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• 1 CITY-OF ST. ANTHONY <br /> 2 CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MINUTES <br /> 3 February 3, 1998 <br /> 4 7:00 p.m. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 I. CALL TO ORDER. <br /> 8 Meeting called to order at 7:02 p.m. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 II. ROLL CALL. <br /> 11 Councilmembers Present: Ranallo, Marks, Faust, Cavanaugh, and Thuesen. <br /> 12 Also Present: Michael Mornson, City Manager; Kim Moore-Sykes, <br /> 13 Management Assistant; Dick Engstrom, Chief of Police; Roger Larson, Finance <br /> 14 Director; Dale Gunderson, ACTION; and Amy Sparks, ACTION. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 III. PRESENTATION BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACTION. <br /> 17 Dale Gunderson presented information regarding the history, mission and <br /> 18 purpose of ACTION. He reported on the status of the ACTION program in the <br /> 19 SANB school district. He indicated that currently, 53% of the students are in <br /> 20 the 11 - 20 assets category. Mr. Gunderson reported that these figures are <br /> 21 based on a 30-asset program; now, 40 assets for successful youth have been <br /> • 22 identified. He said that their goal now is to increase the number of students who <br /> 23 have 21 or more assets. He indicated that youth need as many of these assets as <br /> 24 the family and community can provide to them. He said that the more assets a <br /> 25 young person has, the more successful they become as individuals. Mr. <br /> 26 Gunderson proposed to meet with City Councilmembers and Department Heads <br /> 27 to see if there were opportunities for students to work with them to build assets. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 IV. COMPUTER SERVICES PROPOSAL FROM LDSI. <br /> 30 Representatives from LDSI provided a presentation of their company and a <br /> 31 proposal of computer services to be provided to the City, if their bid proposal is <br /> 32 successful. Randy Niewenhuis reported that their plan is to provide an <br /> 33 assessment of what the current City technology is and how it can be utilized to <br /> 34 maximize usefulness to the City; build an infrastructure to accomplish the goals <br /> 35 of the City with its current equipment; and an assessment of processes to <br /> 36 accomplish these goals. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 V. 1998 WATER AND SEWER RATES. <br /> 39 The Finance Director reported that in order to balance the operation budgets of <br /> 40 water and sewer, an increase in the rates is necessary. His recommendation is <br /> 41 to increase the water rate $.05 per 100cf; and to increase the sewer rate to $.12 <br /> 42 per 100cf. The Finance Director also reported that the increase to the water rate <br /> • 43 requires an amendment to the City Ordinance, whereas, the sewer increase does <br /> 44 not. <br /> 45 <br />