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MEETING MINUTES
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2002, 7:00 P.M.
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1245 WEST HIGHWAY 96
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Dennis Probst called to order the
regular City Council meeting at 7:02 p,m.
Present:
Mayor Dennis Probst, Council Members Beverly Aplikowski, David
Grant, Gregg Larson, Lois Rem (arrived at 7:06 p,m.).
Absent:
None,
Also present were City Administrator, Joe Lynch; City Planner, Aaron Parrish;
Operations and Maintenance Director, Tom Moore; City Engineer, Greg Brown;
City Treasurer, Terry Post; Deputy Clerk, Cynthia Young, and Recording
Secretary, Kathleen Altman.
APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA
MOTION: Council Memher Aplikowski moved and Council Member Larson
seconded a motion to adopt the agenda for the May 28, 2002, Regular
City Council meeting as amended. The motion carried unanimously
(4-0),
Mr. Lynch moved item 6D to item 6A.
Council Member Grant moved item 4F to item 6B.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. March 13,2002 Regular City Council Meeting
Council Member Rem arrived at 7:06 p,m.
Council Member Rem requested the following changes: Page lO, first sentence,
delete the following: "Board was going to have a" and add the following "is
involved in a summer bike ride,. ,"
Council Member Grant requested the following changes: page 6, paragraph above
the Motion delete the word "doing". Page 7, first paragraph to read: "Council
Member Grant asked staffs thoughts on why the remaining 29 comer guards were
being recommended for installation in 2003", Page 9, 3rd paragraph to read:
"Council Member Grant requested clarification from the City Administrator
regarding a letter received from Rehbein",
Council Member Larson requested the following changes: Page 9, paragraph 7, to
read: "Council Member Larson stated hc believed the Council made two decisions
that were not good decisions at the last Council meeting, one being the reduced
park dedication fee, the other was the Pavement Management Program Plan. He
indicated he could not find any good justification for what the Council did with
respect to this fee. He believed the Council made the wrong decision regarding
this. He indicated the second decision was the widening of the street-'..Jhe street
reconstruction project, and the decision to proceed with a more costly street
width."
MOTION: Council Member Aplikowski moved and Council Member Rem
seconded a motion to approve the May 13, 2002 regular City Council
Meeting as amended. The motion carried unanimously (5-0).
CONSENT CALENDAR
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Claims and Payroll.
1-694 Aesthetic Design Plan - Authorizing Letter of Concurrence
Resolution No. 02-24 Reapportionment of Special Assessment No, 6578
Related to Division No, DA067744
2002 Personnel Policy
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E. Council Chambers Signage
Final Purks, Trails and Opcn Space Plan Rcsolution No. 02 26 - Moved to Item 6B
MOTION: Council Member Larson moved and Council Member Aplikowski
seconded a motion to approve the Amended Consent Calendar and
authorize execution of all necessary documents contained therein. The
motion carried unanimously (5-0),
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Mayor Probst invited those present to come forward and address the Council on
any items not already on the agenda.
No one was present for public comments,
UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS
A.
2001 Audit Report
Representatives from Abdo, Abdo, Eick & Meyers presented the 2001 Audit
Report.
MOTION: Council Member Grant moved and Council Member Aplikowski
seconded a motion to accept the 200] Audit Report as presented. The
motion carried lU1animous]y (5-0),
Council Member Larson commended the City Staff on all of their hard work on the
fiscal management of the City.
B. Final Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan Resolution No. 02-26
Operations and Maintenance Director Moore reviewed the 2002-2022 Parks,
Trails, and Open Space Plan.
Mayor Probst invited the members of the PTRC to comment on the Plan.
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Chairman Rich Straumann of the PTRC stated the members of the committee had
worked very hard to come up with a plan and they were excited to see this get
approved. He stated they felt this was complete and he urged approval of it.
Roberta Thompson stated it was very important that they received comments and
support from the residents of the City, and this Plan was a strong representation as
to what the residents were looking for.
Council Member Grant thanked all of the members of the PTRC for all of their
hard work. He expressed concern regarding the storm water management plan in
Valentine Park.
MOTION: Council Member Grant moved for a motion to accept Resolution No.
02-26, 2002 - 2022 Parks, Trails, and Open Space Plan adding in the
language the City Council endorses the parks, trails, and open space
plan, and where there were differences with the Surface Water
Management Plan that the Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan shall
take precedence,
Mayor Probst suggested rather than trying to incorporate that language into this
Resolution they adopt the resolution as presented, and that they take a second
action adding in Mr. Grant's proposed language.
Council Member Grant expressed concern that Mayor Probst did not ask for a
second to his motion. Council Member Aplikowski clarified it was not necessary
that a second to a motion be asked for.
Council Member Grant accepted Mayor Probst's suggestion,
MOTION: Council Member Grant moved and Council Member Aplikowski
seconded a motion to accept Resolution No. 02-26, 2002 - 2022
Parks, Trails, and Open Space Plan as presented. The motion carried
unanimously (5-0).
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MOTION: Council Member Grant moved and Council Member Aplikowski
seconded a motion to indicate it was the Council's position that in the
situation where the Storm Water Management Plan and the Parks,
Trails, and Open Space Plan conflict with respect to stonn water
ponding, the Parks, Trails and Open Space plan shaU take precedence,
Council Member Rem thanked Council Member Grant for considering this and
making the motion.
Council Member Larson stated he did not disagree with Council Member Grant's
suggestion, but he was not sure the Parks, Trail and Open Space plan should take
precedence over the Storm Water Management Plan. He stated he would rather
adopt a motion that stating that tbe parklands were schematic and any decision to
proceed with these plans would require action by the Council. He stated he wanted
to make it clear these were not final plans,
Council Member Grant asked if he amended his motion to take into consideration
park size, would Council Member Larson still have a concern with this motion.
Council Member Larson stated he had a problem that this plan would take
precedence over another plan. He stated this was a schematic based on the
Committee's recommendation as a scenario for development. He stated if this had
a direct effect on Valentine Park then they should address Valentine Park and not
the whole plan.
Council Member Larson requested a friendly amendment to read, "space for park
activity shall take precedence over use for ponding",
Council Member Grant added to Council Member Larson's friendly amendment,
"specifically with respect to Valentine Park".
Council Member Grant and Council Member Aplikowski accepted the friendly
amendment.
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MOTION: Council Member Larson moved and Council Member Aplikowski
seconded a motion to substitute the first motion with the following
"Space for park activity shall take precedence over use for ponding,
specifically with respect to Valentine Park". Substitute motion carried
unanimously (5-0),
C. Planning Case 02-07: Goserud Preliminary Plat
City Planner Parrish explained that the applicant was requesting approval of a
preliminary plat to divide one existing lot zoned R-l Single Family Residential
into two lots zoned R-l Single Family Residential. The applicant was also
requesting a variance to allow for a private access and a variance to allow an 8-foot
accessory structure setback where 10 feet was required. He stated the Planning
Commission recommended denial ofthe preliminary plat and platting variances,
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Council Member Larson asked how there was an adverse affect to adjacent
property owners, Mr. Parrish replied there was no adverse affect to the adjacent
property owners.
Mayor Probst asked what the City Code said with respect to flag lots. Mr. Parrish
replied if there was a flag lot, they needed to address an access issue and certain
street frontage issues, but the Code did not specifically prohihit flag lots,
Tom Goserud, 4350 Hamline Avenue, stated they did not have a drainage problem.
He stated he did not understand why this became an issue at the Planning
Commission meeting, He indicated there were a lot of trees, grass, and shrubs
growing along the southern property line and there were no drainage issues. He
stated there would be no trees removed if this were approved. He presented the
background on his property and stated the City had landlocked his property
through various past actions, He indicated this may not be an ideal proposal, but it
was the best that could be done with the property at this time.
Council Member Grant asked if the driveway would be a separate driveway, Mr.
Goserud stated they would use the same curb cut, but then split off.
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Council Member Larson asked if this proposal went forward, was Mr. Goserud
going out of the nursery business, Mr. Goserud stated they would not have the
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Council Member Larson asked if Mr. Gosemd also owned the lot directly to the
south, Mr. Gosemd replied he did own it and it was his intent to possibly develop
that at some point in the future, He indicated that piece of property already had its
own curb cut.
Council Member Rem asked if the Planning Commission had the drainage plan at
their meeting, Mr. Parrish replied they did have the plan, but at that time, a field
inspection had not been conducted subsequent to the Planning Conunission
meeting, The City Engineer has conducted a field inspection,
Mayor Probst spoke in favor of the Planning Commission's position. He stated this
plan was very similar to the previous plan that had been submitted. He stated if
they approved this, he was concerned that the adjacent site would also have a
similar plan, and he could not support this as it was presented. He expressed
concern regarding the flag lots that were being created. He urged the Council to
support the Planning Commission's position.
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Mr. Gosemd stated if they did put a street and cul-de-sac on the property, they
could probably only get two lots out of the land.
Council Member Aplikowski stated creating another flag lot was not unusual in the
City and they mostly came about because of actions of previous event. She
expressed concern about the 14- foot width driveway, but she stated this would not
stop her from approving this plan.
MOTION: Council Member Aplikowski moved and Council Member Grant
seconded a motion to approve Case 02-07, Goserud Preliminary Plat
and variances.
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Scott Colson, 1321 Wyncrest, stated he was against this proposal. He indicated this
would have a negative impact to him and his neighbors. He stated this was not a
good proposal. He indicated the neighbors were unified against doing this. He
objected to the road running along his back property line. He stated there was a
drainage issue on his property. He indicated ponding occurred on the back of his
property whenever there was a hard rain, and adding concrete for a road would not
improve that condition. He stated there were ample opportunities to subdivide this
property when the rest of the subdivision occurred and now was not a good time
for this proposal. He indicated everything was already set in place in the
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neighborhood, and this was much more difficult for the neighbors. He stated
approving this encouraged the next property owner to do the same type of a
development. He asked if the City wanted a lot of flag lots. He urged Council to
accept the Planning Commission's recommendation.
John Gibson, 1297 Wyncrest Court, stated he did not support granting this
proposal. He stated the City rules existed for good reasons and this proposed
development was not a good reason for granting what was being requested. He
expressed concern about granting the variances. He urged Council to not grant the
vanances,
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Joann Pastorius, 1350 Wyncrest Court, stated after the last hard rain and Mr.
Colson's yard was actually sinking. There was a major drainage issue and while
there was a drainage system there, it took days to drain the water. She stated there
was also a fire hydrant that might need to be moved and expressed concern about a
fire engine being able to access tbe hydrant. She stated there was not a natural
frontage for this proposal and she questioned tbe City setting tbis type of
precedence. She urged Council to deny this request.
Council Member Grant stated applicants had a right to come forward with a plan
and what they wanted to do with their land,
Council Member Aplikowski asked the City Engineer to comment on the drainage
issue. City Engineer Brown replied he concurred with applicant's characterization
as to how things flowed, and as long as the driveway drained into Hamline
Avenue, there really should be no reason this would create a drainage problem. He
stated some reworking needed to be done, and while there may be a low spot or
two, this proposal might actually help any drainage problems the residents
indicated they experienced.
Mayor Probst stated he would not support this motion. He agreed the property
owner had a right to present their proposal, but it did not obligate the City to accept
the proposal. He expressed concern about setting precedence if this was approved.
He stated he did not believe this was a good plan.
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Council Member Larson stated he would support the motion. He believed Mr.
Goserud in good faith came back to the City with a new proposal after the Council
rejected the previous plan, He indicated he believed the proposal was a good one,
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He stated the Fire Department had indicated they were comfortable with the
location of the hydrant. He indicated he would not object to a condition being
added if the lot \vas developed, there would not be a building pennit issued until
the drainage issues had been addressed. He stated Mr. Goserud had as good of an
argument as any other resident in the City with respect to the issuance of a
variance, He indicated while it might not be the best solution, it was a reasonable
one. He inquired about the Park Dedication Fee and how this was going to be
determined. He urged Council to base the Park Dedication Fee on an independent
appraisal.
Council Member Aplikowski stated it was not Mr. Goserud's property that had a
drainage issue, but the adjoining properties, and she did not see that developing
this property would affect those drainage issues and may, in fact, help the
neighbors' drainage issues,
Mayor Probst stated the motion needed to indicate the approval was based on the
findings and conditions as outlined in staffs report.
. Council Member Larson requested the following friendly amendment: "Taking
into consideration the referenced recommendations and the conditions that were
outlined in staffs report". Altering condition number one to read: "The building
permit will not be granted if satisfactory drainage cannot be provided." Condition
number five to be inserted after the dedication fee, "the payment of the appropriate
park dedication fee is based on an independent appraisal prior to final platting".
Council Member Aplikowski and Council Member Grant accepted the friendly
amendment.
Motion carried (3-2) (Council Member Rem and Mayor Probst),
Mayor Probst requested Items D and E be addressed at the same time.
D. TCAAP Land Use and Infrastructure Planninl!:
E. Universitv Desil!:n Center - TCAAP Communitv Dialol!:ue
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Mr. Parrish explained it was anticipated the Army would be issuing its Report of
Excess for portions of the TCAAP in the very near future. He stated it was staffs
intention to retain a planning firm as soon as practical to ensure the timeline for
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developing a comprehensive land use and infrastructure plan for the property was
consistent with the land transfer process, Staff recommended the Request for
Qualifications process is used to select a TCAAP land use and infrastructure
consultant.
Mr. Parrish explained the City had looked at partnering with the University of
Minnesota's Design Center for the American Urban Landscape to conduct a
"Community Dialogue" regarding the reuse of TCAAP. He stated they were
currently scheduling Thursday, June 6, at 7:00 p.m. for the first Community Open
House.
Mayor Probst urged Council to move forward with staffs recommendation and get
a consultant on board to assist the City with this plan.
Council Member Aplikowski asked if this process would help the City come up
with a reasonable expectation of their vision. Mayor Probst stated this was what it
was designed to do,
. Mr. Parrish replied the City would manage the planning process and this would
incorporate the Community's vision.
Council Member Grant stated it made good sense to hire an infrastructure
consultant at this time, He requested an economic impact assessment be prepared
to ensure the existing residents and business ovmers were not subsidizing the
TCAAP development.
Council Member Rem inquired about the aggressiveness of the schedule. Mr.
Parrish replied they could evaluate other options if a Council Member wanted to
participate on the interview panel, but given the time constraints, they put this on
the staffs level.
Council Member Rem indicated she was hesitant to move forward on such an
aggressive schedule.
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Council Member Larson stated it was important the City get their planning in place
as soon as possible. He requested they look at planning a broader portion of
TCAAP other than just the portion being currently released. He stated it was
important to know what was going to be planned for the entire property, even if the
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Army held onto the remainder of the property for a while. He stated if they did not
get moving on this, the City would be at a disadvantage.
MOTION: Council Member Larson moved and Council Member Aplikowski
seconded a motion to proceed with a solicitation of qualification from
planning firms to develop TCAAP land use, and to approve plans to
retain the Design Center to facilitate a community dialogue. The
motion carried unanimously (5-0).
F. 2002 PMP: Hunters Court/Waldon Place
Mr. Lynch requested Council adopt Resolution 02-22 A Resolution Receiving
Report and Calling Hearing on Improvement of Hunters Court and Waldon Place.
Mr. Brmvn stated they had completed the plans and specifications and they were
now at the point of an assessment hearing, He stated they could start advertising
for bids the week after next if approved by Council.
. Council Member Grant asked if they had any indication as to the bid process. Mr.
Brown stated the bid process was fairly routine, and he did not see any conflicts
with this project being done later in the season.
Council Member Rem asked why they were addressing this now at this time. She
asked if this was catch up work. Mr. Lynch replied that was correct. He indicated it
was something that should have been done previously.
Council Member Aplikowski stated this type of an action concerned her, but she
would support it.
Council Member Rem stated she would feel more comfortable slgnmg a
Resolution indicating when the project would be done.
Larson suggested putting in the word formally before report in the Resolution and
staffs report,
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MOTION: Council Member Larson moved and Council Member Aplikowski
seconded a motion to approve Resolution Nos. 02-21, Ordering
Report on Improvement of Hunters Court and Waldon Place, The
motion carried unanimously (5-0),
MOTION: Council Member Larson moved and Council Member Aplikowski
seconded a motion to approve Resolution No. 02-22, Receiving
Report and Calling Hearing on Improvement of Hunters Court and
Waldon Place adding in the word "formally received by the
Council.. ," and amending staffs report by adding in the words
"formally receiving Report". The motion carried unanimously (5-0),
Council Member Larson stated he had previously voted against this Resolution
leaving the street width as it was, but he was supporting this despite the alternative
to have some uniformity among the Council.
Mayor Probst stated he had received a letter from a resident of Hunters Court
indicating they were not in support of this proposal.
G. PMP Proiect for 2003
City Engineer Brown presented the 2003 CIP projects.
Council Member Larson stated it was important to keep the City infrastructure up
and he stated what was being proposed was a good proposal.
Mr. Lynch stated this would also impact possible investors and could affect the
City's bond rating.
Council Member Rem stated she had reservations about the storm water, utility
plan for that neighborhood. She stated she was not sure this was going to be the
best way to deal with this situation. She expressed concern about using information
from three years ago, She requested the residents be given sufficient notice
regarding this proposal.
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Mayor Probst stated he assumed there would be modifications made to the
feasibility study originally presented, He indicated it was Council's responsibility
to maintain the infrastructure of the community and this was a logical place to
start,
Council Member Rem expressed concern about spending as much money as was
being recommended for the Ingerson neighborhood, She stated she did not disagree
that the infrastructure needed to be maintained, She stated just because they had
the money, did not mean it should all be spent in one area.
Council Member Aplikowski requested an alternative to the Weir situation and
also alternatives to closing Hamline Avenue, She requested they look at the storm
sewer system also,
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Council Member Grant stated there seemed to be a difference in the memorandum
and the item on their agenda. He asked if they were talking about the PMP project
for 2003, or where they talking about the 2003 CIP scope. He stated he was
hesitant to go back into the Ingerson neighborhood just because they had the
money at this time, He stated this would not be a good decision. In terms of
G.A.S.B, 34, he encouraged staff to maintain vigilance. He stated he would not
support going back into Ingerson, but he was in support of the Karth Lake
proposal.
Mayor Probst asked if they abandoned the Ingerson neighborhood for next year,
what did Council Member Grant propose in its place. Council Member Grant
replied he would like the City Engineer to look into this.
Mr. Brown stated whether they had the money or not, the Ingerson neighborhood
was still the number one concern. He agreed that overlay projects were more time
sensitive, but the Ingerson neighborhood had been substantially deteriorating and
this should be the City's major priority, He indicated the Ingerson neighborhood
ranked at the top of the list, regardless of whether the money was there or not.
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Council Member Larson stated if they were going to go forward with a Pavement
Management Program, then the Ingerson neighborhood should be reconstructed.
He expressed concern that every time the Council reached a consensus as to what
they were going to do, they appeared to get cold feet. He indicated they had
previously agreed on doing the neighborhood approach and not an individual street
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approach and he found it frustrating that they were not taking the approach they
had previously agreed to.
Mr. Lynch stated he believed Ingerson fit the criteria the Council had previously
established for the Pavement Management Program.
Council Member Grant asked what the PCI rating in 2003 would be for the
Ingerson neighborhood, The City Engineer replied it would probably fall another 5
points, and it would be likely to continue at that rate or accelerate.
Council Member Grant asked if there were other streets in the mill and overlay.
The City Engineer replied Brighton Way and Chatham were the next candidates in
line. He stated these two streets were relatively small projects.
Council Member Aplikowski stated the Council had decided they were going to do
the neighborhood approach and since this had been identified, they should move
forward with this. She agreed with Council Member Larson that they should not
take steps backward and they should move forward and stay together as a group.
She urged the Council Members to move forward with the feasibility report on the
Ingerson neighborhood,
Council Member Larson stated he would not support this ifit would be a 3-2 vote,
He stated if there was not a consensus among the Council then they should discuss
this issue further. He indicated this would send the wrong message to the
neighborhood.
Council Member Rem stated she would support the Ingerson neighborhood project,
but she did have reservations about it.
Council Member Grant stated clearly Ingerson was down toward the bottom of the
PCI rating. The issue for him was that there were two streets with a combined
length of 3800 feet with a PCI rating of 83 and he questioned why they were going
to tear up those streets, The City Engineer replied Tiller and Dunlap were not a
part of this project and they would not be touched.
Council Member Grant stated he did not want to do the Edgewater neighborhood
due to connection issues to be addressed by staff, but if they were going to do
reconstruction, the Ingerson neighborhood would make sense.
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MOTION: Council Member Grant moved and Council Member Larson seconded
a motion to continue the Council meeting to 10:30 p,m. The motion
carried unanimously (5-0),
MOTION: Council Member Larson moved and Council Member Aplikowski,
seconded a motion to approve the PMP Projects for the Ingerson
neighborhood and the Mill and Overlay of the Karth Lake
neighborhood,
Council Member Rem asked if they were approving the PMP or CIP.
MOTION: Council Member Larson moved to amend his motion to include the
water main utility and storm water utility recommendations as they
are a part of the Ingerson neighborhood project. Council Member
Aplikowski accepted the amendment.
The motion carried unanimously (5-0).
. ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS
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Council Member Grant requested 7B be heard before 7 A.
B. City Accountant/Treasurer Memorandum
Mr. Lynch explained the current and historical duties of the City Accountant/City
Treasurer. He recommended the Council find the position of City Treasurer was
necessary; the position was not a voluntary position and had not been since July
27, 1992; that the duties and responsibilities of City Treasurer can be perfomled by
one person in one position; that the duties and responsibilities of City Treasurer be
specifIcally denoted in the job description of City Accountant; find that both
positions have been performed by Mr. Post for the last ten (10) years; find that
both positions should continue to be perfonned by Mr. Post as City Accountant;
find that if Mr. Post indicated refusal to perfoml the duties of City Treasurer as
found necessary and as directed by Council, Mr. Post be informed that he could be
disciplined, including termination for failure to perform his job as directed,
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Mayor Probst stated he believed the reason the City had gone down this direction
was with the intent of having one person do both of those duties. He suggested the
Council agree with the first six findings in Mr. Lynch's memorandum.
Council Member Larson requested Mr. Post give Council some background on his
recommendation. He commended Mr. Post on his fine job as City
Accountant/Treasurer. He asked if this was a philosophical or financial issue. Mr.
Post replied it was a philosophical issue,
Mr. Larson asked if this was an issue that could be overcome if the Council felt it
was important to keep the positions as one. Mr. Post replied as the person
performing these duties he was ofthe opinion that these were two positions and not
one. He asked what was the reporting structure ofthese positions,
Council Member Aphkowski stated the positions were combined ten years ago and
prior to that, they were separate, Mr. Post replied for 40 of the 50 years, a member
of the community trained in tlnancial matters filled the City Treasurer, and when
the City Accountant was hired, those duties were not incorporated into the
Treasurer's position,
Council Member Aplikowski statcd she believed these were two separate things
and she was struggling as to where they should go, She stated she did not know if
there was enough work for a separate Treasurer position.
Council Member Grant stated Mr. Post had performed both the Accountant and
Treasurer duties well, and from the organizational chart, it appeared these positions
were one, He stated he agreed with the first six recommendations.
Council Member Larson indicated Mr. Post should be able to express his views
directly to Council as he had in the past.
Mayor Probst stated he believed these pOSItIOns were one position and urged
Council to adopt the first six findings as recommended by Mr. Lynch,
Council Member Aplikowski asked what brought this up after ten years, She asked
if there was something going on that would prevent Mr. Post from coming to the
Council directly, Mr. Post replied he could not cite any individual case or person
and this was a philosophical issue,
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MOTION: Council Member Larson moved and Council Member Grant seconded
a motion to adopt the first six recommendation of the City
Administrator.
Council Member Aplikowski asked what would happen with the seventh
recommendation, Mayor Probst stated if it came down to having to address the
seventh recommendation, Council would discuss that recommendation at the time.
Mr. Post replied he would perform his duties as long as he was with the City.
The motion carried (4-1). (Council Member Aplikowski),
A. Orl!anizational Structure Change
Council Member Rem indicated she would like to have further discussion
regarding this,
Council Member Larson stated if there a reason they needed to act on this tonight.
Ifnot, he would request this be placed on the next work session agenda.
Council agreed to discuss the Organizational Structure at the next work session.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Council Member Grant requested on the backside of the agenda the Maintenance
Task Force meetings is listed, He stated the School Board met tonight to discuss
the busing issue.
Council Member Larson had no comments,
Council Member Aplikowski requested the parade be mentioned in the next
Newsletter. She recognized the Girl Scout Gold Winners, and requested they be
sent a letter of congratulations if they were unable to come in for a presentation.
Council Member Rem stated the Newsletter Committee would be meeting
Wednesday morning.
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Mayor Probst stated staff had been meeting with the development team and stated
they would be updating Council on any progress,
ADJOURN
Mayor Probst adjourned the Regular City Council Meeting meeting at 10:34 p.m.
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Denni
Mayor
Joe Lynch
City Administrator
NOTICE OF MEETINGS
The next Council Meeting will be held Monday, June 10,2002 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Arden Hills Council chambers,