane Hankee; 11 <br />Public Safety Director John Swenson; Community Development Director Michael 12 <br />Grochala; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City Clerk Julie Bartell 13 <br /> 14 <br />1. Review Regular City Council Meeting Agenda of July 22, 2019 – 15 <br /> 16 <br />Consent Agenda – Expenditures – Council Member Stoesz asked if the can receptacle at 17 <br />Fire Station #1 is producing revenue. Public Services Director DeGardner said it is very 18 <br />slowly bringing in revenue. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Item 5A – Reject Bids for Well House No. 1 Rehab – City Engineer reviewed the 21 <br />elements of the rehab project. Bids came in higher than the budgeted amount so staff is 22 <br />recommending that the bids be rejected for city budget considerations and to put together 23 <br />a bid process for next year. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Item 6A – Water Tower No 3 Project – City Engineer Hankee explained that this project 26 <br />is ready to move forward for bids. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Council Member Stoesz asked about the possibility of lighting the City logo/name on the 29 <br />water tower as part of this project? Ms. Hankee said the council could still move forward 30 <br />tonight and add that element along the way. Community Development Director 31 <br />Grochala remarked that this tower will be located in a residential area so light may be 32 <br />invasive; the other water towers may be better choices if the council is interested in 33 <br />lighting. The council asked staff to investigate the possibility and report back (including 34 <br />locations where lighting is being used). 35 <br /> 36 <br />2. Pledge of Allegiance Discussion - Mayor Reinert noted that the City Code includes 37 <br />some language but only within the “order of business” section. He thinks it might be a 38 <br />good idea to better define the council’s intent. 39 <br /> 40 <br />The council directed staff to put together a resolution that better defines the language of 41 <br />the Pledge, includes the advisory board and enforcing the council’s intent. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Economic Development Authority (EDA) meeting – Community Development 44 <br />Director Grochala reviewed the proposed actions and updated the council on the current 45