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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 DATE <br />5 TIME STARTED <br />6 TIME ENDED <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT <br />8 <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT <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 />DRAFT <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />February 25, 2008 <br />: February 25, 2008 <br />. 5:30 p.m. <br />: 6:22 p.m. <br />: Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, <br />Reinert, Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson <br />: None <br />Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Director of Public Safety, <br />Dave Pecchia; Community Development Director, Mike Grochala; City Clerk, Julie <br />Bartell. <br />REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS <br />There were no changes to the regular Council agenda. There was some discussion of the <br />following items. <br />Animal Ordinance - Community Development Coordinator Grochala reviewed the <br />proposed animal ordinance There may be some language added relative to hunting dogs <br />depending on the advice of the City Attorney. The sugar glider is not exclusively dealt <br />with but would most likely fall under the category of domesticated pet at this time. <br />On the question of how the ordinance compares to regulations of surrounding <br />communities, staff noted that it is fairly consistent in the areas of leashing requirement <br />and number of dogs allowed without a kennel license. <br />Police Department Administration Reorganization - Public Safety Director Pecchia <br />reviewed the proposed restructuring within the Police Department administration area. <br />He explained the proposed salary rate for the new Community Volunteer Coordinator <br />position and noted that the salary for the upgraded clerical position would uldlbe negotiated <br />with the labor union (AFSCME). It was clarified that the Community <br />Coordinator would not be asked to serve as an operations leader. <br />36 <br />37 OPEN MIKE POLICY <br />38 <br />39 Several years ago the open mike portion of the council session was taken off the camera. <br />40 There is a council request to reopen that discussion. <br />41 <br />42 A council member recalled that that portion of the council meeting was taken off the <br />43 camera for more than one reason. One was to provide a more comfortable situation for <br />44 those wanting to address the council (off the camera). The other reason had to do with <br />45 misuse of the air time — grandstanding, political speeches, etc. Although there hasn't <br />