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LINA ppa 0 vEr) Page 3 September 8, 1997 Mounds View City Council • 1 2 VOTE: 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 3 4 Discussion on Item 8(B): 5 6 Council member Stigney noted that the ten cities selected for the compensation study appear to be out of the 7 Stanton 6 Survey which is strictly based on population. He feels a more appropriate method would be to 8 choose cities with a comparable tax capacity. Therefore,he would like to direct staff to go back to the April 9 23th proposed listing that he provided and find cities which are both close in population to Mounds View 10 and who have a comparable tax capacity. Some of the cities on the list have triple the tax capacity of 11 Mounds View. 12 13 Mr.Whiting noted that the consultant had suggested that the city not look at outstate cities for this study. 14 A discussion followed. Mayor McCarty stated his concern would be that outstate municipalities would have 15 an entire different economic situation. He,however,felt that the outstate areas could be looked at and 16 discussed in greater detail at the work session. 17 18 Mayor McCarty noted that he feels it would also be appropriate to consider the requirements of education and 19 experience in determining the pay scale for the various positions. He asked if this could be added to the 20 criteria. 21 22 Council member Quick stated he felt this would be a waste of staff time to require them to go back and look 23 for other comparable cities. Mr.Whiting felt the information could be obtained quite easily. 24 25 MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/McCarty to amend the Compensation Study to incorporate the original cities 26 he proposed on April 28, 1997. 27 • 28 VOTE: 2 ayes 2 nays(Quick/Koopmeiners) Motion Fails 29 30 MOTION by McCarty to reconsider. No second. 31 32 Discussion on Item 3(C): 33 34 Michael Ulrich,Director of Public Works explained that this Public Hearing must be set by resolution and he 35 will have a resolution prepared by the next regular Council meeting. The Resolution will set the Public 36 Hearing for October 13, 1997. Therefore,Mr.Ulrich asked that 3C be removed from the Consent Agenda. 37 38 RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR: 39 40 Mayor McCarty explained that this is the time for residents to address the council with concerns on items that 41 are not on the Agenda. 42 43 William Werner,2765 Sherwood Road,noted that at the September 2, 1997 Work Session,Mr.Whiting 44 commented on community problems and the need for more involvement by the community. He asked what the 45 status of this is. Mayor McCarty noted that this has been an ongoing discussion and that the Council and 46 staff wish to have solid information prior to further involvement by the community. He stated he would like 47 to see the City Budget included in that information as well. He anticipates that they should be ready by 48 mid-October. 49 50 Dan Mueller,8343 Groveland Road,stated he would like to see some strict speed enforcement on his road. A 51 park is located on Groveland and Arden Roads and it is used by many children. He is concerned about the 52 children's safety with the speed of traffic on the road and would appreciate anything that could be done to 53 slow the traffic on the road. 54