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City of Falcon Heights S City Council Minutes August 23, 2000 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Gehrz at 6:30 p.m. PRESENT: Gehrz, Hustad, Kuettel, Lindstrom, Talbot. Also present: Heather Worthington, City Administrator COMMUNITY FORUM: There was no one present wishing to speak. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of August 9, 2000 were approved. Councilmember Talbot moved to approve the following consent agenda. The motion passed unanimously. 1. General disbursements and payroll 2. Appointment of Andy Schippel as a firefighter POLICY AGENDA: • Approval of wage increase for election judges, from $5.25 per hour to $6.00 ep r hour Administrator Worthington indicated that other communities in the metropolitan area were paying up to $6.50 per hour for election judges and the city of Falcon Heights had not approved a wage increase in several years. After brief discussion, councilmember Lindstrom moved to approve a $.75 per hour raise for election judges for both elections in 2000. This will bring it to a more competitive level for recruiting and retaining election judges in the future. The motion passed unanimously. Consideration of a variance request to allow housing in a B-2 zoning area located at 1750 W. Larpenteur Ave. Administrator Worthington explained that Don Hermes of Hermes Floral requested a variance in the zoning code in order to allow housing on his property at 1750 W. Larpenteur which is zoned B-2, limited business. Worthington said state statute prohibits the granting of a variance unless the owner can show that a hardship exists and denial of such a variance would not substantially diminish or impair property values or improvements in the area. After discussion, a motion to adopt resolution 00-17 denying the granting of a use variance was made by councilmember Kuettel. The motion passed unanimously. •