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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 7, 1984 PAGE 11 The Council requested that the election judges specify their party affiliation to assure an even balance for both major political parties. C. Request from Landfill Advisory Committee. M/S/P Mazzara/Morgan - To indicate to the Washington/Ramsey County Landfill Committee that the Lake Elmo City Council has no objections to the placement of a municipal water system in either Sunfish Park or Pebble Park if this alternative is deemed to be the best solution by the Advisory Committee and both Washington and Ramsey Counties. (Motion carried 3-0). Morgan stated that he would prefer the placement of this water system in Sunfish Park as there are less people in the Sunfish Park area. D. 1985 Employee salary/wage proposal. M/S/P Fraser/Mazzara - To approve the 1985 City Employee Wage Plan as presented and recommended by the City Council Personnel Committee. (Motion carried 4-0). Fraser stated that the Personnel Committee reviewed this proposed plan person by person and the Committee voted to accept this proposal on a 2-1 vote. Dunn was in agreement with some of the proposal and in disagreement with other parts. Morgan stated that typically, industry will give wage increases to keep up with inflation and merit increases and that seldom exceeds 8%. You would really have to be an outstanding or exceptional employee to receive more. So, anytime there is an increase of more than 8%, we would have to take a good look to determine if we have people that warrant an increase of this amount. Morgan further stated that the budget has gone up quite substantially and we are not getting the aid that we once got so we had a fairly sizeable increase in the mil levy last year. The cost of our employees must be looked at in the total budget picture. We should make a strong effort this year to keep our spending down so that we do not have to have another increase in the mil levy. The administrator stated that the mil levy increase last year was caused by the special assessments that were added to the program, and the State Aids were reduced by a mil which consequently raised the taxes by a mil. E. Request for increase in Newsletter expenses. M/S/P Fraser/Mazzara - To approve the increase per Newsletter paid to Newsletter Editor, Mary Meyer in the amount of $50 to increase the total payment per Newsletter edition to $250. (Motion carried 4-0). F. Discussion on City issuing temporary beer licenses for Green Acres Recreational Center. The administrator advised the council that he had not received any information for the City Attorney on this topic. The administrator further asked the council if it was their desire to get out of the business of issuing these licenses.