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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - February 9, 2009 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />New Brighton had spent or what they had budgeted but would get that information <br />for the Council. <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead asked if this would be considered one of the categories that the <br />City could gain reimbursement for through their 1&1 efforts. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Gregory Hoag stated that he was not clear on the sump <br />pumps being reimbursable and only a portion of the sump pump program was <br />reimbursable but could check into this for Council. <br /> <br />City Administrator Moorse stated that the City had budgeted about $50,000 for <br />the sump pump program for 2009. <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead asked how quickly the inspections would be done. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Hoag stated that for 2009, Staff was expecting to cover <br />approximately a quarter of the City with the expected number of inspections to <br />increase next year. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden stated that the recommendations were to start the sump <br />pump program this year. She asked if the Council had received the work plan for <br />the inspection program and what the documentation would be and how it would be <br />handled. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Hoag stated that the sump pump program implementation <br />was in draft form at this time and was being worked on by Staff and Chuck Janski <br />from Bonestroo. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated that the cost for an inexpensive sump pump was <br />$88.00-$105.00 and the better quality sump pumps were $159.00-$179.00 and <br />sump pumps did not come with a long warranty. He stated concerns with including <br />the cost of sump pumps as partially reimbursed by the City. He asked for a better <br />idea of what New Brighton had spent on their sump pump program. <br /> <br />City Administrator Moorse stated that the actual language in this section should <br />be reviewed and made more specific to not include the purchase of sump pumps. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant clarified that this would mean that the resident would be <br />responsible for the purchase of the sump pump if they did not have one and the City <br />would cover 50% of the connecting costs up to $300.00. <br />