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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 22, 2015 Page 3 Considerations. Information sheets outlining the Smoke Alarm Requirements for Residential 1 Occupancies and Smoke Alarms in U.S. Home Fires Fact sheet were provided to the Council. 2 Mattie Jaros gave an example of a smoke alarm sound. All residents are invited to attend the Fire 3 Department Open House that will be October 3th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. New this year, the 4 Village Big Rigs will be in the south parking lot. There will be a lot of fire and safety messages 5 for the kids and the adults will have blood pressure checks as well. Information about the Open 6 House has been distributed in the schools and they are hoping to see a lot of families attend. 7 8 Mayor Faust noted when homes are being remodeled, smoke detectors and CO detectors are 9 checked to make sure they are properly installed during the home inspection per State Statute. He 10 asked when a home is sold is there any inspection done. Chris Fuller stated if a home inspection 11 is done it will be brought up but it is the law that every home have smoke detectors. The Fire 12 Department is relying on everyone’s good faith and their desire to be safe. 13 14 Councilmember Jenson asked if the Open House will be advertised on the marque in front of 15 City Hall. Mr. Casey stated it would be. 16 17 Chris Fuller stated they have great attendance every year and go through 500 hotdogs. Maddie 18 Jaros stated they have increased the hotdog count this year so hopefully they are prepared. 19 20 Mayor Faust thanked the Fire Department for the work they do and their outreach to the 21 community. They practice what they preach when you carry along with you those extra smoke 22 detectors that are loaned to residents needing them. Mayor Faust noted they are diligent to get 23 the loaned smoke detectors returned within a reasonable time. 24 25 B. Ordinance 2015-05 an ordinance Amending Mayor and City Councilmembers Salaries 26 (2nd of 3 readings) 27 28 Mayor Faust reviewed this ordinance amendment would increase the monthly salary for the 29 Mayo r and Councilmember’s by $50.00 per month. To comply with Minnesota State Law, this 30 ordinance will take effect January 1, 2016. The Mayor’s salary will be increased from $675 to 31 $725/month, the Mayor Pro tem’s salary will be increased from $613 to $663/month, and the 32 Councilmembers’ salary will be increased from $550 to $600 per month. For historical purposes, 33 the last time this ordinance was amended was three years ago in 2012. This is the second 34 reading of this ordinance amendment. Mayor Faust stated this is the only compensation the 35 Council receives. He stated it’s not enough to pay the Council for what they do but it’s enough of 36 a stipend. 37 38 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to approve Second 39 Reading of Ordinance 2015-05 an Ordinance Amending Mayor and City Councilmembers 40 Salaries. 41 42 Motion carried unanimously 43 44 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 45 46 Mr. Casey stated the Village Big Rigs is a new program for this year. It will be advertised in the 47 newsletter, the marque and on the website. Village Big Rigs was a slight change from the Touch 48 15