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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 5, 1991 PAGE 9 10. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: A. Mayor's Report Mayor Johnson will submit his information on a proposed Economic Development Board. This item will be discussed at the March 19th meeting. The City Administrator has instructed the Department Heads to pass through her all purchase requests. M/S/P Dick Johnson/Mottaz - to support the efforts of the City Administrator to reduce costs in the City's operation. (Motion carried 5-0). B. Councilman Hunt Councilman Hunt reported the City should look into how, services could be charged for such as street lights. The Planning Commission should look at impact fees commensurate with developments to help pay for these type of services. A reminder that the VBWD questionnaire should be filled out by the Council and the City. A suggestion for the potential for a consent agenda to streamline and speed up our Council meetings. Councilman Hunt will contact the staff and Councilman Mottaz to set up a Budget Committee meeting for next week. C. Councilman Johnson (1) Parks Department Councilman Johnson met with the City Administrator to investigate the issues raised by the Council on this subject and reported the results in his memo dated February 28, 1991. M/S/P Dick Johnson/Mottaz - to direct the City Administrator to establish a separate Parks and Recreation Department with a Supervisor that will report directly to the City Administrator. (Motion_ carried 4-1 Williams: He did not see an advantage of a separate Parks Dept at this time. He has become aware of a problem between the Parks Commission and the Maintenance Foreman regarding priorities of personnel and parks related work and did not see a separate department as the best way of solving this problem.) (2) Maintenance Advisory Committee The proposal for a Maintenance Advisory Committee was made at the January 19th Council meeting at which time it was requested that more information be provided for the need for this committee. In view of the budget constraints that we are facing, Councilman Johnson felt it was more urgent than ever to have a group of knowledgeable citizens advising this council on equipment purchases and giving recommendation to cost saving measures. In his memo, dated February 28, 1991, Johnson outlined his reasons for creating this committee and recommended plan for implementation. This outline was developed in discussion with the City Administrator.