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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />LINO LAKES CITY COUNCIL 1 <br />WORK SESSION 2 <br />MINUTES 3 <br /> 4 <br />DATE : March 13, 2023 5 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 <br />TIME ENDED : 6:20 p.m. 7 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, Cavegn, 8 <br /> Mayor Rafferty 9 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None. 10 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Community Development Director 11 <br />Michael Grochala; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Human Resources and Communications 12 <br />Manager Meg Sawyer; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; City Planner Katie Larsen. 13 <br />1. Review Regular Council Agenda of March 13, 2023 14 <br />Consent Agenda - 15 <br />Item 1G – Consider Approval of the Hiring of Part-Time Staff for The Rookery – Mayor 16 <br />Rafferty asked for more information and whether things are going well and whether this is a 17 <br />seasonal type of hire. Human Resources and Communcations Manager Sawyer noted the 18 <br />positions before the City Council this evening are typical due to turnover such as adding 19 <br />lifeguards, instructors, and part-time workers. 20 <br />Regular Agenda - 21 <br /> 22 <br />Item 1 – Consider Appointment of Part-time Firefighter - Human Resources and 23 <br />Communications Manager Sawyer shared about the position noting it would be at Fire Station #1 24 <br />and starting on April 3, 2023. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Item 2 – Consider Appointment of Paid On-Call Firefighter – Ms. Sawyer noted this position 27 <br />would get the City to nine firefighters at Station #1 and ten at Station #2. The start date will be 28 <br />on March 20, 2023 and the goal for the City is to have 20 firefighters at each station. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Item 3 – Consider Appointment of Custodial Worker – Ms. Sawyer shared about the position 31 <br />noting it encompasses cleaning City Hall and both Fire stations. With City Council approval, the 32 <br />worker would start on March 14, 2023. Councilmember Stoesz asked whether there will be start-33 <br />up costs including vacuums and equipment. City Administrator Cotton replied in the affirmative 34 <br />noting an estimate was provided in a previous Staff report for some of that equipment for the 35 <br />various sites. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Item 4 – Consider Appointment of City Clerk – Ms. Sawyer noted Jolleen Chaika will be 38 <br />starting in the position on April 3, 2023. She comes to the City with a vast amount of experience 39 <br />including Deputy City Clerk at Forest Lake. 40 <br /> 41