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Mounds View City Council August 26, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 19 Council Member Quick commented that Council Member Marty is trying to make a private document public and asked whether that was allowed. City Attorney Riggs indicated the evaluation has already been done and, if Council wants to revisit that evaluation, that should be done in closed session. Mayor Sonterre asked if any excerpts would be private. City Attorney Riggs indicated it is private personnel data. Council Member Marty commented that there are 41 votes in this document and 40 votes possible and there are 5 votes here and there are 41 in the document. He then said that he does not feel that all of his comments were put in and feels that Mr. Bremeier only placed before Council the comments he chose. Council Member Stigney asked if the City Administrator has a contract that supports the increases listed in the Resolution. Council Member Stigney asked if when the City hired the City Administrator by contract a Resolution was adopted. Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated she was not sure if a Resolution approving the hiring of the City Administrator was adopted. Council Member Stigney commented that the contract states she starts at $73,000 then moves to $75,00 after 6 months and after that there are only cost of living increases. He then said that, if a Resolution was not adopted outlining the other steps they are inappropriate. Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated that the Staff report references the City Administrator’s contract as well as the City’s personnel policy. She then indicated the City’s policy manual indicates that increases will be given yearly on anniversary dates. Council Member Stigney commented that is for those hired within the step scale and is specified by Resolution. He then indicated that the contract is her working document and he sees no increases other than cost of living after the first year. Council Member Stigney said he questions how the figures were arrived at if no Resolution was located. He then said that the contract is signed by the City Administrator, the acting City Administrator and the Mayor. He further commented that anytime you increase from $73,000 to $87,965 plus a $300 monthly car allowance and mileage for leaving the metro area he feels it is completely out of line for a town of 12,600 people. Council Member Quick said that is your opinion.