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October 22, 1998 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: October 26, 1998 City Council Meeting We have a few business items to take care of at Monday night's meeting. Here are Council business items: Anoka County Fire Dispatching Services Agreement-Resolution No. 5275: The Council will recall discussions we've had on this item in the past. Anoka County is requiring the City to pay for fire dispatching services even though the City hasn't before an is in another county. While staff has felt that legally Anoka County cannot require us to pay for this service, they have let me know that they would proceed to stop providing the service after January 1, and that the City should approach Ramsey County to pick up the service. Naturally this is a practical problem for the community being the only city in our department not in Anoka County. Their formula for our payment would require the City to pay$2,766 for their dispatching. For that amount it seems far more practical to pay and continue the good service the City has had instead of having a second dispatching organization attempt to work with the department. The agreement has been reviewed by Carl Schmidt and Nyle Zikmund and is considered satisfactory. My recommendation is to approve Resolution No. 5275. TOLD Development Co. Land Purchase Proposal: Rick Jopke's memo responds to a proposal by TOLD Development to purchase property owned by the City at the corner of Edgewood and Highway 10. How the City processes such a request is a primary concern. Rick's memo suggests that if some interest on behalf of the City exists that an agreement on the terms for reviewing their proposal be developed. This is similar to other options the City has used in the past. If no interest exists, then naturally nothing would be done. For now, only a direction based on the Council's interest really needs to be considered. Special City Council Meeting to Canvas Election Results for November 4, 1998: I am recommending the Council set a special meeting to canvas the election results for Wednesday, November 4. In the past the Council has set this meeting for 5:00 or 5:30 p.m. and it usually lasts only a few minutes. If such a time is acceptable to the Council the meeting can be set. Later that evening may pose conflicts with the Planning Commission and the Streets Policies Committee. That is all I have for the meeting on Monday. I will be out of the office until next Friday. Please contact Mike,Cari or Bruce if you need anything next week. Also,I will be checking my messages.