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<br />City Council 2007-07-25, 8:45 p.m. <br />Minutes of Work Session <br /> <br />Present were Council members Tom Lee, Linda Broussard-Vickers, Jeff Paar, and <br />Michelle Lakso. Also present were City Engineer Mark Statz, City Attorney Kurt Glaser, <br />and Public Works Director Paul Palzer. Absent was Mayor Mary Capra <br /> <br />The Council discussed the City Code and Kurt Glazer explained a proposed ordinance <br />relating to ultimate fighting and drug paraphernalia. The Council agreed that the <br />ordinances were probably a good idea. Staff will be meeting in August to review the City <br />Code and identify any changes that are needed. The code has been used for about two <br />years and staff has concerns with certain issues of content and organization of the code. <br />Staff may present several proposed ordinances to address problems that are identified. <br />The plan is to get the adjustments made yet this year in order to print revision pages early <br />in 2008. <br /> <br />The Council reviewed the proposed budget for 2008. The proposed budget would result <br />in a levy increase of about 4.5%. It was noted that the single largest dollar increase is for <br />police costs-that single item represents over half of the levy increase. The budget will be <br />placed on the council agenda in early September for approval of a preliminary budget and <br />levy. <br /> <br />The Council reviewed a report of sidewalk inspections provided by Paul Palzer. It was <br />noted that there are 48 hazard panels on the public sidewalks and that a total of 275 <br />cracked panels with varying degrees of concern. If all of the cracked panels were <br />replaced and curb ramps were corrected to code in these areas the cost would be about <br />$65,000. The Council discussed ideas about how to pay for the work, but the council <br />seemed have a consensus that the city should pay for the repair and not assess the cost to <br />adjoining property owners. Staff will rework the list to keep the total cost below $50,000 <br />and bring back a proposal for work to be done this year. <br /> <br />The Council reviewed the list of goals adopted this year. Good progress is being made on <br />most of the goals. The Council determined because of all of the major investments that <br />are being made this year; that any work with regard to city hall expansion or alternatives <br />should be deferred to 2008 or 2009. <br /> <br />The Council spent some time discussing the community signs and suggested that staff <br />explore some alternatives using the sign template adopted for the parks. <br /> <br />The council discussed the Rehbein dirt operation which exists in the industrial area and <br />what could be done to bring this property into compliance with zoning regulations. Staff <br />will work to get a commitment from the property owner to put a specific time line on <br />concluding the operation. <br /> <br />The meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:25 p.m. <br /> <br />Dallas Larson, Administrator <br />