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MINUTES FOR 'THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF' OCTOBER 5. 199 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Stoltzman at 7:00 PM. PRESENT: Barnes, Brunotte, Leroux:, Miron, Stoltzman City Administrator, Bob Museus City Clerk:, Mary Ann Creager Miron made motion, Leroux seconded, to approve the minutes for the regular City Council meeting of September 21, 1992 as submitted. All aye. Motion Carried. Leroux; made motion, Miron seconded, to approve the claims for October 5, 1992 in the amount of $22,639.43. All aye. Motion Carried. PROPOSED INCREASE IN MAYOR/COUNCIL SALARIES A public hearing was held to consider amending Hugo City Ordinance, Chapter 20, regarding salaries for the Mayor and Council. Based on the Finance Director's review of salaries paid to mayors and council members of similarly -sized cities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, staff recommends that the Mayor be paid $90.00 per meeting and Council members $75.00 per meeting. Based on past experience, this would amount to a yearly salary for the Mayor of between $2,160 and $3,240, and the Council would be paid between $1,800 and $2,700, dependent upon the number of meetings called during the year. Currently, cities with populations ranging from 2,500 to lo,Ooo, on average, pay their mayors $2,606 per year, and their council members $1,967 per year, with median payments being somewhat higher at $2,700 per year for the mayor and $2,050 for each council member. Of the 41 cities surveyed, Hugo's Council and Mayor's salary ranked 2nd from the bottom, and are substantially below those of comparably -size communities. There were no oral or written comments regarding this proposed ordinance amendment. Leroux; made motion, Miron seconded, to adopt ORDINANCE 92-277, AN =P_- TNANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ! OF +; t •_i �!�!2 i L i_ LODE ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION" BY INCREASING SALARIES FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. VOTING AYE: Barnes, Brunotte, Leroux, Miron VOTING NAY: Stoltzman Motion Carried. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT HEARING (HENNA AVENUE A preliminary assessment hearing was held to conider the proportion of the cost of improving Henna Avenue, which should be assessed against abutting property owners. Staff recommends a total assessment of $59,217.9(). This would cover the City's cost of providing a bituminous road surface on this area of Henna Avenue. Assessment costs per foot would be $5.61. This assessment would be comparable to the $5.00 per foot assessed during the CIF' Phase 2 project, and would exceed the minimum 21% assessment rate required by the bond used to finance this project. The public hearing was called to order, and the following matters were