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i COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 3,1997 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE December 3, 1997 TIME STARTED 5:00 p.m. TIME ENDED 7:13 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Council Members Bergeson, Kuether, Lyden and Neal and Mayor Landers MEMBERS ABSENT None Staff members present: City Engineer, David Ahrens; City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; Assistant to the City Administrator, Dan Tesch; Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland; Community Development Coordinator, Mary Alice Divine; Finance Director, Mary Vaske; Chief of Police, David Pecchia and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. LIVABLE COMMUNITIES UPDATE, MARY ALICE The City applied for a $220,000 Livable Communit fr etropolitan Council. It appears that Lino Lakes will receive approv. z ,- g n December 18th. This grant will be used to cover costs of plannin _ t To enter. Staff noted that Lino Lakes and th cities who received funding. ury were the only two (2) developing This item is informatio '. an oes not require Council approval. HEALTH INSU '+ ��. DGE, DAN TESCH The Council was gi a "handout" describing a Health Insurance Continuation Program for some employees who are retiring. Mr. Tesch outlined the program and noted that it is a voluntary program offered to employees who have devoted a large amount of their career to the City. The program allows the retiring person to use up to 100% of their accumulated sickleave to pay their health insurance coverage after retirement. This option would be available to employees who retire between the ages of 59 and 62. Council noted that this program would be available to non-union employees and would be part of the bargaining strategy during union contract negotiations. Mr. Tesch was instructed to determine what the cost would be to continue health insurance for the retiring person until they reach age 65 and are eligible for Medicare. PAGE 1