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Home My WebLink About01-11-2010 Council Minutes I COUNCIL MINUTES January 11, 2010 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : January 11,2010 6 TIME STARTED : 6:35 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:10 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, Rafferty, 9 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 Staff members present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; City Attorney Joseph Langel; 13 Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Jim Studenski; Public Services 14 Director Rick DeGardner; City Planner Paul Bengtson; Director of Public Safety Dave Pecchia; and 15 City Clerk Julie Bartell 16 17 The Oath of Office was administered by City Clerk Bartell to Council Members Rafferty, O'Donnell 18 and Mayor Reinert. 19 20 The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Lino.Lakes City Hall. 21 22 PUBLIC COMMENT 23 24 James Landsberger, 7849 Main Street, read a statement(on file)to the council regarding the need for 25 improvements to the intersection of County Road 14 and Interstate 35W. The council directed staff to 26 provide an update on the intersection at the next regular work session. 27 28 Michelle Miron, Managing Editor Quad Community Press. Ms. Miron thanked the City for utilizing 29 the Quad Community Press as the legal newspaper of the city and expressed interest in maintaining 30 that relationship. 31 32 SETTING THE AGENDA 33 34 The agenda was approved as presented. 35 36 CONSENT AGENDA 37 38 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items lA through 1C. Council 39 Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 40 41 ITEM ACTION 42 43 A. Consideration of Expenditures: 44 i. January 11, 2010 (Check No. 87446 through 45 87525) in the amount of$185,199.65 Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES January 11,2010 APPROVED 46 47 ii. Centennial Fire District (Check No. 4117 through 48 4128) in the amount of$17,298.10 Approved 49 50 B. December 28,2009 Council Work Session 51 Minutes Approved 52 53 C. December 28, 2009 City Council Meeting 54 Minutes Approved 55 56 57 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 58 59 There was no report from the Finance Department. 60 61 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 62 63 3A. Consider Annual Appointments—Acting City Administrator Tesch outlined the list of 64 annual appointments;the council is required to consider these appointments at the first meeting of 65 each year. The council reviewed the list with the inclusion of those appointments that were decided at 66 the January 4 work session. 67 68 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve the list of annual appointments. Council Member 69 Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 70 71 B) Consider Memorandum of Understanding extending Local 49 (public works employees) 72 labor agreement for one year with negotiated amendments (Postponed 12/28/2009) 73 74 Acting Administrator Tesch reported that Items 3B through 3E represent various labor agreements 75 that were postponed by the council at the last council meeting. The Local 49 and AFSCME 2454 76 agreements are memorandums of understandings that would put in place an agreement with 77 employees for no cost of living increase in 2010 as well as require two week unpaid furloughs. The 78 two L.E.L.S. agreements are for consideration of delaying their annual increase until the final council 79 meeting of the year. 80 81 City Attorney Langel opined that the agreements should be considered individually. Further he 82 explained that since the first agreement was postponed, the matter is before the council as it was at the 83 time it was postponed at the last meeting, or as if the reconsideration had just been approved. 84 85 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the Memorandum of Understanding extending the Local 86 49 labor agreement with the amendments negotiated with the union. Council Member Roeser 87 seconded the motion. 88 89 A council member offered thanks to the employees for bringing concessions to the table. While the 90 hope is that there will be no additional layoffs in 2010, from a business perspective,having that 2 COUNCIL MINUTES January 11, 2010 APPROVED 91 language included does not allow enough flexibility for the council. There are a great many challenges and uncertainty in front of the city. 93 94 Motion lost on a voice vote. (Yeas—Gallup, Roeser; Nays—O'Donnell, Rafferty, Reinert) 95 96 3C) Consider Memorandum of Understanding extending AFSCME Local 2454 labor 97 agreement for one year with negotiated amendments (Postponed 12/28/2009) 98 99 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the Memorandum of Understanding extending the 100 AFSCME 2454 labor agreement with the amendments negotiated with the union. Council Member 101 Roeser seconded the motion. 102 The business representative of AFSCME Local 2454 asked to address the council. The mayor 103 indicated that the council was not taking public comment on this item this evening. 104 105 Motion lost on a voice vote. (Yeas—Gallup, Roeser; Nays—O'Donnell, Rafferty, Reinert) 106 D) Consider Memorandum of Understanding regarding L.E.L.S. Local 299 (police officers) 107 current labor agreement (Postponed 12/28/2009)—Acting Administrator Tesch requested that the 108 council postpone action on this item. 109 110 Council Member Rafferty moved to postpone consideration of the agreement(indefinitely). Council 111 Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion adopted on a unanimous voice vote. ,i12 113 E) Consider Memorandum of Understanding regarding L.E.L.S. Local 260 (police 114 sergeants) current labor agreement(Postponed 12/28/2009)—Acting Administrator Tesch 115 requested that the council postpone action on this item. 116 117 Council Member Rafferty moved to postpone consideration of the agreement (indefinitely). Council 118 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion adopted on a unanimous voice vote. 119 120 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 121 122 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 123 124 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 125 126 5A) Consider Resolution No. 09-119, Approving Clear Wireless LLC Communication Site 127 Lease Agreement—Public Services Director DeGardner reported that Clear Wireless LLC is proposing 128 to lease antenna space on top of the city's water tower at 7470 4th Av NE. It has been determined that 129 the additional antennae will not interfere with existing facilities atop that tower. Staff is recommending 130 approval of a resolution authorizing execution of a lease agreement with Clear Wireless as proposed. 131 132 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 09-119 as presented. Council Member 133 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion adopted on a unanaimous voice vote. 3 I COUNCIL MINUTES January 11,2010 APPROVED 134 L)5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT,MICHAEL GROCHALA 136 137 6A) The Boarhouse 7317 & 7319 Lake Drive 138 139 i. Consider Resolution No. 10-03, Approving a Conditional Use Permit for an Automobile 140 Repair Facility and Accessory Indoor Retail—City Planner Bengtson explained that the city has 141 received a request from the owner of the property at 7317/7319 Lake Drive for additional conditional 142 use permits to allow the relocation of a motorcycle service and parts operation in a portion of the 143 facility. Mr. Bengtson reviewed how the criteria for granting of the conditional uses are/will be met 144 along with the conditions that would be included in the granting of a permit. He noted that the 145 Planning and Zoning Board has recommended approval of the request. 146 147 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 10-03 as presented. Council Member 148 Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 149 150 ii. Consider Resolution No. 10-01,Authorizing Execution of Performance Agreement—City 151 Engineer Studenski explained that in conjunction with the request for additional conditional uses at this 152 site,there remains some requirements of the original conditional use permit granted for the repair 153 facility in 1997. Staff is recommending approval of a performance agreement covering the work 154 associated with those remaining requirements. 155 156 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 10-01 as presented. Council Member `-157 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 158 159 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 160 161 There was no Unfinished Business. 162 163 NEW BUSINESS 164 165 There was no New Business. 166 167 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 168 169 January 12, 2010 through January 25, 2010 170 171 Nia, Wednesday,January 13 meeting cancelled Planning&Zoning 172 Nit. Thursday,January 14 6:30 pm, Community Room Charter Commission 173 144, Monday,January 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day City Hall Closed 174 141, Monday, January 25 5:30 pm,Community Room Council Work Session 175 Monday, January 25 6:30 pm,Council Chambers City Council Meeting 176 177 178 179 4 I COUNCIL MINUTES January 11, 2010 APPROVED is ADJOURN '81 82 There being no further business, Council Member O'Donnell moved to adjourn at 7:10 p.m. Council 183 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 184 185 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, January 25, 2010. 186 187 188 189 Aria. 190 Julianne Ba ell, City C1 k Je 'ei e , Mayor 191 5