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City Council Study Session Meeting Minutes 3 May 22, 2001 Page 3 1 Mayor Cavanaugh asked how many other cities waive this policy. Mr. Bennetsen said it was 2 about 50%. 3 Mr. Bennetsen indicated*this is the second.year that the City:of St. Anthony has waived the 4 policy. Mornson added that the League has just provided them with the opportunity for more 5 coverage, which is why they have the ability to waive the policy. 6 Councilmember Sparks asked Mornson what he recommended. Mornson stated that he was in 7 favor of waiving the policy so that if any members of the community had a legitimate claim, they 8 would get the greatest amount of money that they possibly could. He added that it also provided 9 the City of St. Anthony with more protection at a very modest cost. 10 Mayor Cavanaugh stated that his only concern was that they were waiving a state statute. Mr. 11 Bennetsen stated that the way the policy is drafted;-and the way the Resolution is drafted, it states 12 up to the limits of the policy is how much it is waived. 13 Mornson stated that the City Attorney recommended that they go with the higher limits last year. 14 Motion by Horst to adopt Resolution 01-063, re: Waive monetary limits on tort liability. �15 Motion carried unanimously... 16 C. Resolution 01-064, re: Approve City's insurance coverage for June 1, 2001 through_May 17 31, 2001. 18 Councilmember Sparks asked if the $23,000 for the on-sale/off-sale liquor liability is actually 19 incorporated into the liquor operations on page 34, or is it found somewhere else. Mornson 20 stated that it was included. 21 Councilmember Thuesen asked about the difference in the premiums between SAV's 1 and 2. 22 Christopher Skelton, from sunrise Park Insurance Agency, stated that part of the reason for the 23 increase was due to an additional claim on the liquor liability that was reported during the prior 24 policy period. He added that the their was also a minor increase in premium, which is standard. 25 Motion by Mayor Cavanaugh to approve Resolution 01-064, re: Approve City's insurance 26 coverage for June 1, 2001 through May 31, 2002. 27 Motion carried unanimously. 28 X. REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND STAFF. 29 A. Planning Commission -May 15, 2001. 30 Planning Commissioner Tillmann indicated that she was present to discuss the ordinance change 31 that would allow electronic signs for public use only, on.recreational, and open-space land. She �32 indicated that the proposal for the ordinance change was an interim step, as part of a larger 33 project to review the entire sign ordinance.