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< . . . "ll MINUTES OF THE ARDEN HILLS WORK SESSION MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1991, 4:30 PM, CITY HALL CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Sather called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM. ROLL CALL The roll being called, the following members were present: Mayor Sather, Councilmembers Malone, Growe and Mahowald. Councilmember Hansen arrived at 4:40 PM. Also present: Public Works superintendent Dan Winkel, Treasurer Frank Green, Accountant TJ Swanson, Clerk Administrator Gary Berger and Administrative Secretary Mary Ann Hillyer. ADOPT AGENDA Malone moved, seconded by Mahowald, to adopt the March 18 agenda as revised by Mayor Sather with the addition of two items, - city logo sketches, and proposed use of the vacant Zycad building as a possible city Hall. Motion carried unanimously, (3-0). INVESTMENT POLICY Clerk Administrator Berger noted that this item had been discussed at the January 28 Council meeting and tabled from the March 11 regular Council meeting for further discussion at this time. He advised that Accountant Swanson had expanded on the original draft version prepared by Treasurer Green, and that city Auditor Gary Gruen, City Attorney Jerry Filla, and Norwest investment representative Gail Towner had also reviewed the draft and recommended changes. Accountant TJ Swanson noted that she had reviewed investment policies from the cities of Cottage Grove, Maplewood and Brooklyn Center, as well as from the League of Minnesota cities. City Treasurer Frank Green concurred with most of the changes, but asked for clarification of some points in the document and felt that some deletions should be left in place. Council then reviewed the entire document, addressing Treasurer Green's concerns, and making minor revisions. After discussion, Council concurred that this document be on the March 25 agenda for final adoption by Resolution. F~EX-TIME POLICY Clerk Administrator Berger advised Council that the proposed flex-time scheduling policy for salaried staff and new standardized time sheets for all City employees had been reviewed by Labor Relations Consultant Karen Olsen and that large cities and smaller cities do make use of a time sheet for department heads, as evidenced by a survey prepared last summer. Berger suggested that a written policy be adopted in order to implement use of flexible scheduling by salaried staff. Councilmember Mahowald asked what the ratio or exchange rate would be for flex-time. Councilmember Malone indicated he did not favor use of time sheets by salaried staff, that their hours should be