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<br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that the 65-day period would cover the City on the <br />abandonment period of 60 days. <br /> <br />2. Resolution #03-044 Proposed Tax Levy <br /> <br />Motion bv Council Member Capra. seconded bv Council Member Broussard <br />Vickers to approve Resolution #03-044 approvin!!: the Prooosed Tax Levv for 2004 <br />and establishin!!: the date and time for tbe trutb-in-taxation bearin!!:s. All in favor. <br />Motion carried unanimouslv. <br /> <br />3. Per Diem Disbursements <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated that Staff was asked to forward this item to Council for <br />consideration. She then explained that the Planning Commission had recommended <br />reducing the per diem rate to $10 from $20 in an attempt to save the City money and <br />recommended that other Committees do the same. <br /> <br />Council discussed the matter and asked Staff to thank the Planning Commission for its <br />gesture but indicate that Council would like to keep the per diem at $20.00 as it allows <br />people to use their per diem payment to pay a babysitter and that will enable residents to <br />volunteer. <br /> <br />4. Repeat Offenders - Ordinance Violations <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated that Chief Bennett had discussed at the Fire Steering <br />Committee meeting the possibility of raising fees for additional compliance checks for <br />repeat ordinance offenders. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that the City would need to look at its ordinances and <br />determine what needs to be amended and create an inspection fee schedule that can be <br />modified by resolution rather than amending the ordinance to change the fees. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra indicated there is a recurrent problem with people burning green <br />treated wood and the police go and tell them to put it out but they do it again as there is <br />no real consequence. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated the City had discussed using administrative <br />offenses and suggested that be looked into. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that there is a bit of an issue with administrative fees <br />because the legislature feels the state is losing revenue to administrative fees so the <br />League of Minnesota Cities and City Administrators are working on the matter. The <br />concern is that the legislature will restrict what types of offenses the City can use <br />administrative offenses for and the City will lose even more control. He then said that <br />the recommendation will likely be to limit the administrative fines to ordinance violations <br />and leave the misdemeanor traffic to the court system and the fees to the state. <br /> <br />Page 6 of9 <br />