01-25-2021 Council Meeting Minutes

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COUNCIL MINUTES APPROVED 1 LINO LAKES CITY COUNCIL 2 REGULAR MEETING 3 MINUTES 4 5 DATE January 25 , 2021 6 TIME STARTED 6 : 30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED 7 * 00 p. m . 8 MEMBERS PRESENT Councilmember Stoesz, Lyden, 9 Ruhland, Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty to MEMBERS ABSENT 11 12 Staff members present : City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Community Development Director 13 Michael Grochala; City Engineer Diane Hankee ; Human Resources Manager Meg Sawyer; Public 14 Safety Director John Swenson; City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 PUBLIC COMMENT 17 Dean Hausladen, Lino Lakes resident, spoke to the matter of the City establishing a storm water 18 utility. He noted that the concept has come forward before and he wonders if the same proposal is 19 under consideration. Mayor Rafferty remarked that the council is looking at the possibility of a 20 utility again, understanding the reality of the many services that are required of the City in the area 21 of storm water management. Mr. Hausladen also noted that he lives by Sunrise Park and he ' s 22 concerned about the use of chemicals on the lawn there ; he experienced a situation where chemicals 23 were put down by the City and warning signs were posted but not soon enough to prevent him and 24 his dog from being impacted . 25 SETTING THE AGENDA 26 The agenda was approved as presented. 27 CONSENT AGENDA 28 Councilmember Ruhland moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items IA through I as 29 presented. Councilmember Lyden seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote . 30 31 ITEM ACTION 32 Consideration of Expenditures . 33 A) January 25 , 2021 (Check No . 113705 through 113784) 34 in the Amount of $ 679 , 119 . 19 Approved 35 B) Consider Approval of January 4 , 2021 Council 36 Work Session Minutes Approved 37 C) Consider Approval of January 11 , 2021 Council 38 Minutes Approved 39 D) Consider Approval of Advisory Board and EDAC Appts Approved 4o FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT 41 There was no report from the Finance Department. 1