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Mounds View City Council October 24, 2016 Regular Meeting Page 9 Council Member Mueller asked if the Public Works Facility would have a mezzanine area for 1 storage. Public Works Director Erickson reported the facility would have an area to store out of 2 season items. 3 4 Council Member Gunn questioned when lighting would be installed on the recently completed 5 trails. Public Works Director Erickson indicated the lighting would be installed very soon. 6 7 Council Member Meehlhause asked when the County Road 10 signs would be replaced. Public 8 Works Director Erickson reported he received an email from the County and this was in the 9 works. 10 11 Mayor Flaherty requested a monument sign be considered at the roundabout at County Road H. 12 13 Police Chief Harder commented the Police Department’s mobile rock wall would be debuted at 14 the Fall Festival. 15 16 Council Member Mueller requested an update on the Heart Safe Community Initiative. Police 17 Chief Harder explained Officer Kirsten has held a number of events recently and all upcoming 18 events were posted on the City’s website. 19 20 City Administrator Ericson stated there would be 2016 Land Use Education Training and 21 Education program hosted by GTS on “Community Solar Gardens” on Friday, November 4th at 22 the League of Minnesota Cities offices. 23 24 City Administrator Ericson reported the City had several vacancies at City Hall. After posting 25 these positions staff was having a difficult time receiving applications from qualified candidates. 26 For this reason, he recommended the Council may need to consider adjusting the pay for the 27 Code Enforcement Officer to more closely match the wages being paid by neighboring 28 communities. 29 30 Mayor Flaherty was interested in reevaluating the City’s personnel needs more closely. He 31 suggested the open positions be adjusted at this time but that a full compensation study for the 32 City be completed at a later date. 33 34 Council Member Hull asked how long a compensation study took to complete. City 35 Administrator Ericson indicated the last study took six to nine months to complete. 36 37 Council Member Mueller questioned if the City had any adjustment built into the budget to cover 38 a compensation study. City Administrator Ericson commented this had not been included in the 39 2017 budget. 40 41 Council Member Mueller recommended this be included in the 2017 budget. 42 43