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Administrator’s Report July 7, 2003 Page 2 Ramsey County Suburban HRA Levy. Last week I provided you with a memo from Commissioner Rettman regarding the County’s proposed County HRA tax levy. You may recall that the I-35W Corridor Coalition was proposing legislation that would allow it to collect its own HRA levy which would have been used to further the housing and redevelopment goals of the coalition. This legislation did not pass and the County is reconsidering its own levy. There will be a meeting on Monday, August 4, 2003 at 2:00 pm to consider this issue further. It’s been proposed that Coalition communities could use its portion of the County collected levy to cover the costs of the Housing Resource Center. I will attend this meeting and keep the Council informed. 800 MHz Informational Meeting. Ramsey County is moving forward with its conversion to an 800 MHz communications system. Ramsey County Manager Paul Kirkwold is holding a meeting on Thursday, July 31, 4:00 pm at the Little Canada City Hall to update all interested stakeholders. The new communications system will greatly improve efficiencies and allow for shared communications between ALL police departments, fire departments, sheriffs offices and even public works staffs. Chief Sommer supports this adoption of this technology. The County plans to bond for the system and will be offering Cities and other agencies various repayment options. They are applying for grants and other outside funding to reduce to whatever extent possible the cost to the County and its suburban communities. Mr. Kirkwold would like the Council to adopt a resolution of support at your July 14th Council meeting. This resolution (sample attached) does not bind Mounds View to any future decision regarding its communication needs—the purpose is to put the County in a better position for securing grants and other outside funding opportunities. This will be on your July 14th Consent Agenda. Planning Associate Position. Consistent with Resolution 6012, adopted May 12, 2003, we have posted the opening for the Planning Associate with the StarTribune, the League of MN Cities, Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association along with our own website. The close date for submitting applications is Friday, August 1, 2003. I would anticipate interviews to occur in mid-August with a potential start date early September. AFSCME Negotiations. As you already know, AFSCME Council No. 14 has indicated their desire to begin negotiations for the contract that will expire at the end of this year. A copy of this notice was also sent to Ms. Antonsen with Labor Relations Associates. As I mentioned in a memo to the Council dated June 25, 2003, we really don’t need to take any action at this time as the union will contact me or the new administrator to set up a time and date to begin negotiations, however the Council may want to discuss who it would like to have assist the City with the negotiations. Hammerschmidt File. We have received a copy of correspondence dated June 27, 2003, from Julie Fleming-Wolfe to Mr. Hammerschmidt’s attorney regarding the payments to Mr. Hammerschmidt which closes the files on his wrongful termination case. The damages, as identified by the arbitrator, amounted to $41,864. With the dismissal of Hammerschmidt’s unemployment compensation appeal, this concludes all issues surrounding and related to the termination of Mr. Hammerschmidt.