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Mounds View City Council Apri114, 2003 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br />• determine whether a replacement is warranted and will hire beginning with the City <br />Administrator's position. <br />Mr. Jahnke indicated he also has an issue with the amount of money the Community Center is <br />costing the City and asked if anyone is looking into other options for recreation. <br />Mayor Linke explained that Council started looking into other options including eliminating the <br />YMCA and running a parks and recreation program with City employees. <br />Mr. Jahnke commented that city government is like a family that just keeps growing and growing <br />and he would caution the City to carefully evaluate whether it would actually be cheaper for the <br />City to run the program itself. <br />Mayor Linke indicated Council would be researching and reviewing the options before making a <br />decision. <br />Council Member Marty clarified that the money Ms. Haake was referring to comes from the <br />franchise fee and Council was talking about using those funds elsewhere but it was determined <br />that it is not possible to do so. <br />Council Member Quick asked the City Attorney for an interpretation as to whether the franchise <br />fee could be used for other City purposes. <br />City Attorney Riggs agreed to look into the matter. <br />Doris Heilman of 3034 Ardmore Avenue commented that she is concerned with raises given to <br />City employees because at the last meeting someone got a $2.00 per hour increase and that does <br />not happen in the private sector. She then commented that bonuses are gone as are raises and the <br />City needs to look at the state of the economy and budget constraints when it comes to salary <br />increases. <br />Duane McGarry of 8060 Long Lake Road indicated he was before Council to seek clarification of <br />a matter privately and not as a member of the Police Civil Service Commission. He then <br />indicated that it has been the opinion of the City Attorney as well as Attorney General opinion <br />that Police Civil Service Commission law prevails over the Charter and the clarification he <br />would like to make and request is on the appointments of the clerk typist and administrative <br />assistant in the police department. <br />Mr. McCarty indicated the two individuals were internal candidates and the Commission made <br />an internal promotion. Everyone can apply but the Commission could not see where sworn <br />officers or supervisory staff would be interested in the administrative positions. <br />Mr. McCarty indicated that from his point of view the Police Civil Service Commission acted <br />appropriately and the internal promotions once done by the Commission are a done deal under <br />