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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 27, 2017 Page 25 Mayor Roe suggested that the narrative include a suggestion to make the language clearer. State Building Code Allowing Municipalities to Require Sprinkler Systems in Multi-Family Occupancy Groups pages 13 — 15) Mayor Roe spoke in support of this legislation, opining that Roseville still needed to weigh the safety of tenants, but whatever was passed provided cities some lati- tude. For the record, Mayor Roe clarified that this was how he envisioned the city supporting this change in the state building code. City Manager Trudgeon noted the opposition from various interest groups to this proposal. City Operations Mayor Roe suggested concentrating on items 1, 2 4, and 5 for discussion first, since "advocating for an increase in transportation funding" and "create presump- tive coverage for firefighters diagnosed with cancer" were two bigger topics to discuss. Reimburse Deputy Registrars for Excess Costs,...(page 16) Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of anything possible to get reim- bursement for the MNLARS program. Pathways to Policing Program m Expansion(page 17—21) Councilmember Laliberte noted that the legislation specifically called out Henne- pin Technical College, and questioned why that was called out, advising that she was aware of some senators and state representatives who would not vote to sup- port anything that called out one beneficiary. Mayor Roe suggested that the policy recommendation support broadening the program that in turn may find more support. Improve Absentee Balloting(page 32) Councilmember Willmus suggested additional conversations with county com- missioners to get them involved as well; with Mayor Roe also suggesting the county's election administrator. City Manager Trudgeon reported that on the staff level, Assistant City Manager Olson was monitoring that. Assistant City Manager Rebecca Olson reported that in speaking to Ramsey County's Elections Administrator Joe Mansky, based on his feedback from other county cities, this was a priority for him. However, Ms. Olson noted that he needed municipal support to boost his advocacy to the legislature.