HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-11-2021 Council Work Session Minutes CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
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1 CITY OF LINO LAKES
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4 DATE October 11 , 2021
5 TIME STARTED 6 : 00 p . m .
6 TIME ENDED 6 : 25 p . m .
7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz , Lyden ,
8 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty
9 MEMBERS ABSENT Councilmember Ruhland
10 Staff members present : City Administrator Sarah Cotton ; Human Resources and
11 Communications Manager Meg Sawyer ; Communications Specialist Andrea Turner ;
12 Community Development Director Michael Grochala ; City Engineer Diane Hankee ;
13 - Director of Public Safety John Swenson ; City Clerk Julie Bartell
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15 1 . Polling Locations and Redistricting Update — City Clerk Bartell updated the
16 counci on :
17 - the City ' s responsibility to designate polling locations for 2022 (prior to the end of
18 2021 ) ;
19 - the staff recommendation to change one polling location (remove Rice Lake
20 Elementary and initiate use of Lino Lakes Fire Station No . 2 ) ;
21 - the staff recommendation to use the fire station for Precinct Six voters and Living
22 Waters Church for Precinct Seven voters ;
23 - redistricting will occur in 2022 , prior to fall elections ;
24 - cities will be allowed to amend their designated polling locations in 2022 ;
25 - the City may have to amend precinct lines based on redistricting changes , or may
26 want to take the opportunity to amend precinct lines ( i . e . for voter convenience ,
27 populations shifts ) .
28 Councilmember Lyden remarked that the upside of using school facilities is that people
29 are very familiar with them ( because their children are or have been there ) .
30 Mayor Rafferty recalled that there were concerns in the past about how the fire station
31 could accommodate voting as it wasn ' t designed for that purpose . Director Swenson
32 explained that there are security requirements that must be met by public safety staff.
33 Administrator Cotton added that staff has met at the building and she feels that plans can
34 be developed and implemented that make the facility usable for voting . The council
35 heard about the necessity to plan for parking and for operations should a large public
36 safety event occur .
37 Councilmember Stoesz asked about other changes to polling locations or precincts that
38 could be sensible , such as combining two smaller precincts . City Clerk Bartell suggested
39 that it would make the most sense for the council to look at more changes after
40 redistricting implications are clear .
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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
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41 2 . Review Regular Agenda
42 Item 3A — COVID49 Leave of Absence Policy — HR and Communications Manager
43 Sawyer reviewed her written report . Council asked if there are any employees this could
44 affect now ( yes ) and received comments from staff about how the policy has worked in
45 the past . Administrator Cotton noted that management saw no overuse of this program
46 in the past .
47 Item 4A — Toward Zero Death Grant Agreement — Director Swenson spoke to the
48 program and benefits sought and achieved through it . Funding passes down to the City
49 and he suspects that funding may be increased ; traffic death numbers this year are
50 increasing . There was not a significant drop in traffic deaths during recent COVID
51 impacted months .
52 Items 6A — 6B — 2020 Surface Water Maintenance Project and 2021 Street
53 Maintenance Project — City Engineer Hankee noted that these items are basically
54 bookkeeping , finalizing projects and payments ; she noted the work involved that caused
55 any changes .
56 Item 6C — 77t " Street Realignment Project — City Engineer Hankee reviewed her
57 written report , noting the cost and funding source ( land sale by City) and State Aid Funds
58 ( MSA ) . There is an engineering component included for plans and specifications .
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60 The meeting was adjourned at 69. 25 p . m .
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62 These minutes were considered , corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on
63 October 25 , 2021 .
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68 Julianne Bartell , Cit Clerk (.job Rafferty , Mayor
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