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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 6, 2003 APPROVED 1 Council directed staff to move forward with an informal review to combine Retail C and • 2 D of the Market Place Site Plan. 3 4 CONSIDER REPLACEMENT PROCESS FOR CITY ADMINISTRATOR, LINDA 5 WAITE SMITH 6 7 City Administrator Waite Smith distributed information regarding the Tri -City meeting 8 including a list of issues that were raised at the last meeting. 9 10 City Administrator Waite Smith also distributed a sample copy of a community brochure 11 to send out to possible candidates for the City Administrator position. She noted color 12 copies would be distributed at a later date. She asked the Council to contact her 13 regarding any changes to the brochure. She asked if the Council would like to list a 14 salary range or hiring range on the job announcement. 15 16 Council determined the hiring range should be listed on the job announcement. 17 18 Councilmember Carlson requested information on salaries of City Administrators in 19 surrounding communities and cities similar in size to Lino Lakes. 20 21 City Administrator Waite Smith advised that also included in the information was a list of 22 knowledge, skills, abilities necessary, required qualifications and desired qualifications. 23 She asked the Council to review the items and contact her about any changes. 24 •25 City Administrator Waite Smith advised she would need Council direction regarding a 26 resolution appointing an acting City Administrator. 27 28 UPDATE ON QUAD CITIES POLICE DEPARTMENT PROPOSAL, LINDA 29 WAITE SMITH 30 31 City Administrator Waite Smith distributed and reviewed a copy of Proposal of July 25, 32 2003, Meeting of the Quad Cities Police Task Force Meeting. The next meeting is 33 scheduled on August 18, 2003. The proposal was emailed to City Administrators of 34 Centerville, Circle Pines and Lexington to verify the terms in the proposal, per request of 35 the Task Force. 36 37 Acting Mayor Reinert stated the Task Force is offering variations of the agreement 38 without giving the City what Lino Lakes is not willing to give up. 39 40 Councilmember Carlson stated there has not been any new information presented that 41 indicates the merger would be financially beneficial to the City. 42 43 Councilmember Dahl stated the City of Lino Lakes would be giving 80% of the assets 44 and only getting 50% of the vote. She stated she is not willing to agree to 50% of the 45 vote. She stated she believes the City is at an impasse. 46 47 The Council did not reach a new recommendation regarding the Quad Cities Task Force • 48 Proposal.