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1 1 1 1 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MAY 26, 1987 A special meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order by Mayor Benson at 6:13 P.M. Council Members present: Reinert, Bisel, Marier. Council Members absent: Bohjanen. City Administrator, Randy Schumacher and Clerk - Treasurer, Marilyn Anderson were also present. Mayor Benson explained the purpose of this special meeting was to interview candidates for the City Assessor position. Mr. Schumacher told the Council that he advertised the position in the St. Paul, Minneapolis and local papers. He had narrowed the candidates down to three and one of these three has since indicated that he is not interested in the position. The two candidates are Gregory Johnson and David Anderson. Mr. Gregory Johnson from Cambridge, Minnesota was the first candidate interviewed. Mr. Johnson gave his experience in this field and also his educational background. He has been in the real estate field for nine years and has experience with commercial construction. He also received his appraisal certificate in 1981 and has continued his ed- ucation in this field. He has worked part time for the City of Osseo for three years and currently works for Isanti County in the assessors office. He will be finishing his assessors degree at Anoka Ramsey Community College and plans to attend Metro University or Concordia College for a Bachelors Degree. He does plan to stay in this field after receiving his degree. Mr. Reinert asked Mr. Johnson if he had any experience with green acres. Mr. Johnson explained that Isanti County has many thousands of acres of green acres. He also noted that he has worked abatements and green acres payback. Mr. Bisel asked since his home is in Cambridge, what would he see as disadvantages in the Lino Lakes position. Mr. Johnson said the telephone. He has looked into the possibility of getting a watts line. This will be no problem. Also it is about a forty minute drive to Lino Lakes so he would plan each trip to encompass as much work as possible. Some advantages would be not having any relatives in Lino Lakes, and he could do a good job and not play favorites. Mr. Schumacher asked since Mr. Johnson has a full time position, when would he be doing the Lino Lakes assesment. Mr. Johnson explained, evenings, weekends and his wife would be assisting hint. His wife also has some education in this field.