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Mounds View City Council March 10, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 25 Interim City Administrator Ericson indicated that there would be a town hall meeting on March 1 15, 2003 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 2 3 Interim City Administrator Ericson gave a brief demonstration on keyless entry systems and 4 provided pricing information indicating it would cost the City approximately $1,800 to retrofit 5 the doors and another $2,000 in other costs to implement the system. He also indicated he would 6 check with the Police Department to see whether they would be interested in the system. 7 8 Interim City Administrator Ericson indicated the Planning Commission is working on the 9 pawnshop ordinance. 10 11 Interim City Administrator Ericson indicated there is a house at 7741 Long Lake Road that is 12 being constructed in the setback and the City has posted a stop work order and contacted the 13 developer and property owner. He then said there was an error on the City’s part when the 14 building permit was approved and Staff will be working with the developer and property owner 15 to either apply for a variance or cut 10 feet off the garage. 16 17 Interim City Administrator Ericson indicated that the City had received an offer of settlement 18 from MetroCom Wireless outside of the bankruptcy proceedings and the City’s Attorney has 19 recommended accepting the amount. 20 21 MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Marty. To Accept the $3,500 Settlement Offer from MetroCom 22 Wireless. 23 24 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 26 Interim City Administrator Ericson indicated the compensation study needs further refinement as 27 three positions did not show up in the study and Staff would like to see some other items 28 addressed. 29 30 Mayor Linke indicated this item should be discussed during the budget work session. 31 32 Council Member Stigney indicated he did not like the policy and would like to know what other 33 cities use the Stanton 6 for maximum salary. He then said he would like to know why Staff has 34 gone back to using the Stanton mean of all group six cities when it was reported to Council that 35 there was a subset of 10 cities that Staff was basing salary on. He also asked for the per capita 36 cost and what the other cities tax capacity is as he does not like being compared to cities up to 37 25,000 when what they have for income has nothing to do with the City of Mounds View. 38 39 Interim City Administrator Ericson clarified that Council would like Staff to contact all other 40 Stanton 6 cities to determine who has this policy. 41 42 Council Member Stigney indicated he wanted to know who uses the Stanton mean for their 43 hiring. 44 45