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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 4, 2015 <br />APPROVED <br />267 Staff will present the grant application to the Council on Monday night; the feasibility <br />268 study will be on the agenda as well but it is not as time sensitive. <br />269 <br />270 13. Council Update on Boards and Commissions — Council Member Roeser gave a <br />271 brief update on the last Centennial Fire Steering Committee meeting. Mayor Reinert <br />272 indicated that he'd like a copy of that organization's audit report. <br />273 <br />274 Mayor Reinert said he'd attended a meeting of the Anoka County Fire Finance Board but <br />275 it was non -eventful; the group is in its formative stage. <br />276 <br />277 14. Monthly Progress Report — Administrator Karlson reviewed the written report. He <br />278 asked the council if and when they'd like to schedule a time to have an official <br />279 photograph taken. The mayor concurred with the practice; it provides good history for <br />280 the city and creates an identity. <br />281 <br />282 Council Member Roeser asked that the booking of a city asset tour should be added to the <br />283 report. He'd also like to follow the Lino Lakes Ambassador's float project. <br />284 <br />285 15. Review regular council agenda of February 9, 2015- the agenda was reviewed <br />286 and the following information was presented: <br />287 <br />288 Item IE- Approval of Wage Increase for Video Technician — Administrator Karlson <br />289 reviewed the job duties. He noted that the current technician hasn't received a raise in <br />290 salary for about 8 years (since he started) so an increase is recommended. <br />291 <br />292 Item 1B — Canceling Paid On -Call Fire Recruitment Incentive Program — Police Chief <br />293 Swenson pointed out that recruiting has gone well for fire personnel and he anticipates <br />294 reaching the goal of 42 fire fighters by the end of 2015. Therefore the incentive isn't <br />295 needed any longer. <br />296 <br />297 Item 1 C — Establishing Paid On -Call Fire Training Compensation Program — Chief <br />298 Swenson recommends that the city establish a compensation program for training (since <br />299 the incentive will be cancelled). This would provide compensation at the end of training <br />300 periods rather than as an hourly wage, in case there are drop outs. <br />301 <br />302 Item 1D — Accept donation of AED from Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community — <br />303 Chief Swenson explained that the department would like authorization to accept this <br />304 equipment through an established donation program. The value of the equipment <br />305 $2,326. <br />306 <br />307 Item 6A — Amending Conditional Use Permit for PUD Development Stage <br />308 Plan/Preliminary Plat for Turnberry Crossing — City Planner Larsen reviewed the request <br />309 to amend previous approvals for the preliminary plat for this townhome development. <br />310 Originally all units were proposed to be two story and the developer would now like some <br />311 single level units due to demand. Base lots need to be widened, three units would be <br />