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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 8/18/81 Page 6 E, Wage and Salary hates - The 8% increase would put City employees 1 „ i to 19urbehind other public employees. Whittaker recommended the Council increase the average pay increase to 9'0 during 1982 budget consideratibnba _ He feels Lake Elmo employees should be kept to pace with other public employees. Should the average percentage drop, then, this figure would change accordingly. M/S/P Mottaz/Morgan to use 9% as the average increase; but wait until additional figures are available before making a final commitment,J.n the 1982 Budget. 9, OIT'ICE IMPROV_$,NltaN7.'5...- CHARGE TO ARCRITECT --Morgan indicated he agreed with the Administrator's memo on the Office Improvements, stating that remodeling the present office and building an addition is the only viable alternative. --:Fraser does not favor the current location„- one reason being the noise factor; and feels the architect would not deem remodeling the -current office an appropriate alternative, if given the other locations to consider. --Mottaz read an outline, his minority report', on why he has consistently.opposed remodeling the present -City Office and would consider locating a new building at either the Landfill or Brookfield Addition. Said report to become a past of these minutes, --Morgan reminded the Council that a previous motion was made to hirer -an - Architect to review the three proposals listed in the Administrator's memo -11 M/S/F Morgan/Novak, that the City charge the architect with developing a, statement of feasibility and cost for remodeling the current City Office and building Council Chambers. Comments - --Fraser would vote against this motion and would ask that this item be placed on the Agenda again and ,at a subsequent meeting ask for reconsideration in order to reconsider the Brookfield II site. --Mottaz - we are still not including the value of the property we have, The remodeling figure should reflect the 9$5O,000 property value in the total cost. Fre,ser and Mottaz opposed. M/ / Morgan that the Administrator prepare a charge according to the motion that was passed August 3, that the architect study the three possibilities: 1. Remodel the present office building 2. Tear down the existing office building and rebuild at that site 3, Remodel the Fire Hall Comments: r'raser challenged the procedure; stating the Administrator's memo dial not fulfill all the specifics desired by some of the Councillors and should be placed on a future agenda, --Novak - responded that Morgan's motion was what the Council requested of the Administrator at the last meeting. Motion withdrawn, 10. ADMTNISTRATCRf S REPORT: A. Cable TV Seminar - S P Morgan Mottaz to authorize '$25 per person -to send four representatives to an Orientation Seminar on Cable T.V. Novak -abstained,