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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : May 26, 2020 4 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 6:30 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 Jeff Karlson; Community Development 10 Director Michael Grochala; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; Finance Director 11 Sarah Cotton; City Planner Katie Larsen; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; and 12 City Clerk Julie Bartell 13 14 The council meeting was held telephonically on the Zoom platform and as allowed by 15 Minnesota Statutes 13D.021. 16 17 Review Regular Agenda of March 23, 2020 – 18 19 Councilmember Stoesz noted that Item 1E would be moved from the Consent Agenda to 20 the Administration Department for discussion. 21 22 Councilmember Cavegn asked, regarding Expenditures, about the $15,000 charge to 23 Cartegraph. Finance Director Cotton explained that the charges represent the annual fees 24 for that equipment and Public Services Director DeGardner further explained how the 25 equipment is utilized. 26 27 Item 5A, City Complex Air Duct and Diffuser Project, Public Services Director 28 DeGardner explained that the request to clean the diffuser comes from air quality check 29 that occurred in April. He is also recommending a full air duct cleaning for the Police 30 Department; based on the results of that work, staff will report on the need to clean ducts 31 in the rest of the facility. Mayor Rafferty asked how that project will be funded and Mr. 32 DeGardner said contingency funds. The mayor added that it’s important to keep up on 33 this type of maintenance and he’s interested in understanding that the rest of the facility 34 will be done as that becomes possible. It’s important to stay on top of maintenance and 35 take care of the facilities. 36 37 Mayor Rafferty asked if there’s been any construction in the Police Department wing in 38 the last few years; Mr. DeGardner noted a small improvement project. 39 40 Councilmember Cavegn asked if this is throwing money at a problem that doesn’t exist. 41 After reading the results of the air quality report, it seems that the air quality is good and 42 the only problem noted was at the diffuser. Public Services Director DeGardner 43 responded that the City can be reactive or proactive on this work and that’s a policy 44