04-14-25 - Council Meeting Agenda

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The Community Development Director reviewed the two resolutions declaring the intent to reimburse certain expenditures from bond proceeds for the 2025 Street Reconstruction and Sewer and Water Extension projects. 4. Administration Update The City Administrator presented the following operations updates: • The City continues to work with our legal counsel on current litigation. • The Public Safety Department responded to a water rescue that posed significant risk to the public safety responders. The department is conducting a debriefing of the incident. • The Human Resources Department is actively conducting the hiring process for a payroll position within the Finance Department and several positions within the Community Development Department. • The Public Safety Department wellness consultant associate advised of an opportunity for additional employee wellness and strategic planning services. However, that would not be pursued unless grant funding can be identified to support the costs. • The agreement with Citygate has been extended until the end of May. It is anticipated that the report will be presented at the April 14t" or 281" Council Meeting. Any amendments to the City Code resulting from the Citygate proposal will be drafted by staff and reviewed by the City Attorney for presentation to the City Council. • A fire sprinkler permit plan & review ordinance is being researched by staff. • The discussion regarding the Interim Assistant City Administrator position is identified for the April 7t" Work Session. • The Administration, Finance and Community Development customer service workload and need for additional Administrative Assistants is being reviewed and will be brought forwarded to the Council at a future meeting. • The Mayor and Interim City Administrator met with the Forrest Lake School District regarding their busing routes and future population projections as it relates to school district boundaries. They will be following up with the Community Development Director. • The Interim City Administrator continues to hold weekly department manager team meetings and individual meetings with department managers. 5. Adjournment Mayor Rafferty adjourned the meeting at 6:27 p.m. These minutes were approved at the regular Council Meeting on April 14, 2025. Roberta Colotti, CIVIC City Clerk Page 2 of 2 Rob Rafferty, Mayor