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