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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 8, 2003 Page 11 Councilmember Faust explained that in 1945 the City was incorporated, it took about 10 years to 2 build roads and then a low maintenance period elapsed and now there are in a road 3 reconstruction period. He noted they didn't have to do those things early on. Mr. Hartman 4 agreed that now the maintenance levels are higher than ever. 5 6 Councilmember Faust added that the expectations and level of service required by the residents 7 has gone up. 8 9 Mr. Mornson commented that there are now nine holding ponds that the public works has to take 10 care of which require a lot of time. 11 12 Councilmember Horst stated as the City ages, there was more work to be done. He asked what 13 future issues should be addressed and if street sweeping needs to be done as often as they do. 14 Mr. Hartman noted they sweep on average considerably more than some but stated that was 15 flexible. 16 17 Councilmember Horst stated that the City of Minneapolis leaves sweeping of sidewalks to 18 residents. He noted this could be considered for the future to reduce expenses for the public 19 works department. Mr. Hartman commented that ultimately the citizens may need to do that at 20 some point in the future. 21 Councilmember Thuesen commented that usually by 7:00 a.m. he sees the sidewalks being made safe by the public works for the kids and the elderly. He thanked the department for their hard 24 work. 25 26 VII. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 27 None. 28 29 VIII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 30 Mr. Mornson reported that for two years the office staff and Public Works union has been 31 requesting a summer schedule change of four nine hour days and half a day on Friday. He stated 32 that it will save some money and that there will be an on-call person available. Mr. Mornson 33 stated they would open at 7:00 a.m. instead of 8:00 a.m., Monday through Thursday. He noted 34 that typically on Friday afternoons the office was not busy and that a lot of other cities offer this 35 summer schedule. Mr. Mornson stated staff wants to try this to offer more flexibility for staff 36 and residents. 37 38 Councilmember Horst explained it would help him to know what other cities are doing. Mr. 39 Mornson indicated that Arden Hills has summer hours and that he would get information and 40 report back to the Council. He stated that since the Police Department went to three 12-hour 41 days it has been successful. 42 43 Mr. Mornson also brought up the comp time issue. He stated that the City has allowed comp time where the overtime hours can be taken as comp time instead of overtime pay. Mr. Mornson 16 indicated some staff members have accumulated a lot of comp time and we now know if it is not 46 used that it must be paid off by the end of the year. He stated that he would like an auditor to