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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : March 1, 2021 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 8:20 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Lyden, Cavegn and 7 <br />Mayor Rafferty 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Ruhland 9 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Community Development 10 <br />Director Michael Grochala; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; Public Services 11 <br />Director Rick DeGardner; Finance Director Hannah Lynch; Human Resources Manager 12 <br />Meg Sawyer; Environmental Coordinator Andy Nelson; City Clerk Julie Bartell; 13 <br /> 14 <br />1. Preliminary Report – Recreation and Aquatic Center Feasibility Study, Isaac 15 <br />Sports Group – This item was postponed at the request of the Isaac Sports Group. 16 <br /> 17 <br />The council will consider Tuesday, March 16th or Thursday, March 18th for a special 18 <br />council session to hear the report. 19 <br /> 20 <br />2. Springbrook Human Resources Management Module in Financial Software 21 <br />– Human Resources Manager Sawyer read her written report requesting authority to 22 <br />proceed with the addition of the Human Resources Management Module to the 23 <br />Springbrook Financial System which is currently being utilized for the Finance 24 <br />Department. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Councilmember Cavegn asked about the annual cost with increases. Finance Director 27 <br />Lynch explained that an anticipated inflation increase was added. Mayor Rafferty noted 28 <br />that $6,000 for the next year is an estimate. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Councilmember Stoesz asked if the council would receive any better reporting from the 31 <br />system. Finance Director Lynch suggested that she envisions the system to be more 32 <br />internal although reports could be produced for council use. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Councilmember Lyden asked staff to envision what could be the worst case scenario if 35 <br />this isn’t approved; or to report on whether this purchase would save money in any other 36 <br />areas? Ms. Sawyer explained that this would centralize functions away from the current 37 <br />scattered systems approach and that would bring efficiency to the City. Councilmember 38 <br />Lyden asked if there is feedback on this system (from other users). Finance Director 39 <br />Lynch said staff is specifically recommending this because the City utilizes Springbrook 40 <br />for its financial system so this is expected to be the most seamless. Councilmember 41 <br />Lyden asked if there is any cost savings and Administrator Cotton explained that there are 42 <br />some free systems in use; staff feels that the Springbrook will automate processes and 43 <br />gain efficiencies for the City. 44