02-13-2023 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APPROVED LINO LAKES CITY COUNCIL 2 WORK SESSION 3 MINUTES 4 5 DATE : February 13,2023 6 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:28 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, Mayor 9 Rafferty 1 o MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Cavegn 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Finance Director/City Clerk Hannah 12 Lynch; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Diane Hankee; 13 Kelsey Gelhar of WSB &Associates; Human Resources and Communications Manager Meg 14 Sawyer; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner. 15 1. Review Regular Agenda of February 13, 2023 16 17 Consent Agenda- 18 19 Item 1D - Consider Resolution No. 23-19, Approving a Solicitor License for Everlight Solar- 20 Mayor Rafferty asked what happens when a company goes door-to-door with a solicitor license. 21 City Administrator Cotton replied an application comes in,the City runs a background check on 22 each representative going door-to-door, the license is good for 6 months with each representative 23 receiving a license. She noted the City could have active licenses available on the City's website. 24 25 Regular Agenda- 26 27 Item 2A - Public Hearing—2023-2027 Financial Plan—Finance Director Lynch noted there have 28 not been any changes to the plan that was reviewed at the previous week's Work Session. Mayor 29 Rafferty noted regarding the Resolution, he would ask for a motion to accept rather than approve 30 as it is a living document. 31 32 Item 3A - Consider Appointment of Police Officer—Human Resources and Communications 33 Manager Meg Sawyer spoke about the appointment of Spencer Baldwin to a police officer 34 position starting on March 6, 2023. 35 36 Item 5A and Item 5B - Watermark Park Project—City Engineer Hankee shared about the project 37 including the master plan showing a pond overlook, picnic area, play area, pickleball courts, 38 parking lot,pergola, and entrance monument sign. The low bid came in from Dimke Excavating 39 at $668,000 while the engineer estimate was $929,000. There is also a construction services 40 proposal from WSB and Associates from $93,000. 41 42 Councilmember Ruhland asked about the differential in the bids. Ms. Hankee noted it varies with 43 some having more money in the structures and others putting more money in the excavating. She 44 will follow up that the contracted company has the pergola and dock bid correctly, noting the 45 specs are very detailed. Ms. Cotton clarified the packet had been updated earlier in the day to 1