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I e - MINUTES CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA WORKSESSION MONDAY, JULY 21,1997 4:45 P.M. - ARMY RESERVE CENTER - 4655 LEXINGTON A VENUE NORTH CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Acting Mayor, Susan Keirn called to order the City Council Worksession at 4:58 p.m. Present were Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski and Paul Malone; City Administrator, Brian Fritsinger; City Accountant, Terry Post; Community Development Director, Kevin Ringwald; Public Works Superintendent, Dwayne Stafford; and Administrative Secretary, Sheila Stowell. Mayor Probst arrived at 5:05 p.m. and Cindy Walsh, Parks and Recreation Director, arrived at 5:40 p.m. Councilmember Dale Hicks was not present. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA MOTION: Malone moved and Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve the meeting agenda for the July 21, 1997 Worksession as presented. The motion carried unanimously (3-D). CITY ISSUES - SHORT TERM a. 1998 Preliminary Budget Issues City Administrator Fritsinger provided a brief overview of various outstanding issues in conjunction with preparing the Preliminary 1998 Budget. City Accountant Post outlined various department and planning issues needing Council direction. Discussion items included code enforcement and a possible creation of an intern position; Public Works equipment purchases through the cooperative purchasing agreement with the State of Minnesota; Pavement Management Plan funding levels; five-year plans for various surface water projects including ditch cleaning; sanitary sewer line televising; City Hall construction; and the use of temporary employees and outsourcing. Discussion continued regarding various Parks & Recreation Department issues including the creation of a trail maintenance department; trail improvements; and snow plowing of trails and sidewalks. It was the consensus of the Council that the number of reporting departments be simplified and summary reports provided, with annual or semi-annual detail financial expenditure reports included as part of monthly department-specific reporting. After further discussion, it was the consensus of the Council that winter plowing of trails, including the purchase of a snow blower for the skidsteer loader, be included as part of the 1998 Budget planning. Mr. Post reviewed revisions to the five-year capital improvement plan.