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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-28-25 - Council WS MinutesLino Lakes City Council Work Session Minutes DATE: April 28, 2025 TIME STARTED: 6:00 P.M. TIME ENDED: 6:27 P.M. LOCATION: Community Room MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rafferty Councilmembers Cavegn, Lyden, Stoesz and Ruhland MEMBERS ABSENT: None Staff Members Present: Interim City Administrator Dave Pecchia, City Clerk Roberta Colotti, Community Development Director Michael Grochala, Human Resources and Communications Manager Meg Sawyer, and Interim Public Safety Director Curt Boehme. 1. Call to Order and Roll Call Mayor Rafferty called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. Setting the Agenda: Addition or Deletion of Agenda Items The agenda was adopted as presented. 3. Administration Update The Interim City Administrator provided the following updates. • Staff have been preparing for the City Council Work Session discussion topics. • The annual spring office cleaning was completed. • Draft ordinances for the establishment of the police department and fire department have been sent to the attorney for review and will be brought forward to the Council at a future meeting. • Staff reviewed the Citygate final report which is scheduled for prestation this evening. • With the new BS&A financial software the process for entering and reviewing over -time and comp -time has been streamlined. • Community Development has been managing construction projects and road closures and working with impacted neighborhoods. • The Fire Department responded to four structure fires recently. The response was impressive from the Lino Lakes Department in addition to mutual aid. • The Fire Chief secured radios from the City of Fridley and as a result all new firefighters will be issued a radio. • The Police Department is purchasing ballistic plates for police officer vests. The new vests have a varying warranty period, up to 15 years. These are a daily wear vest. Pagel of 3 • North Metro TV reviewed the organizational chart and determined to maintain the current co -executive director leadership structure. • A construction meeting was recently held for the new public works facility. • The May 51h Work Session agenda has a number of development project topics, and as a result it is requested that the Council schedule a special work session for either May 14th or 151h to discuss the implementation of the Citygate report. The Council discussed the public works facility construction plans. Councilmember Lyden questioned if a carport should be added for the police department to the public works facility. Mayor Rafferty stated that he preferred to keep the public works facility separate from the police department carport. Councilmember Ruhland asked if there was the need for a sub -station for the police department. The Interim City Administrator noted that the department had a sub -station at a local bank in the past. He reviewed that as identified by the Council at a prior meeting, the police department could be expanded to the space at City Hall that is currently leased out with notice to terminate the lease. Council Consensus It was the consensus of the City Council to schedule a Special Work Session for May 14, 2025, at 6 p.m., to be held at City Hall. 4. Review Regular Agenda The City Council reviewed the regular agenda. The City Council reviewed the Building Inspector appointment scheduled for the regular meeting. Citygate representatives will be present this evening to provide an overview of the Citygate final report for the Public Safety Department and will be available to answer any questions. The Community Development Director will be presenting the engineering items on the agenda this evening. It was noted that there is a resolution approving a publication summary as part of agenda Item 6B "Consider 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 05-25, Vacating certain street, drainage and utility easements on 701h Street and Otter Crossing South". Page 2 of 3 5. Adjournment Mayor Rafferty adjourned the meeting at 6:27 p.m. These minutes were approved at the regular Council Meeting on May 12, 2025. Roberta Colotti, CMC Ro R erty, City Clerk Mayor Page 3 of 3