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• <br />• <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 15, 2004 <br />APPROVED <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />4 MINUTES <br />5 <br />6 DATE : December 15, 2004 <br />7 TIME STARTED : 5:40 p.m. <br />8 TIME ENDED : 8:12 p.m. <br />9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, Dahl, Reinert, <br />10 Stoltz (5:50 p.m.) and Mayor Bergeson <br />11 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br />12 <br />13 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development <br />14 Director, Mike Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Planner, Jeff Smyser (part); <br />15 Planning Coordinator, Mary Divine (part); Finance Director, Al Rolek (part); and Chief <br />16 of Police, Dave Pecchia (part) <br />17 <br />18 WEBSITE UPDATE, LISA HOGSTAD <br />19 <br />20 City Administrator Heitke advised staff would like to show the Council the updated City <br />21 website. He noted the website is a work -in -progress and additional information as well as <br />22 department information will be added. <br />23 <br />24 Lisa Hogstad, Administration Secretary, stated she has been working on the new website <br />25 for quite some time. The new site includes information from the old site as well as new <br />26 information. She reviewed the new website as well as the new items that have been <br />27 added. <br />28 <br />29 The Council suggested State Representatives for Lino Lakes as well as state Legislature <br />30 information should also be posted on the website. <br />31 <br />32 Councilmember Stoltz arrived at the meeting at 5:50 p.m. <br />33 <br />34 Administration Secretary Hogstad asked the Council to let her know if there are any other <br />35 suggestions for the new website. <br />36 <br />37 City Administrator Heitke noted the new website may be up and running by Monday. <br />38 The new site will be advertised on cable television and possibly the City newsletter. <br />39 <br />40 LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST, POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF PECCHIA <br />41 <br />42 Chief Pecchia advised Officer Dale Hager is requesting a leave of absence from his <br />43 position as a Lino Lakes Police Officer in order that he might participate in a Department <br />44 of Justice/International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP). <br />45 This program entails training Iraqi law enforcement officers in both Iraq and Jordan. <br />46 <br />47 Officer Hager is requesting a thirteen -month unpaid leave of absence. The City Council <br />48 needs to approve any leave of absence over ninety days. The Council would also have to <br />