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• 1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />• <br />• <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DATE <br />TIME STARTED <br />TIME ENDED <br />MEMBERS PRESENT <br />MEMBERS ABSENT <br />DRAFT <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />November 26, 2012 <br />: November 26, 2012 <br />. 5:30 p.m. <br />. 6:30 p.m. <br />: Council Member Stoesz, O'Donnell, <br />Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert <br />: None <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John <br />Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Jason <br />Wedel; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />1. Records Technician Position — Public Safety Director Swenson noted that this matter <br />appears on the Council Consent Agenda. The Police Department has been involved in a <br />hiring process and has two top individuals that will be interviewed again after background <br />is complete. Hiring for this position would fill a vacancy that is an authorized position in <br />the current and proposed budget. When Council Member Rafferty asked where the new <br />hire would fall on the salary scale for this position, Chief Swenson explained that it <br />would depend on qualification including experience. <br />2. Assessment Services — Contract with Anoka County — Administrator Karlson noted <br />that consideration of this contract is on the regular agenda for this evening. It was <br />postponed from the last council meeting to allow time for staff to research other options. <br />He has provided information on three methods used by cities. The first is to hire an in- <br />house assessor as is done in thirteen cities in the metro area (average salary is over <br />$100,000). The budget for Anoka County Services is $129,000 and his estimate for in- <br />house, all inclusive of salary, benefits, equipment, etc, would be in the range of $130,000. <br />There are four cities in Anoka County that contract with a private firm for assessment <br />services. A negative for that scenario is quality control — service levels go up and down <br />and can impact quality (an article is attached to the staff report). He added that it would <br />take a year to implement a new contract. He recommends that the city remain with <br />Anoka County for the five year period. <br />Council Member Stoesz indicated that he also has done research on what services are <br />available. Although he hasn't finalized his research enough to fully answer the question <br />of why cities utilize the county, he is comfortable staying with Anoka County with the <br />information received. Council Member Roeser concurred that continuation of the current <br />services with staff that knows the city appears to be the best option. <br />3. Review Regular Council Agenda - The council reviewed the agenda and questions <br />were posed as follows: <br />