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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> APPROVED <br /> 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 <br /> 4 DATE : April 25,2022 <br /> 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. <br /> 6 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz,Lyden, <br /> 8 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty <br /> 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Ruhland <br /> 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Human Resources and <br /> 11 Communications Manager Meg Sawyer; Community Development Director Michael <br /> 12 Grochala; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; <br /> 13 1. Review Regular Agenda <br /> 14 Item 3A—Compensation Plan for Part-Time Rookery Activity Center Personnel— <br /> 15 Administrator Cotton reviewed the staff report. The salaries presented have differing <br /> 16 levels and staff would intend to place people based on their experience and qualifications. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Councilmember Cavegn said he's concerned that the rates may be too low, especially in <br /> 19 comparison to pay being offered for jobs such as restaurant worker. Will the City be able <br /> 20 to attract personnel with these rates? Ms. Cotton said staff is concerned as well but plans <br /> 21 to use the scale and will adjust as necessary. Mayor Rafferty concurred that the rates <br /> 22 may be too low to hold people. Councilmember Stoesz noted Item 313 that indicates that <br /> 23 there are individuals who are accepting the rate of pay. Administrator Cotton noted that <br /> 24 staff is cognizant of the link between expenditures and revenues for the Rookery finances. <br /> 25 Ms. Cotton indicated that she's been doing research on the wage market for these type of <br /> 26 jobs and it does vary. Councilmember Cavegn asked about increasing the maximum <br /> 27 range to allow for flexibility if needed. Ms. Cotton suggested seeing how the job fair <br /> 28 goes and go forward knowing that the wage scale can be amended in the future. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Regarding Item 313, Administrator Cotton noted that the City Code requires staff to bring <br /> 31 all names forward for council action. She wonders if the council would be comfortable <br /> 32 with individuals starting prior, knowing that action will still be required. The council <br /> 33 concurred. <br /> 34 Item 5A—Parking Lot Improvement(The Rookery)—City Engineer Hankee reviewed <br /> 35 the written staff report requesting authorization to contract for improvement of the <br /> 36 parking lot at The Rookery. The quote amount was noted. The work would be funded <br /> 37 through ARP funds. She added that one parking lot will be done at a time to allow some <br /> 38 parking to remain. Councilmember Stoesz asked if infrastructure for outside electrical <br /> 39 could be run to the north lot for future event use; staff indicated that type of work would <br /> 40 be outside of available funding. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Item 6A—West Shadow Lake Drive—City Engineer Hankee noted the two requested <br /> 1 <br />