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Mounds View City Council August 23,1999 . Regular Meeting Page 38 MOTION/SECOND: Coughlin/Marty. To Direct and Authorize Staff to Proceed with Option 3, as Presented, Hiring a Housing and Code Enforcement Inspector, and Upgrading Only the Planning Associate Position, and Utilizing the Payment Steps and Salary Levels as Presented to the Council on Salary Budget Impact Options for Option 3 on the Reverse of the Staff Report. Ayes - 2 Nays - 1 (Stigney) Motion carried. Council Member Marty inquired if the Council was in agreement in regard to Option 3, however, not the basis of establishing the salary as recommended. Council Member Stigney stated this was correct. Council Member Marty inquired how much time staff would require to attempt to compute the salary upon tax capacity, and base these decisions upon this criteria in the future, to prevent this matter from coming up every time the situation arises. City Administrator Whiting stated his assistant had traditionally done this research, and at this time, he would require staff to do this. He stated he could attempt to find some other means of providing some information, and the Council could make some judgement calls, however, there was more to it. He stated that tax capacity was not the ability to pay taxes, or how much tax you can pay. He stated they would require another meeting to explain this. He stated they should bring this up and discuss it as best possible, during the budget discussion, and attempt to make a determination within the next couple of months. He stated there were many factors to be considered. Council Member Stigney stated he agreed, in that there were problems with using just tax capacity, however, there were certainly more problems in utilizing just population, especially in light of using populations that are more than twice the size of the City's. Mayor Coughlin stated he would concur with City Administrator Whiting in that these were complex issues, which were being made out to be rather simplistic. He stated he would rather take the discussion to a deeper level than simply tax capacity, which if quizzed by a professor, they would probably all fail in the definition of. In the interest of time, City Administrator Whiting suggested the Council consider Items I, J, and K, simultaneously. He stated they could approve the First Reading of Ordinance 640, and set the Second Reading for the September 13 City Council meeting. He stated they could continue the Second Reading of Ordinance 635, and set the Public Hearing for September 13, continue the Second Reading of Ordinance 630 to the September 13 Council Meeting, and hold both Public Hearings and the consideration of all three ordinances at that time. Mayor Coughlin asked City Attorney Riggs if the Council could consider one motion for all three items, or if they required separate actions. City Attorney Riggs stated that one motion would be appropriate. I. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 635, an ordinance to enact a new Chapter of the Mounds View Code of Ordinances to Administer and Regulate the Location, 38C:~ADMIN\MINUTES\CC\8-23-99.CC