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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000/10/02 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular CITY OF OFFICIAL MINUTES ST LOUIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING PARK ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA OCTOBER 2, 2000 1. Call to Order Mayor Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. 2. Presentations a. Radon Awareness Week Proclamation —Mayor Jacobs read a proclamation declaring Radon Awareness Week. b. Minnesota Cities Week Proclamation —Mayor Jacobs read a proclamation declaring Minnesota Cities Week. 3. Roll Call The following Councilmembers were present at roll call: Jim Bnmeyer, Ron Latz, Chns Nelson, Sue Sanger, Sue Santa, Robert Young, and Mayor Jeff Jacobs. Also present were the City Manager(Mr. Meyer); City Clerk (Ms. Reichert); City Attorney (Ms. Poehler); Director of Human Resources (Ms. Gohman), Engineering Superintendent (Mr Moore); and Recording Secretary (Ms. Olson). 4. Approval of Minutes a. City Council Minutes of September 18, 2000 Page 8, Item 8b, add to Councilmember Sanger's comments "Councilmember Sanger withdrew the motion and then offered a new motion to amend the resolution with the modified weekend hours stated above. Mr. Palmatier indicated his acceptance of this amendment. It was seconded by Councilmember Nelson, and the motion passed 5-0. Councilmember Sanger then offered another motion to amend the resolution to limit construction vehicles on W. 16th Street as stated above. Councilmember Sanger withdrew the amendment." b. City Council Study Session Minutes of September 25, 2000 Page 11, Item 1, add "Councilmember Latz expressed to the Boy Scouts representative his opposition to their policy to discriminating in their membership and leadership against homosexuals " Page 11, Item 1, add "Councilmember Sanger concurred with Councilmember Latz on this issue." Page 12, Item 3, Paragraph 6, change to "Councilmember Sanger questioned the need the need for such an extensive or comprehensive study as was proposed." Council Meeting Minutes -2- October 2,2000 Page 13, Item 6, Paragraph 3, change first sentence to "Councilmember Sanger felt construction money was needed for playground and other equipment for the Blackstone Park". c. City Council Study Session Minutes of August 14, 2000 Page 15, Item 2 , Paragraph 6, change"should be dealt with a more elaborate ordinance"to "should be dealt with in the nuisance ordinance" and add "Councilmember Latz also stated that in this particular case, it was not an appropriate for a detailed nuisance ordinance." 5. Approval of Agenda and Consent Items NOTE: Consent items are those items of business which are considered to be routine and/or which need no discussion. Consent items are acted upon by one motion. If discussion is desired by either a Councilmember or a member of the audience, that item may be moved to an appropriate section of the regular agenda for discussion. a. Approval of Agenda It was moved by Councilmember Latz, seconded by Councilmember Nelson, to approved the agenda The motion passed 7-0 b. Approval of Consent Items Councilmember Young asked that an issue (salary for election judges) related to Item 7a be discussed at a future Study Session. It was moved by Councilmember Latz, seconded by Councilmember Santa, to approve the Consent Items as listed below. The motion passed 7-0. 1 Waive reading of resolutions and ordinances 2. Adopt Resolution No. 00-126 considering major equipment replacement scheduled and budgeted for 2001 and authorizes staff to acquire equipment as allowed by Statute, Charter, or Ordinance. 3. Adopt Resolution No. 00-127 for the Cobblecrest Neighborhood Revitalization Grant. 4. Approve Resolution No. 00-128 to grant St. Luke's Church, 5524 W. 41s` Street, and approximately one year extension for final plat filing for St. Luke's Addition and amend the original resolution to extend the deadline to October 16, 2000. Case No. 99-17-S: 5. Adopt Resolution No. 00-129 designating the City Clerk to be both the Responsible Authonty and the Data Compliance Official of the City for the purposes of administering the Data Practices Act. 6. Approve Resolution No. 130 authorizing the placement of no parking signs for traffic control on Oxford street, Alabama Ave. and Parkwoods Road Traffic Study No 554, rescinds Resolution No. 5486. 7. Vendor Claim List: Accept the following reports for filing. Council Meeting Minutes -3- October 2,2000 8. Adopt Resolutions Authonzing Final Payments a. Nadeau Utility—Entry sign & improvements Resolution No. 00-131 Contract No 54-99 $17,276.66 b. Valley Rich Co, Inc.—San sewer & drop assembly repairs Resolution No. 00-132 Contract No 45-00 $493 50 6. Public Hearings - None 7. Requests and Communications from the Public - None 8. Resolutions, Ordinances, Motions 8a. Second Reading Liquor License Ordinance Revisions Ordinance No. 2177-00 Resolution No.'s 00-123 and 00-124 Cindy Reichert, City Clerk presented a staff report and recommended approval. Councilmember Bnmeyer asked if establishments had been notified of the changes. Ms. Reichert indicated that establishments had been sent written notification of three meetings at which liquor license fees were to be discussed and that she had received no response from any licensees as a result of that letter In addition, the Sun Sailor had run a front page article about liquor license fees in which specific fee amoutns were enumerated. She stated that she had spoken to some licensees about this and other license related issues and that the fee changes were generally well accepted by those persons. It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Santa, to adopt Ordinance No. 2177-00, amending Chapter 13, Part 3 of the St. Louis Park Municipal Code concerning license fees for the sale, consumption and display of alcoholic beverages and allowing for restrictions on issuance of licenses to certain areas within the City, approve the summary and authorize publication. The motion passed 7-0. It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Santa, to approve Resolution No. 00-123 setting liquor license fees for the 2001 licensing year. The motion passed 7-0. Councilmember Sanger asked if the Council would have the authority to limit it to certain areas of the City without at that point specifying what the areas of the City were. Ms. Reichert stated that the ordinance change would allow the City to limit it to certain areas within the City and the resolution places that limitation. Councilmember Latz asked if the City was anticipating any applications for any on-sale liquor licenses. Ms. Reichert stated that no applications for on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses were pending. Council Meeting Minutes -4- October 2,2000 It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Santa, to approve Resolution No. 00-124 limiting issuance of on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses to the Park Commons development area. The motion passed 7-0. 8b. Police Officer Contract LELS #206 1/1/00— 12/31/01 Resolution No. 00-125 Nancy Gohman, Human Resource Director presented a staff report and recommended approval. She noted that this was one of the City's first contracts that had a performance pay program. Councilmember Bnmeyer was concerned that with a performance program like this it may become too easy to give everybody performance pay. He suggested discussing what outcomes, end results, or productive measurable almost quantifiable items that performance pay would be based on at a Study Session. Ms Gohman stated that the Police Development was currently working on that tool. She stated that every employee within that group would be eligible each year to obtain that performance pay piece unless the City sets up some other unique criteria, but this determination had not been made yet. Charlie Meyer, City Manager briefly described the philosophy behind the performance pay program and noted that the persons eligible would be police officers already operating at a higher than average level. He stated that this was not intended to be a guarantee, however the City was hoping that most of the officers are able to operate at a level that they do become eligible. Councilmember Bnmeyer noted that it was difficult to measure level of performance. Councilmember Nelson stated that he supported the pay performance and the creation of the new support service agent position, but questioned if much thought went into that title. He stated that he was opposed to this benefit package. He stated that the City was confusing how much a benefit and salary package cost the City verses what ends up in the take home portion of a paycheck. He stated that the City was penalizing people with dependents that have to pay more for health insurance and rewarding employees that don't have to pay as much for benefits. He believed that the City was bowing to some perceived need for political correctness. Councilmember Latz stated that he didn't believe that this was the appropriate way to approach this issue. He stated that he believed that the city must compensate equal pay for equal work and that lifestyle or family arrangements were by employee choice. That choice was irrelevant of the compensation for work issue. He asked staff what determined the amount of performance pay that was granted. Ms. Gohman stated that in the contract amount it was stated as a set amount. Councilmember Latz stated that a cap may be appropriate and should be negotiated because it may have a substantial impact on the budget. Council Meeting Minutes -5- October 2, 2000 Councilmember Sanger commended staff and hoped that this became a model for other job categones as well. She believed it was critical to correct the mischaracterization of the benefit equalization. She stated that there was no money being taken away from any employee's pocket, but rather this was an equalization. Councilmember Brimeyer asked when the performance pay piece would go into affect. Ms. Gohman stated that employees would be eligible 12 months after the individuals were in position and the program was set. Councilmember Nelson stated that he was not disputing that employees should be paid the same amount for their work. He felt that benefits were not pay and that benefits for married people were frozen or reduced from prior years. Charlie Meyer, City Manager described the approach to establishing the support services agent position. It was moved by Councilmember Brimeyer, seconded by Councilmember Sanger, to adopt Resolution No. 00-125 approving a Labor Agreement between the City and Police Officers LELS #206, establishing terms and conditions of employment for the duration of 1/1/00— 12/31/01. The motion passed 7-0. 8c. Consultant Retention for Professional Engineering Services for 2001 Storm Water Improvement Projects Carleton Moore, Engineering Supenntendent was present to answer questions. It was moved by Councilmember Latz, seconded by Councilmember Young, to authonze the Mayor and City Manager to execute a contract with WSB & Associates, Inc. (WSB) for services associated with the development of the plans and specifications for the storm water improvement projects scheduled for 2001. The motion passed 7-0. 9. Board and Committees a. Reappointment of John Mann to Fire Civil Service Commission It was moved by Councimmember Young, seconded by Councilmember Santa to reappoint John Mann to the Fire Civil Service Commission. The motion passed 7-0. b. Appointment of Nancy Nelson to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission It was moved by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Sanger to appoint Nancy Nelson to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission. The motion passed 7-0. 10. Communications From the City Manager—Charlie Meyer asked the Council to give their comments about the new agenda format to the Cindy Reichert, City Clerk. Council Meeting Minutes -6- October 2,2000 From the Mayor— None 11. Adjournment It was moved by Councilmember Nelson, seconded by Councilmember Latz, to adjourn the meeting at 8:19 p.m. The motion passed 7-0. L / A C Clerk Mayor