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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 23, 2014 <br />DRAFT <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE : June 23, 2014 <br />5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. <br />6 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Kusterman, <br />8 Rafferty, Roeser (arr. 5:40 pm) and Mayor <br />9 Reinert <br />10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development <br />14 Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; Finance Director Al Rolek; Public <br />15 Safety Director John Swenson; City Engineer Diane Hankee <br />16 <br />17 Review Agenda for Regular Council Meeting - <br />18 <br />19 Consent Agenda — A council member had contacted the City Administrator about an <br />20 expenditure of the Centennial Fire District for website work. Mr. Karlson explained that <br />21 the funds involved are through a FEMA grant; he will investigate further on the benefits <br />22 of the website. <br />23 <br />24 Item 4A, Resolution No. 14-61, Creating a Wage Schedule for Paid On -Call Fire <br />25 Personnel- Chief Swenson review the rate schedule staff is recommending for Paid On - <br />26 Call Firefighters within the fire services division of the Public Safety Department. The <br />27 schedule was put together using information on rates for similar positions throughout the <br />28 metro area. A monthly stipend is recommended for certain leadership positions. <br />29 <br />30 Item 4B, Resolution No. 14-62, Establishing an Incentive Program for the <br />31 Recruitment of Paid On -Call Fire Personnel- Chief Swenson noted that the city is <br />32 setting up a fire department and within a certain time frame so it is necessary to begin a <br />33 process of recruiting fire personnel as soon as possible. Staff believes that an incentive <br />34 program will be helpful in the effort. He reviewed the three levels that are intended to <br />35 attract new and experienced fire fighters. The budget impact of the incentive program <br />36 was reviewed. <br />37 <br />38 Item 4C, Enrollment in Statewide Lump -Sum Volunteer Firefighter Retirement <br />39 Plan Administered by PERA — Chief Swenson explained that since a firefighter pension <br />40 plan will be a part of a new fire department, the city commissioned a report by <br />41 Springsted, Inc. to consider pension options. He introduced Terri Heaton of Springsted <br />42 to review the report. <br />43 <br />44 Ms. Heaton explained that the report before the council outlining pension options is still a <br />45 "broad brush" report. The report compares pension implications for firefighters that <br />