07-27-2015 Council Work Session Meeting

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 27 , 2015 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE July 27 , 2015 5 TIME STARTED 6 : 00 p . m . 6 TIME ENDED 6 : 30 p . m . 7 MEMBERS PRESENT Councilmember Stoesz , Kusterman , 8 Rafferty , Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT None 10 11 12 Staff members present : City Administrator Jeff Karlson ; Public Safety Director John 13 Swenson ; Brian Bourassa representing the City Engineer ; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 1 . Lino Lakes Ambassadors Program . Administrator Karlson noted that the city 16 has been contacted by the Lino Lakes Ambassadors Program regarding the possibility of 17 an annual donation from the city to support the program overall . The council touched on 18 the possibility of an annual donation during recent discussions about the program . 19 20 Mayor Reinert noted that the recent one -time contribution from the city was specifically 21 to allow the program to update the float that they use to represent the city in the region . 22 Council Member Rafferty added that there was some discussion about securing storage 23 for the float , to protect it from the elements now that it is updated . 24 25 Mayor Reinert said he wouldn ' t approve of having line items in the budget for specifics 26 for them but considering that this is a great program for the city , he be inclined to support 27 a single line overall contribution in the budget for this program , perhaps in the range of 28 $ 1 , 500 . The council concurred on the amount of $ 1 , 500 with a notation that it wouldn ' t 29 be appropriate for the city to fund a scholarship . 30 31 2 . Review Regular Agenda of July 27 , 2015 . 32 33 Item 3B — Consider Appointment of Finance Director - Administrator Karlson explained 34 that the process to fill the Finance Director position has been on a fast track . It ' s an 35 important position and he felt it should be filled as soon as possible . He reviewed the 36 hiring process that was used to bring forward his recommendation . The background 37 check on the recommended candidate is complete and there are no issues , however , a 38 report has not yet been received in writing . He is requesting council approval to hire 39 Sarah Cotton with a starting salary of Step 3 . Mayor Reinert said he thinks the hiring 40 should be contingent upon the final background information . 41 42 The council discussed the terms of the employment , probationary period and salary steps . 43 Council Member Stoesz noted that the candidate also served as information technology 44 director in her current position ; can the city draw on that expertise `? Administrator 45 Karlson noted that the City receives its information technology assistance from Metro 1