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Minutes: of Gem Lake City Council Meeting
22 July 2008
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gem Lake was called to order by Mayor Emeott on
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 7:07 pm in the. Gem Lake City Hall meeting room. Mayor Emeott, Councilors Artig-
Swomley, Watson and Shilling were present. Also present was City Attorney Trevor Oliver and City Treasurer. Jessie
Hart. Other members of the publicwere also in attendance per the sign in sheet sent around the room.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MEETING MINUTES
Minutes of City Council meeting of June 2008: Minutes from the June 2008 City Council meeting were
reviewed by Council members. Motion by Watson, Second by Schilling to approve the June 2008 City Council
minutes was unanimously approved by voice vote.
City Council Agenda for this. meeting: Mayor Emeott called for additions, deletions and correctionsto the
agenda. Changes were made to the agenda as follows: 1) Under New. Business, addition of H) Approval of Election
Judges. Motion by Watson, Second by Schilling to approve agenda with the above additions.
PUBLIC NOTICES
None
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
None
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Nanning Commission (Jim Lindner): No meeting last month. Discussed public meeting where
Comprehensive Planwas topic. One more public meeting is planned to complete the review of the plan. Discussed
the need to acknowledge public comments on the plan, but don't have the timeto address each of the continents
individually.
OLD BUSINESS
A) City Newsletter (Artig-Swomley): Topics proposed for future editions of the city newsletter to include.
National Night out, motorcycle officers, neighborhood watch.
I3) City MS4 report for 2006.(Watson): No change.
C) Gem Lake National. Night Out program -August 5 (need chair) Gem Lake will holda night out at the.
Gem Lake City Hall on Tuesday, Augusts from5:00=7:00 p.m. A motion was made by Schilling, seconded by
Watson to approve a budget for hotdogs, fixings And ice cream not to exceed. $500.
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NEW BUSINESS
A) Approval ofpayment of claims. for June -July 2008: Mayor Emeott referred the' Council to the listing of
paymentsrequiring approval. Just under $40,000 stillleft topayout on the construction of the City Hall. Still waiting
for adjustment of Air Conditioner, conduit for flag pole, and a few other things. Payment of claims for time period
above was unanimously approved as indicated by Councilor's signatureson this document.
B) .6 month financial report (Jessie Hart): City treasurer Jessie Hart providedan update of payments made in
2007 andfor the period January through June 2008. In 2007, revenues exceeded expendituresin several areas
including licenses and permits. Approximately $41,000 was collected from Ramsey County and the City of Vadnais.
Heights for the balance of the construction project on County Road E and Highway 96. Expenditures exceeded.
budget $57,055.due primarily to engineering costs related to theconstruction project on County Road E and
Highway 96 which was not budget. Other expenditures categories were wellunder budget which reduced the
potential overage to $13,901.Overall, the excess revenues were more than the overages in expenditures by
approximately $49,500, which in turn increases the General Fund balance.. For the period January through June.
2008,.revenues are above anticipated levels, however, so are expenditures. The city has spent less than 31.%of its
2008 budget due to a money budgeted for potential legalservices that have not yet been spent and other cyclical
costs which have not yet been paid. Anticipate that 2008 will come out as good asor better than 2007. Hart
suggestedthat a different structure is needed for billing overdue sewer accounts. Currently very difficult to track it
the way it is set up. Councilor Schilling suggested that Gem Lakerevise its ordinance for billing overdue sewer
accounts to match White Bear Township's wording.
C) Financial. software —Peachtree (Jessie Hart): Hart requested permission to purchase new financial.
software for Gem Lake. Not able to use White Bear Township's license: unless financials were. co -mingled.
Quickbooks won't be able to meet the needsof the city: Peachtree Financial Services hasa software program geared
to non-profit organizations that will interface with utility billing system and will provide the functions that Gem Lake
needs. Motion by Schilling, Seconded. by White to purchase this software was approved by voice. vote.
D) Notary for Jean. Reiter, city secretary: Mayor Emeott called for a motion to pay for licensing of Jean
Reiter, City secretary., as a Notary Public... Motion made. by Schilling, Seconded by Artig-Swormley to approve the
fees associated with training and licensing of Jean Reiter as Notary Public was unanimously approved by voice vote.
E) Extension of Building Moratorium (Oliver): City Attorney Oliver stated that to continue with the building
moratorium for the Gateway area until the completion of the Comprehensive Plan, an extension is needed. Motion by
Artig-SwomleY, Seconded by Schilling forcontinuation of building moratorium with same wording and exceptions
as the original was unanimously approved by voice vote.
F) Recreational zoning for Golf Course (Oliver): City Attorney Oliver stated that hedoesnot recommend the
city zone the current .Gera Lake Golf. Courseas recreational land unless the city desires to obtain the. land in the event
that a Golf Course is no longer viable. Also, currently the city does not have Recreational Zone defined in the zoning
guidelines. The city does not have the funds to purchase this land in the event of thefailure of the golf course, nor
the desire to make this much land public recreational use only. It is recommended that the areacontinue to be zoned
residential, but that it..be stated in the Comprehensive Plan thatthecontinuation of use of the land as a Golf Course is
encouraged and welcomed. There are several references made to the golf course in the guidance document that
should be reviewed to ensure thereare consistent.
G) Approval of Election Judges: Mayor Emeott submitted a Iist of election judges for the primary election on
September 9, 2008. Motion by Schilling, seconded by Watson to approve the list of election judges was approved by
voice vote.
H) 2008 Comprehensive plan upgrade progress — Public Hearing continuation --July 30: A continuation of
the Public Hearing for the review of the Comprehensive plan will be held July 30t..A notice will be published in the
White Bear Press and posted on the City Hall bulletin board.
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PRESENTATIONS. FROM THE FLOOR
None.
FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
Next City Council Workshop —.Monday, August 4, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. the Gem Lake City Hall.
Next City Council Meeting — Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 7:00 p,rn. in the Gem Lake City Hall.
ADJOURN: The July 2008 regular meeting of the City Council was adjourned. at 8:48 p.m.
AUTHORIZED: July 22, 2008
APPROVED: August 26, 2008
ATTEST: ATTEST:
Teresa Tice, Recording Secretary Paul R. Emeott, Mayor
Certified Copy.
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Attendance List for Gem Lake City Council Meeting: July 22, 2008
Jim Lindner Planning Commission.
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