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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : October 25, 2021 4 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, 7 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Finance Director Hannah 10 Lynch; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Diane 11 Hankee; Assistant City Engineer Kelsey Gelhar; Environmental Coordinator Andy 12 Nelson; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; Director of Public Safety John 13 Swenson; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 1. Review Regular Agenda of October 25, 2021 – 16 17 Councilmember Lyden remarked that energy costs are expected to be very high and he 18 suggests the City cut back on use in any way possible. The council and staff concurred 19 and will work toward that goal. 20 21 Item 5A, Water Tower #2 Reconditioning Project – Justin Williams was not present 22 but is expected to be at the council meeting to present the request. 23 24 Councilmember Lyden remarked that he’d like to see the planning cost reduced; any 25 money saved could be used for other worthy projects. Mayor Rafferty remarked that he 26 believes the cost is appropriate and the work it represents important. Councilmember 27 Cavegn wondered if there isn’t information (specifications) available from the recent 28 work done on Water Tower #1. Councilmember Stoesz asked about impact to cellular 29 services and Community Development Director Grochala said that will be part of the 30 project plans. 31 32 Administrator Cotton added that capital project was included in the rate study so it is an 33 anticipated expense. 34 35 Item 6A, Agreement for Residential Recycling Funding (Anoka County) – 36 Environmental Coordinator Nelson noted that each year the City receives money from the 37 County to pay for recycling efforts. He noted the amount offered for this year and how 38 the funds are utilized. Mayor Rafferty asked if the grant amount is similar to previous 39 years; Mr. Nelson noted how the funds were utilized last year (there was a downtick 40 because there was no recycling day). Councilmember Ruhland asked if these grant funds 41 could be used to reduce the cost residents pay for recycling day drop off; Mr. Nelson said 42 that doesn’t appear to be a workable situation for the City (based on experience of other 43 cities). Councilmember Stoesz suggested making some recycling events free; Director 44