HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-13-2023 Council Work Session Minutes CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
APPROVED
LINO LAKES CITY COUNCIL
2 WORK SESSION
3 MINUTES
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5 DATE : March 13, 2023
6 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m.
7 TIME ENDED : 6:20 p.m.
8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, Cavegn,
9 Mayor Rafferty
10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None.
11 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Community Development Director
12 Michael Grochala; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Human Resources and Communications
13 Manager Meg Sawyer; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; City Planner Katie Larsen.
14 1. Review Regular Council Agenda of March 13, 2023
15 Consent Agenda -
16 Item 1G— Consider Approval of the Hiring of Part-Time Staff for The Rookery— Mayor
17 Rafferty asked for more information and whether things are going well and whether this is a
18 seasonal type of hire. Human Resources and Communcations Manager Sawyer noted the
19 positions before the City Council this evening are typical due to turnover such as adding
20 lifeguards, instructors, and part-time workers.
21 Regular Agenda -
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23 Item 1 —Consider Appointment of Part-time Firefighter- Human Resources and
24 Communications Manager Sawyer shared about the position noting it would be at Fire Station#1
25 and starting on April 3, 2023.
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27 Item 2 —Consider Appointment of Paid On-Call Firefighter—Ms. Sawyer noted this position
28 would get the City to nine firefighters at Station#1 and ten at Station#2. The start date will be
29 on March 20, 2023 and the goal for the City is to have 20 firefighters at each station.
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31 Item 3—Consider Appointment of Custodial Worker—Ms. Sawyer shared about the position
32 noting it encompasses cleaning City Hall and both Fire stations. With City Council approval, the
33 worker would start on March 14, 2023. Councilmember Stoesz asked whether there will be start-
34 up costs including vacuums and equipment. City Administrator Cotton replied in the affirmative
35 noting an estimate was provided in a previous Staff report for some of that equipment for the
36 various sites.
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38 Item 4—Consider Appointment of City Clerk—Ms. Sawyer noted Jolleen Chaika will be
39 starting in the position on April 3, 2023. She comes to the City with a vast amount of experience
40 including Deputy City Clerk at Forest Lake.
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42 Item 5 - Consider Donation of Bicycles—Director of Public Safety Swenson stated the City
43 looks to clean out the garage of abandoned bicycles that are deposited. There are eight bicycles
44 and with the City Council's authorization Staff would like to donate the bicycles to the non-
45 profit Bikes for Kids.
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47 Item 6 - Consider 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 01-23 City Code Chapter 1010: Signs-
48 City Planner Larsen noted they are trying to clean up the Ordinance and make it clearer with the
49 first reading this evening.
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51 Item 7 - Consider Resolution No. 23-20 Accepting and Approving the Grant Agreement
52 between the City of Lino Lakes and the Metropolitan Council of Environmental
53 Services for the Improvement of Publicly Owned Infrastructure and Approving
54 Certificate of Real Property—City Engineer Hankee noted the Met Council monitors the City's
55 flows and the City has entered into a grant program, which they have done before. Included in
56 the packet is an example agreement, and Ms. Hankee noted the City must approve a certificate of
57 property noting the City owns that property and the City has rights to it.
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59 The meeting was adjourned at 6:20 p.m.
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61 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on
62 March 27, 2023.
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66 Hannah Lynch, City e erk Rob Rafferty, Mayor
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