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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 15, 2011 4 MOTION: Council Member Pearson direct staff to update the Finance Director position description, and accelerate advertizing for position and further recommend that applications for the position be reviewed by the new city administrator. Mayor Johnston seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0. Mayor and City Council Salaries Council Member Smith asked that the City Council discuss the salaries for the Mayor and City Council members. Interim City Administrator, Craig Dawson, provided a survey of salaries of City Council in the metropolitan area serving 5,000 to 25,000 residents. By statute and City Code, the Council must set salaries by ordinance prior to a regular city election, and they may not take effect until January 1 of the year following the next cit election. The last adopted ordinance for salaries was in 2005, which set salaries taking effect in 2007 and 2008. The Mayor’s annual salary has been $3,915 and the Council Members’ have been $3,130. The tabulation of Mayor and council members’ salaries available from the League of Minnesota Cities shows that, between 5,000 and 25,000, mayoral salaries range between $1,800 and $13,800 and council members’ salaries range between $1,200 and $8,696. MOTION: Council Member Smith moved to direct staff to prepare an ordinance to set the salaries of the Mayor and Council Members at 95% average wage to take effect January 1, 2013. Council Member Park seconded the motion. The motion passed 3-2 (Council Members Pearson and Emmons voting against.) 2012 Capital Improvement Plan – Authorize Soil Borings for the Proposed 2012 and 2013 Street Improvements The Council considered authorizing American Engineering Testing (AET), Inc. to perform soil borings in the amount of $13,300 for the proposed 2012 and 2013 Street Improvements. The City Engineer reported that Geotechnical information is needed to confirm the subsurface conditions of the streets in the City’s Capital Improvement Program. It was recommended that the soil boring data is only obtained for the streets scheduled for improvement in 2012 and 2013. MOTION: Council Member Smith moved to authorize AET, Inc. to perform soil borings for the proposed 2012 and 2013 Street Improvements in the amount of $13,300. Council Member Pearson seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0. Well No. 4 Test Well – Authorize Preparation of Plans and specifications The City Council considered authorizing Short Elliot Hendrickson (SEH) to provide engineering service for the Well No. 4 Test Well project in an amount not-to-exceed $7,500. The City Engineer met with several engineer consulting firms to discuss this