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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 12-4-84 PAGE 10 City Council Reports A. Fraser Fraser stated that for most of the four years she has been on the Cit Council, she has been involved in the personnel committee. To her knowledge, the City does not have a structured, standardized, formal method which the Administrator uses in evaluating the employees, and feels it would be well for that to be addressed. Along the same lines, the Council has never set forth a system for evaluating the Administrator and thinks that in this day and age that is the sort of thing that any company ought to have and thinks it would be well if we do that. With regards to the Administrator, we ought to address more specifically what jobs to expect the Administrator to do directly, what jobs do we see delegated, what is appropriate sort of response to Council requests, so that all the Council members know and the Administrator knows whats what and how it will be evaluated. Eder stated this proposal has a good aspect of making sure everyone knows just what the role and responsibilities of the Administrator are. This would help evaluate the policies that govern the responsibilites that the Administrator has. It would be beneficial to both the Administrator and the Council - to make a fair evaluation and know what is expected of one versus the other. B. Eder - Cable Commission Group W bid to put in cable television in all of the communities that were part of the Joint Powers Agreement, and they set the date (January 15, 1985) to have this all done, despite the fact that the c Joint Powers Commission thought it might take three years. When Group W wanted to renegotiate the contract earlier this year, they brought up the subject that they will be late, and that was not allowed to be part of that negotiation. As a result, they have a request before the Commission to extend that January 15, 1985 date until November 15, 1985. A recommendation will probably be made to the full Joint Powers Group by the Executive Committee to continue the process of evaluating that continuation. That always holds open the possibility that they can be fined, and the agreement allows for a fine of up to $400 a day for every day they are late after January 15, 1985. It probably won't be a reality, but something negotiated. Most of Lake Elmo will be wired in 1985, the latter part of the completion of the system. Not all areas in Lake Elmo will be provided cable because there are some sparsely populated areas. They are having some problems with Cimarron. The owners of Cimarron don't want them to go into Cimarron, except if they pay them a fee, so there may be a little hassle. Cimarron owners want to bring in their own cable, but are not permitted by law to do this. The Council may want to look at the development agreement to see if things beyond NSP and Northwestern Bell are authorized under the original development agreement, as there may be citizens before the Council putting some pressure to find an answer to the problem. The problem may be unique to Cimarron because in multiple dwellings, they do have to go to the owners and get permission, and the State allows that to be a negotiable item.