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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986/10/06 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular (2)MINUTES CITY COUNCIL BUDGET MEETING October 6, 1986 1. The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. Present were Councilmembers Thomas Duffy, Allen Friedman, Larry Mitchell, David Strand, Ronald Backes, Mayor Lyle Hanks 3. Mediation Services Representatives from the Mediation Services reported that in 1986 27 cases representing 110 residents in the City of St. Louis Park were served and represented primarily working with the schools and truancy. The Mediation Services stated they were requesting $3,000 from the City and that the County has agreed to match a 2-1 funding. Councilman Backes asked how much the County will fund, and the representatives responded that a maximum of $15,000 would be provided from the County and that they would have to raise $7,500 in order to attain that. Councilman Strand asked whether or not the matched funding is based strictly on private funds and the representatives stated that the County will match a City donation. Councilman Strand asked how much funding the Mediation Services are requesting from other cities, and the representatives responded $11,000. Councilman Friedman asked whether or not the Mediation Services would be willing to send an overall evaluation of their program and they replied they would. Mayor Hanks asked about the response time on truancy cases, and the representatives stated that it is required they service within five days of a reported truancy. Councilman Strand moved and Councilman Duffy seconded that the Mediation Services be funded in the amount of $3,000. The motion passed 6-0. Mayor Hanks stated that a full report of cases related to St. Louis Park be submitted to the City by June 1987 representing a six-month report for the year 1987. 4. Hopkins Project The City Manager stated that the Hopkins Project is requesting $20,000. No action was taken on this request. 5. Additional bay at MSC Mayor Hanks asked when the project would be built, and the City Manager responded that the project could begin early in 1981. Councilman Friedman stated that he didn't understand why the additional bay required heating which would result in a cost of $42,000 for construction /p_ G ,gG and an annual cost of $12,000. Councilman Backes responded that it would not be good for the building to have the bay unheated. Councilman Strand asked for the estimated lifespan of the building. The City Manager responded 20 years. Mayor Hanks stated that this proposal has to come back to the City Council for approval, and at that time it may be appropriate to approve whether or not it is constructed with or without heat. Councilman Backes asked whether or not consulting expertise has been obtained on heating the additional bay. Councilman Friedman moved to remove this item from the budget. The motion died for lack of a second. 6. Westwood Hills Mayor Hanks asked whether or not this was presented to the School Board. The City Manager responded that it had. The Council agreed to address this issue with the School Board in June of 1987. 7. Traffic signal: 27th b Louisiana Councilman Mitchell requested the number of accidents at this intersection. The City Manager responded that he will provide that information. The Council recommended to review this request in 1987. 8. Lenox Foundation Mayor Hanks stated that no information had been provided. The Council recorsrtended to maintain the $10,000 in the 1987 budget. 9. Governance Seminar The City Manager reported that the proposal from John Carver was elaborate and involved an expenditure of 511,000 and that possibly an alternative that would be less costly would be to involve someone like Lyle Sumack who has worked for the cities of Coon Rapids, Minnetonka and the League of Minnesota Cities to facilitate a discussion. Councilman Strand recommended that the City Manager contact Lyle Sumack for information regarding cost and a proposal and that information regarding John Carver's proposal be distributed to the City Council. 10. Civil Attorney It was moved by Councilman Strand, seconded by Councilman Mitchell that /$50,000 be added to the General Unallocated account. 11. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.