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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006/08/21 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular _IfCITY OF OFFICIAL MINUTES iST. LOUIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING PARK ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA August 21, 2006 1. Call to Order Mayor Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7.30 pm. Council members present. Mayor Jeff Jacobs, John Basill, C. Paul Carver, Phil Finkelstein, Paul Omodt, Loran Paprocki and Susan Sanger Staff present: City Attorney (Mr. Scott), Deputy City Manager(Ms. Gohman), Finance Director (Mr. DeJong) and Recording Secretary (Ms. Stegora-Peterson). 2. Presentations 2a. Recognition of Mark Ortner Resolution No. 06-133 Mayor Jacobs presented Mark Ortner with Resolution No. 06-133 in recognition of over 30 years of service to the St. Louis Park Police Department. 2b. Junior Naturalists Michelle Frank, volunteer organizer at Westwood Hills Nature Center, stated the Junior Naturalists put in over 2,400 hours this summer. Mayor Jacobs thanked the Junior Naturalists and their families. 3. Approval of Minutes 3a. Study Session Minutes of June 12, 2006 The minutes were approved as presented. 3b. Study Session Minutes of July 10, 2006 Councilmember Sanger noted on the first page, second paragraph of Communications plan, insert "and that she saw no reasons to redesign it." after"..likes the current St. Louis Park logo". Councilmember Finkelstein indicated on page two regarding the Sanitary Sewer Back up policy, the City Council agreed to bring this back to a future Study Session to come up with a policy on how to deal with the situation. There was general agreement on how the Council would handle this The minutes were approved as corrected City Council Minutes -2- August 21, 2006 3c. City Council Minutes of July 24, 2006 Councilmember Finkelstein indicated on page two, item #2, the following should be inserted after the first paragraph. "Councilmember Finkelstein said that the problem needs to be identified first and that they need to research not just problem rentals, but also problem owners. The Police Chief agreed to come up with a"Top 20" list and there was general agreement that a large number of calls come from certain problem properties, whether they are rental or homeowners." The minutes were approved as corrected. 3d. City Council Minutes of August 7, 2006 The minutes were approved as presented. 4. Approval of Agenda and Items on Consent Calendar NOTE The Consent Calendar lists 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 4a. Approve the Meadowbrook Manor Parkland Lease 4b. Approve the Northwest Metro Drug Task Force Agreement 4c. Approve two resolutions 1) Resolution No. 06-135 concumng in the revocation of CSAH 17 and approving Hennepin County Cooperative Agreement No. PW 27-05-06; and, 2) Resolution No. 06-136 designating France Ave as a Municipal State Aid Street 4d. Approve Housing Authority Minutes of July 12, 2006 4e. Approve Telecommunications Minutes of May 4, 2006 4f. Approve Planning Commission Minutes of July 19, 2006 4g. Approve BOZA Minutes of June 22, 2006 4h. Approve Vendor Claims for Filing(supplement) It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Carver, to approve the Agenda and items listed on the Consent Calendar The motion passed 7-0 5. Boards and Commissions 5a. Appointment of Citizen Representatives to Boards and Commissions It was moved by Councilmember Paprocki, seconded by Councilmember Carver to appoint citizen representatives to Boards and Commissions as follows: Sonja Johnson as the youth commissioner to the HRC; Dalton Shaughnessy, alternate youth commissioner to the HRC; Lauren Webb-Hazlett as the youth commissioner to the PRAC, and, Trinicia Hill as commissioner to the Housing Authority The motion passed 7-0 City Council Minutes -3- August 21, 2006 5b. Motion to approve resolution adopting revised procedures for City Boards & Commissions Councilmember Sanger indicated in paragraph D, Qualifications, she felt there should be additional conversation regarding applications for appointment by employees. She believed it should say city employees, but beyond that there was some question about what kind of conflicts of interest might happen if a paid on-call firefighter was appointed to the Fire Civil Service Commission. There could be other situations where that might happen. This needed a little more work before they approved it. Mayor Jacobs asked if they should send it back for additional information from City staff and/or the City Attorney? Councilmember Carver felt that was a good idea. There are several people who are part-time dunng the summer who are currently on boards and commissions. He recognized the same thing as Councilmember Sanger in terms of the general purpose. The City Council needed some help defining exactly who it was they would believe as a general rule had a conflict of interest and come up with a definition that would help identify that, yet not exclude others Councilmember Finkelstein agreed and felt it should be reviewed. Mayor Jacobs stated they had a brief discussion in the context of one of the board and commission interviews. It was moved by Councilmember Sanger, seconded by Councilmember Finkelstein to defer discussion for additional staff work and for the item to brought back to City Council when staff was prepared Councilmember Carver clarified this was specifically regarding the definition of the word employee Councilmember Finkelstein indicated they already tried to review it, under the definition of PER]LA but that didn't handle the situation appropnately Ms. Gohman noted staff had a Personnel Policy with definitions of employees for the City, and staff will work with the attorneys and get it back to City Council. Mayor Jacobs indicated they were not trying to exclude people that would be valuable to have on boards and commissions, yet avoid the possibility of a conflict of interest The motion passed 7-0 6. Public Hearings - None 7. Requests, Petitions, and Communications from the Public—None City Council Minutes -4- August 21, 2006 8. Resolutions, Ordinances, Motions 8a. 2005 Bond Issue Modifications Resolution No. 06-134 Mr. DeJong presented the staff report. Councilmember Paprocki asked if they didn't spend this money, what type of penalties from the IRS would there be? Mr. DeJong replied they are supposed to issue the bonds and use them for public purposes in a reasonable time frame. If they hadn't issued the bonds or if they had issued them on a taxable basis, somebody would be paying taxes to the IRS. The IRS views anything they earn as interest above and beyond the base bond interest rate as arbitrage and will require the City to require that. Rather than having to repay something that may approach $100,000 worth of interest, he would prefer to have that available for projects. It was moved by Councilmember Omodt, seconded by Councilmember Paprocki, to adopt Resolution No.06-134 Amending the Projects Funded by the $3,705,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005A The motion passed 7-0 9. Communications Mayor Jacobs noted the Fall Music Festival will be held September 16th at Wolfe Park. Councilmember Paprocki encouraged residents use mass transit to get to the State Fair. 10. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m. City Clerk Mayor