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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 9, 2009 Page 5 1 years; it was purchased used and has been overhauled twice, and it has not been operating the 2 way it should. He stated his support of the cuts being spread around. He stressed the importance 3 of training for police officers and fire fighters and stated there cannot be continual cuts in 4 training when budget cuts are necessary. 6 City Manager Morrison reported that staff has inquired about the ability to rent one of Columbia 7 Height's sewer jetters in an effort to save additional money. Columbia Heights denied this 8 request. He stated it should be noted that the City will be bidding on a used sewer jetter with an 9 anticipated cost of $150,000, while a new one would cost $300,000. He commended the 10 department heads for their efforts to share equipment with other cities and not always purchasing 11 the new equipment 12 13 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to adopt Resolution 09- 14 058, Setting the City of St. Anthony 2009 "Revised" Budget and Authorizing of the Liquor Fund 15 Transfer. 16 17 Motion carried unanimously. 18 19 E. Consider Ordinance 2009 -005: Section 72.36: Parking During Snow Removal Mike 20 Morrison, City Manager presenting. (I 't reading). 21 22 City Manager Momson reviewed the ordinance with the Council and indicated that the City 23 Council amended this ordinance in 2008 with a sunset date of July 1, 2009. He noted the 24 following two options for Council consideration: 1) Go back to the original ordinance regarding 25 Snow Plowing & Parking Restriction on November 1 through April 1; 2) Proceed with the 26 current ordinance. 27 28 Councilmember Stille requested a summary of the recommendations provided by Public Works 29 Director Hartman and Police Chief Ohl. City Manager Morrison replied there is no 30 recommendation from the Police Department; their goal is to allow for snow to be cleared by 31 Public Works. The recommendation of the Public Works Department is to return to the original 32 ordinance restricting parking from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. November I" through April I", as these 33 requirements seemed to be understood by everyone. 34 35 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the First 36 Reading of Ordinance 2009 -005, Parking During Snow Removal, Option 2. 37 38 Councilmember Stille stated he is not in favor of changing this ordinance. He commented on the 39 direct impact with regards to snowplowing and the positive byproducts of having the streets clear 40 during the winter months. He stated they gave this a trial period and staff has recommended 41 going back to the old ordinance. Feedback includes 12 calls in favor of going back to the old 42 ordinance and 3 in favor of staying with the new ordinance. He stated direct impacts of the 43 ordinance are that the old method provides simplicity for staff and residents and it provides clean 44 streets without areas where plows had to go around cars due to confusion about snow events. 45 Public Works has said the old method involves less overtime and less fuel consumption. This 46 leads to a better impact on the environment and budget. In addition, from a safety perspective,