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LAKE ELMO SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AUGUST 21, 1981 Mayor Eder convened the meeting at 9:25 a.m. PRESENT: Fraser, Morgan, Mottaz, Novak; Administrator Whittaker and Accountant II Banister was also present. ABSENT: None CLEAN-UP DAYS: The City Council agreed that the City must charge a user fee for all future clean-up days; and that a second clean- up day should be held in October, 1981. Fees will be based, initially, on fees charged by other communities; then, it will be based on actual costs per user after the Fall clean-up. Non- residents will be discouraged; and, they will be charged double fees if they participate anyway. The Council decided that community groups, which provide a pick- up service for residents who cannot bring their own refuse to the clean-up site, should have a separate access and should not be' charged, YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: The Council indicated that Lake Elmo will no longer support the Youth Service Bureaus, as they are human services which should be supported, evaluated and controlled by Washington County. The Council supported a recommendation by the City Administrator to seek the support of other communities in getting County Board approval of this position. CIVIL DEFENSE: The Council agreed to a $500 budget for Civil Defense in 1982. NEWSLETTER: After considerable discussion, the Council agreed to budget '$6,000 for the Newsletter for 1982. PLANNING: The Council agreed to budget $4,000 for Highway planning, especially in critical areas such as the County Road 13 alignment, the area between Legion Avenue and Lake Elmo Avenue, and the area around Ideal, First Street and Immanual. Other areas where oppor- tunities to provide access are limited may also be studied. The Council agreed that the City does not need a budget for Surface water planning at this time; and decided to leave the balance from flood assessments in the undesignated General Fund reserves for now. FIRE INSPECTION: The Council budgeted $300 for additional training of the Building Inspector (or a Fireman) for fire prevention inspections. It will appear under training in the inspections budget. BUILDING INSPECTION FEES: The Council agreed present.fees are adequate to finance the department. ANIMAL CONTROL: The Council expressed concern about the rising cost of animal control. In order to better control and finance this program, the Council agreed to: 1. Encourage the Animal Control Officer to write more tickets; 2. Attach a penalty to license fees for dogs found to be at - large without a license; 3, Certify unpaid impoundment charges for collection with property taxes, where the owner of an at -large dog is known;