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LAKE ELMO SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MINUTES, AUGUST 21, 1981 page 2 4. Increase impoundment fees so that they more nearly cover the costs of impoundment. GRADER/GRADING: The Council discussed.the need fora.new grader, the options the City might have to owning a grader (i.e. leasing, contracting with the County or another City, buying a used grader from Mahtomedi, buying another truck for snowplowing, pricing snow plowing contracts with others). They instructed the City Administrator to explore all of these options before making a recommendation on the purchase of a new grader in 1982. PARK MAINTENANCE: Morgan expressed concern that the budget reflected an inordinate amount of personnel time under park maintenance. Whittaker and Banister indicated that the time assigned to parks was taken from the time cards; and included wages for two temporary employees for the summer of 1982, as the City has no assurance that the County will provide them at no cost as has been done for several years. Morgan indicated he would like the new Foreman/Superintendent to watch the time cards more closely. COUNCIL SALARIES: Fraser said Council salaries should reflect cost of living increases since they were last raised. The Council felt the salaries should remain the same. FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING: After some discussion, the Council asked *amended the Fire Department to provide a "training program" explaining 9/1/81 t-ie--ve-r--o s- raq 3 g-ems--HrcmEn-ato �entl;-and - }e13as1 how best to meet department needs through training. The Council felt, perhaps, that more training dollars should be spent on training for the whole department; and leas money should be spent on conferences for two or three. firemen. LEVY/MIL RATE: The Council instructed Whittaker and Banister to ; prepare an estimate of the impact of the budget on the mil rate and actual dollars each resident would pay through property taxes for the next budgetmeeting. ADMINISTRATOR'S COMPENSATION: The Council agreed with the Admin- istrator's request for an 8 percent increase in total compensation if other employees get 8 percent; and a 9 percent increase in total compensation if other employees receive 9 percent. The 9 percent package would be distributed as follows: $30,443 salary 984 Health insurance 600 expenses 1,000 ICMA Annual Conference Final determination of compensation for all employees, for 1982, will be made once pay settlements for other area communities are known. FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING: The Council agreed that 1981 and 1982 Federal Revenue Sharing Funds should be used to offset costs of the contract for police service with Washington County, subject to review at the public hearing on September 15, 1981. An equal amount of General Fund revenues will be appropriated to Office improvements in 1981 and towards the Levy offset reserve i.n 1982.