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situation.atld now that work has finished the City is in the process of looking through a 16plus page agreement document. Theagreement being brought to the -City by the railroad company. is requesting that the City use their`insurance and pay a very -large licensing fee. City Attorney Patrick Kelly has been communicating with the. railroad contact and has worked out amagreement-that theCity can use the insurance.lt has through. the League of Minnesota Cities Trust Re-also-werit< through the. .contract.and-tookitems out that no longer applied and submitted it to:the.railroad to review. The railroad companyis open to tlie. City.offering an amount that should .bepaifor the license. City -Attorney suggested that we open it up and start at $100.00. Councilmember Lindner-riiade a motion to ofter.$100 for the license,. seconded by Councilrrierriber Amlee. Voice.vote.taken, all votedyes, motion passes, City Attorney will. pass alorig.the.City's offer of.$100 for the license fee:. Sep* XnspeetloitUscussion The City pays a t ontractor--to do annual maintenance inspections and the City then charges the :septic residents $40.00 to covet the inspection and adrninistrative.costs. The City has received some conaerns and complaints over the last year concerning this issue. Mayor Artig Swomley imggestod the Council.develop expectations..for our"inspector as to what. should be covered or looked. at. during an .inspection better. Also, the City should. set a broad schedule for when these inspections. should take place. This will help to -insure: that resident's access points are available. for. the inspector. The City will also:advertise thatopia.betten lntetntal *Mann gem ent : Update Records. Management Discussion The City spends far too.much time looking for things whetx thgyshould be filed away neatly organized and easy to find. The Citymay be holding-on.to f les longer than is. necessary taking up storage space in the file room. The Acting City :Clerk and the .Mayor are going to look into the records management requirements and will. begin disposing of items properly if possible. It is also a possibility that mare storage cabinets are needed. The Acting. City Clerk;is going to work on organizing the records room. Both the. Mayor and .Acting City Clerk would.be. interested in any training available through the LMC onxecords management if it -wore. to ever become available.. City Clerk Annual Review Preparation The Mayor shared. with the Council some of the employee annual review that she had completed on Acting City Clerk Melissa Lawrence. The Mayor recommended That a $5 00 an hourrraise.be given. Counci[niember Lindner suggested that because the.Council is short two,mernbers tonight. that the discussion on the wage increase be tabled until the April 19, 2022 meeting. The Mayor agreed. CottmcilmemberLindner made a motion to table to Acting City Clerks wage discussion. until the April 19, 2022 City Council meeting, seconded byCouncilmember AmIee. Voice vote taken,, all votod yes; motion passes, the wage discussion will be tabled until the April City Council Meeting. Vederal Holiday List/Manual Update Mayor Artig-Swomley presented to the.Council that the.fed end holiday; Freedom Day, rsr Juneteer[th; was added to.the employee handbook based on the discussion an vote at -the: -February. 15, 2022 City Council Meeting. This holiday is observed annually on June 191, and the City will observe, the holiday as stated in :the employee manual in the case that.it falls on a weekend.. Cityof Gein Lake City Council Meeting Minutes March 15; 3= 4111 a g c