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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />ird MAM 01 <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE September 27, 2021 <br />5 TIME STARTED 6:00 p.m. <br />6 TIME ENDED 6#25 p.m. <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, <br />8 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT None <br />10 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Finance Director Hannah <br />11 Lynch; Human Resources Coordinator Meg Sawyer; Communications Specialist Andrea <br />12 Turner; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; <br />13 City Engineer Diane Hankee; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; City Clerk Julie <br />14 Bartell <br />15 <br />16 1. Review Regular Agenda of September 27, 2021 — <br />17 <br />18 Item 2A — 2C — Finance Director Lynch reviewed her written reports noting changes <br />19 impacted by the tax capacity and health insurance rates. Also added is a part time <br />20 recreation coordinator and warming houses funding. She noted the tax rate ceiling. The <br />21 council can certainly meet further and can decrease the number. Actions are also <br />22 included on the council agenda to set the taxation public hearing and cancel unneeded <br />23 debt service. <br />24 <br />25 Item 3A —Hiring of Police Officer — HR and Communications Manager Sawyer <br />26 reviewed the applicant's education. Public Safety Director Swenson explained that <br />27 officers that come to the department with no experience will typically receive additional <br />28 training. <br />29 <br />30 Item 3B —Increasing Pension Benefit to Firefighters — Ms. Sawyer reviewed the <br />31 proposal noting it would come at no cost to the City. Administrator Cotton noted that this <br />32 action wouldn't impact the stability of the City's position and would in fact help retain <br />33 personnel. <br />34 <br />35 Item 3C — Allocation of Fire Aid to Pension Contributions — Ms. Sawyer explained <br />36 that this will start the process for reimbursement. Director Swenson added that this is a <br />37 separate action to Item 313. <br />38 <br />39 Item 6A — Moratorium Ordinance on Mini Self Storage Facilities — Planner Larsen <br />40 explained staff s recommendation for a one year moratorium to give staff and the council <br />41 time to review the situation and consider appropriate regulation updates. Councilmember <br />42 Lyden remarked that he is interested in looking at the whole concept of storage facilities. <br />43 <br />