03-03-2020 Council Work Session Minutes

Home Search

CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT 88 the agreement. The sub -group is now seeking commitments from member agencies who 89 want to enter into a joint powers agreement. The JPA would become effective January 1, 90 2021. The annual cost of overhead for operating the JPA is estimated at an additional 91 $175,000, which represents a five percent increase for each member. 92 93 Council requested that staff prepare alternative options for consideration, u1 addition to 94 the creation of a Joint Powers Entity for Metro -Net. 95 96 6. Trunk Utility Fees - A concern was previously expressed by council that the fees 97 charged may be a deterrent to economic development. 98 99 Community Development Director Michael Grochala reviewed a comparison of the City's 100 Trunk Utility fees with those charged by neighboring cities. Fees vary by community in 101 both amount and method. It should be noted that our fees are based on the estimated costs 102 of developing our trunk utility system. 103 104 In 2016, the City Council initiated a Connection Fee Study to evaluate the current fee 105 structure and to minimize impacts to the end user, specifically when changing use. The fee 106 structure was modified 'unto two components, a trunk fee and an availability charge. The 107 trunk fee is collected at the tune of development. The study resulted in a total fee 108 reduction of $707 per unit. 109 110 7. Schedule Advisory Board Candidate Interviews - The Council tabled this item 111 to the March 23rd Work Session. 112 1 3 8. Ambulance Service PSA -Public SafetS� Director John Swenson provided an 114 update on ambulance services Lino Lakes. Staff continues to work on ensuring that 115 ambulance services in Luio Lakes are provided at a high level after the June 1, 2020 116 ambulance service transition. 117 118 The EMSRB continues to work on determining whether the change in ambulance services 119 in our Primary Service Area (PSA) will go through the change of ownership process as 120 outlined in MN 144E.11 or a change of name process as outlined in the same statute. 121 122 The City of Lilo Lakes is covered by a '`PSA overlap". This means that when the PSA 123 neaps were cr°eated two ambulance providers (MHealth Fairview and Allina) own a PSA 124 that covers our community. This has occurred i1 other areas of the state and when there is 125 ambulance PSA overlap the local jurisdiction has the ability to choose between the 126 ambulance providers that own the PSAs covering their community. 127 128 Staff hopes to have all of the information to make an informed recommendation to 129 Council this spring prior to the June 1, 2020 transition. 130 131 9. Use of Force Simulator - Public Safety Director Swenson reviewed his staff 132 report regarding the purchase of a Use of Force Training Simulator.