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12. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT: <br />A. Volunteer Party— Selection of Date <br />B. City Administrator's Review <br />C. Timing of Signal Lights <br />Acting Mayor Hunt called the Council meeting to order at 7:00 p.m, in the City Council chamber. <br />PRESENT: Dunn, Hunt, Johnston, DeLapp, City Attorney Fills, City Engineer Prow, City Planner <br />Dillerud and Administrator Kueffner. <br />1. AGENDA <br />M/S/P Dunn/Johnston —to approve the November 17, 1998 City Council agenda, as amended. (Motion <br />passed 4-0). <br />2. MINUTES: November 5,1998 <br />M/S/P Johnston/DeLapp — to approve the November 5, 1998 City Council agenda, as presented. (Motion <br />passed 4-0). <br />3. CLAIMS <br />M/S/P Johnston/DeLapp — to approve the November 17, 1998 Claims, as presented. (Motion passed 4-0). <br />4. PUBLIC INOUIRIES/INFORMATIONAL: <br />A. Ginny Holder — Cable Franchise Renewal <br />Ginny Holder reported the Regional Cable Commission is now finalizing the cable franchise agreement and <br />reviewed the changes. <br />Bob Engstrom, Developer of the Fields of St. Croix, commented that the mostdifficult utility for a: <br />developer to work with is the Cable Company. He asked that the Cable Companies participate in joint <br />trenching, as do the rest of the utility companies, and submit an as -built drawing to assist in locating their <br />service lines. Per the City Attorney, installation techniques can be added to the City code.. <br />B. Mayor's Vacancy, <br />The Council felt that since Mayor Hunt would be assuming the mayoral seat anyway at the beginning of <br />January 1999, it would be prudent to appoint him now. Before he could assume the reign of Mayor, Hunt <br />had to resign from his seat on the Council. <br />M/S/P Dunn/DeLapp —to accept Lee Hunt's resignation from the City Council and declare a vacancy on <br />the City Council. (Motion passed 3-0-1:Abstain:Hunt). <br />M/S/P Johnston/Dunn — to appoint Mayor -elect Lee Hunt to serve out the term of Wyn John who recently <br />submitted his resignation to the City. (Motion passed 3-0-1:Abstain:Hunt). <br />Administrator Kueffner administered the OATH OF OFFICE OF MAYOR to Lee Hunt. <br />Rosemary Armstrong was elected to the Council in November and would have assumed a seat on the <br />Councnil in January, but she welcomed the chance to begin her work early. <br />M/S/P Johnston/Dunn — to appoint Rosemary Armstrong to serve out Lee Hunt's term on the Lake Elmo <br />City Council. (Motion passed 4.0). <br />Administrator Kueffner administered the OATH OF OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER to Rosemary <br />Armstrong. <br />M/S/P DeLapp/Dunn — to appoint Karen Johnston as Deputy Mayor of the Lake Elmo City Council for the <br />remainder of 1998. (Motion passed 4-0). <br />LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 17, 1998 <br />