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1 <br />1 <br />Council Meeting <br />January 30, 1989 <br />191 <br />The Special Work Session of the Lino Lakes City Council was <br />called to order by Mayor Benson at 3:10 P.M., Monday, January <br />30, 1989. Council Members present: Mayor Benson, Bisel, <br />Bohjanen, Neal, and Reinert. Staff: Administrator <br />Schumacher, Tesch, Chief Campbell, (PW Superintendent Volk <br />arrived late). Other: Centennial Fire Commissioner <br />Benjamin . <br />Purpose: This meeting was set to discuss problems the Lino <br />Lakes City Council feel need addressing concerning the <br />Centennial Fire District's Joint Powers Agreement (JPA). <br />Mayor Benson directed Mr. Schumacher to begin his <br />presentation. Mr. Schumacher explained that he had put <br />together a work sheet that outlines what he felt (based on <br />information received from Council members at previous <br />meetings) were major areas of contention within the JPA. <br />The most obvious issue is the formula by which operating <br />costs are assigned. Lino Lakes has been paying an ever <br />increasing portion of these costs. The basic elements of the <br />formula are the average numbers of calls made to the <br />individual city, the population and assessed value of the <br />city. Mr. Schumacher felt the assessed value of a community <br />was not necessary in the formula. He asked Mr. Benjamin <br />what the basis for this, if any. Mr. Benjamin replied that <br />he did not know. Mr. Bisel interjected that when the fire <br />department gets a call, they do not know whether they are <br />going to a fire at an eighty thousand dollar home, or a one <br />hundred thousand dollar home. Mayor Benson agreed with their <br />argument concerning valuations, but played "devil's advocate" <br />and stated that he wanted to be convinced. <br />After some discussion, Mr. Benjamin stated that if there is <br />differentiation to be made it should be between residential <br />and commercial. Physical size makes a difference when <br />fighting a fire, and commercial and industrial sites are <br />larger than houses. You can easily surround a house (the <br />value of the house makes no difference), but businesses are <br />different. Mayor Benson agreed and felt there maybe some <br />merit to differentiating between residential and commercial <br />etc... but not home values. The Council agreed. <br />Councilman Reinert followed the outline down and came to the <br />area where it was proposed that each community pay a base <br />charge. He felt it was very important that each community <br />pay some sort of base charge. The cost of simply having a <br />fire department should-be the same for everyone. After that <br />initial cost, other items can come into play such as the <br />number of calls and number of households. <br />It was decided by the Council that we need to make some <br />decision now for the future of the district. We need to <br />collect as much data as possible to make informed decisions. <br />Page 1 <br />