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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – JANUARY 16, 2018 3 <br /> <br />Ms. Vogt suggested that bonding be done every other year to keep bond issuance costs at a <br />minimum, as opposed to issuing debt every year and having those costs every year. <br /> <br />It was determined that the Council would like to have a Special Work Session to discuss capital <br />improvement projects as they relate to the rate study and possible rate increases. <br /> <br />C. City Attorney Attendance at Council Meetings <br /> <br />City Administrator Dave Perrault requested direction from the Council as to how many Council <br />meetings they would like the City Attorney to attend. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant said he felt the first regular meeting of the month usually didn’t have items that the <br />attorney would be needed for, but the second regular meeting of the month often contains items <br />that are Planning related and he would like to see the attorney at those meetings. <br /> <br />Councilmember McClung agreed that development and planning issues are more often at the <br />second meeting of the month and the attorney may need to be consulted during those meetings. <br /> <br />City Attorney Joel Jamnik suggested that he would plan to attend the second regular meeting of <br />the month, unless there are no Planning items and will not be at the first meeting of the month <br />unless staff identifies an item needing him to be there. He also said going forward they can add a <br />line to the memos stating he has reviewed that item. <br /> <br />D. WSB Contract - Engineering <br /> <br />City Administrator Perrault stated the Professional Services Agreement with WSB had an <br />amendment and Council had pulled the item from a previous meeting for further discussion. The <br />amendment was to have WSB provide engineering support for up to 80 hours per month as <br />opposed to 20 hours a week. <br /> <br />WSB & Associates Engineer Andy Brotzler noted there are two different items in the packet; <br />one is a standard Professional Service Agreement with WSB that has no contractual obligation for <br />any specific projects. The second contract is for the services Kelsey Gelhar would provide as <br />graduate engineer at 80 hours per month for the next twelve months. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant said that there should be a policy established as to when they go out for bid on <br />projects. He didn’t see any concerns with the Professional Service Agreement. He would also <br />like to see what Ms. Gelhar is working on put into the Admin Update. <br /> <br />E. Fee Based System (Fire, Police, Ambulance) <br /> <br />City Attorney Jamnik said the state statues allow fees for services however those fees are hard to <br />establish and collect. Any shift in a fee based system brings up questions of formulas, how to pay <br />for fixed rates, how to deal with special charges. Fixed fee are generally viewed as a policy <br />incentive to eliminate the number of false alarms with regard to the fire and police departments. <br /> <br />Mayor Grant felt adding a fee to police or fire calls may stop someone from making the call to <br />911.
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