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Home My WebLink About12-28-2009 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES December 28, 2009 APPROVED 1 2 CITY OF LINO LAKES 3 MINUTES 4 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 5 6 7 DATE : December 28,2009 8 TIME STARTED : 6:40 p.m. 9 TIME ENDED : 7:45 p.m. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Gallup, Reinert, O'Donnell, 11 Roeser and Mayor Bergeson 12 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 13 14 Staff members present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch, City Attorney Joseph Langel; 15 Director of Public Safety Dave Pecchia; Director of Public Services Rick DeGardner; City Clerk 16 Julie Bartell. 17 18 PUBLIC COMMENT/OPEN MIKE 19 20 There was no public comment. 21 22 SETTING THE AGENDA 23 L,24 The agenda was amended to remove Item 5D; and to add to the beginning of the agenda 25 presentation of honors to outgoing Mayor Bergeson. 26 27 Council Member Gallup presented a plaque to Mayor John Bergeson honoring him on his many 28 years of service to the City as an elected official. 29 30 CONSENT AGENDA 31 32 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Council 33 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 34 35 ITEM ACTION 36 37 1A. Consideration of Expenditures: 38 i) December 28,2009 (Check No. 87361 through 87445), 39 $179,848.49; Approved 40 ii) Centennial Fire District(Check No. 4091 through 4116), 41 $63,357.58 Approved 42 43 1B. Approval of December 7, 2009 Council Work Session Minutes Approved 44 45 1C. Approval of December 14, 2009 City Council Meeting Minutes Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES December 28,2009 APPROVED 46 _ 47 1D. Consideration of Resolution No.09-118,Contract for Joint Usage 48 of Water Facilities By and Between the City of Lino Lakes and the 49 City of Centerville Approved 50 51 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 52 53 There was no report from the Finance Department 54 55 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT,DAN TESCH 56 57 3A. Consideration of Memorandum of Understanding extending Local 49 (public works 58 employees) labor agreement for one year with negotiated amendments 59 60 3B. Consideration of Memorandum of Understanding extending AFSCME Local 2454 61 labor agreement for one year with negotiated amendments 62 63 3C. Consideration of Memorandum of Understanding regarding L.E.L.S. Local 299 64 (police officers) current labor agreement 65 66 3D. Consideration of Memorandum of Understanding regarding L.E.L.S. Local 260 67 (police sergeants) current labor agreement 68 69 Acting Administrator Tesch noted that the council had discussed these agreements at their work 70 session held just previous to the council meeting. The council has some concern about the 71 language in the agreements limiting the city's ability to lay off employees in 2010; the clause 72 would limit the council's flexibility in dealing with the budget. The city attorney was asked to 73 opine on the impact of the council not agreeing to that language in the tentative agreements 74 before them. 75 76 Attorney Langel remarked that if the memorandums of understanding before the council 77 constitute the unions' offer and the city removes something from them,they would then become 78 new offers on the city's part. The council can certainly vote the agreements up or down; a 79 change to the agreement would put it back on the bargaining table as a counter offer. When 80 asked if the city could change elements of a labor contract mid-term, Mr. Langel suggested that 81 such a change should be requested only under the most necessary of circumstances. 82 83 A council member noted that the council did not agree to the language in question and suggested 84 that taking it out would bring the parties closer to agreement. 85 86 The mayor remarked that the council has a proposed agreement and should vote it up or down. 87 88 A council member suggested that there is risk in losing the furlough concession if the agreement 89 goes back to the table; that would leave a hole in the budget. 90 2 COUNCIL MINUTES December 28,2009 APPROVED ' 91 When a council member recalled that the council intends to begin the coming year with early 92 budget discussions and asked if those discussions are intended to deal with 2010 or 2011, the 93 mayor elect explained that his intent is that the council work early on the 2011 budget and 94 implement new elements in 2010 if possible. 95 96 Mayor Bergeson moved to approve the Memorandum of Understanding extending the Local 49 97 labor agreement for one year with the negotiated amendments (Item 3A). Council Member 98 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion lost on a voice vote. (Yeas—Bergeson, Roeser;Nays— 99 Reinert, O'Donnell, Gallup). 100 101 Council Member Gallup moved to reconsider the subject matter of Item 3A. Mayor Bergeson 102 seconded the motion. Motion adopted on a voice vote (Council Member Reinert recorded as 103 voting nay). 104 105 Council Member Reinert moved that Item 3A be postponed to the next regular council meeting, 106 with direction to place the item on the January 4 work session. Staff also directed to begin 107 renegotiations with the employee groups. Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. 108 Motion carried on a voice vote(Mayor Bergeson recorded as voting nay). 109 110 Acting Administrator Tesch pointed out that a long holiday weekend lies ahead so it will be 111 difficult to get together with the unions before the January 4 work session. The council 112 requested that they be informed of any progress in the meantime. 113 L 14 Council Member Reinert moved that Items 3B, 3C and 3D be postponed in the same manner and 115 with the same direction as Item 3A. Motion seconded by Council Member Roeser. Motion • 116 carried on a voice vote(Mayor Bergeson recorded as voting nay). 117 118 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 119 120 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 121 122 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT,RICK DEGARDNER 123 124 5A. Consideration of Resolution No. 09-117,Dissolution of Site Agreement between the 125 City of Lino Lakes and Centennial School District No. 12 126 127 Public Safety Director DeGardner reported that, based on council budget direction, he is 128 presenting a resolution that directs the termination of the existing site agreement between the 129 city and Centennial School District No. 12. This agreement is being terminated as a cost saving 130 measure on the part of the city. He noted that the agreement includes a termination clause and 131 the city has properly informed the district within the terms of that clause. 132 133 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 09-117 as presented. Council 134 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 135 3 COUNCIL MINUTES December 28, 2009 APPROVED 136 137 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 138 139 There was no report from the Community Development Department. 140 141 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 142 143 There was no unfinished business. 144 145 NEW BUSINESS 146 147 There was no new business. 148 149 Adjournment 150 151 The Mayor announced that this would be his last meeting and he wished to thank the citizens for 152 the honor of serving the city. 153 154 There being no further business, Mayor Bergeson moved to adjourn at 7:25 p.m. Council 155 Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 156 157 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular City Council Meeting on January 158 11, 2010. 59 160 • 161 162 Julianne B ell, City Cl rt, ay or 163 164 165 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 166 December 29, 2009 through January 11, 2010 167 168 4y. Thursday,December 31 New Year's Eve City Hall Closed 169 . Friday,January 1,2010 New Year's Day City Hall Closed 170 Monday,January 4 5:30 pm,Community Room Council Work Session 171 4- Monday,January 4 6:30 pm,Council Chambers Park Board 172 Thursday,January 7 7:00 am,Community Room EDAC 173 Monday,January 11 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Council Meeting 174 175 4