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Home My WebLink AboutSP November 28, 1977 , CITY of ANDOVER ~~:rr.~~IA.L r:T'T'IY r;0TP1~TI, }.·~~'fII~r(} - ~!(lVE~-æB'" 28, 1977 1fI~TrrTEr; A ~peci~l ~'eetin~ of the Andover r;ity Council was called to order by ~ayor Jerry ryinðsc~ttl on ~ovember 2R, 1977, 7:36 p,m,. at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown nn1l1ev~,..d "T\'7, <tnoka, Hinnesota. ~(')n?}ci.lpersons TIresent: T..J<J.chi!lskt, HcGlure, Orttel (arrived 7:45), VanderLaan ~()llncil'Per8()n'3 absent: lTone 0\180 nresent: i;i.ty ~lerk, p. K. Lindq\list; and interested residents. Aç:entÌ,q Annrovql "'~n'T'Tr¡'fI,T by IJ~chinskt, S'econded by NcClure, to approve the AGenda as printed chan~ing Item 4 to ~~TA Anplication and Ttem 5, C~'!'.~ Comphint. Discussion was on the order of i_terns disC11ssed l1nder IteM 3, ~eorganization/Personnel. ~ol1nctlperRons HcClure and Vlchinski withdrew the Second and the 'Motion. "'.fr)rrTO'N' by T.J<1chinski, ,c;econded by !"cGlure, to approve the Agenda as printed redefining cBte~ory 3, ~eor~~nization/Personnel to: 1) Assessing; 2) Administrator; 3) Budget; ~nd 4) ~eta Application. ~otion carried on a 4-0 vote. A.ssessin~ ~tscu8sion was on the r.lerk's ~erno of October 3, 1977, discussing the v~rious alternatives the ~ity ~as with reg9rd to RsseBsin~ and cOMuaring assessing costs to nei~hboring co~munitie~ rrhe r.ounty of A~oka would do the é1s8essin~ for R maximum of ~7,OOO a year; however, at the present ttMe, once the ~ounty takes over the assessin~, the City cannot get it back, The ~ler~ noted that this is sUbject to change at any time the legislature decides to. Another alte~nattve would be to hire an independent ~ssessor. The difference between the City of Andover doin~ the assesstn~ as it is presently done and contracting someone else to do it is ~ s~vin~s to the ~ity of ap~~oxim~tely ~5,OOO to ~6,OOO for assessing, T):tscusston w:::.s on the RdvantR~es and disa.dv8nt.q~es of the City continuing the <3.8sessing. M~y~r ~rindschitl stated ~r. ~hurston feels his bir,~est contribution was in the uniformity 0" tl,~ boot.cs Rnd in the ~r.?d:tno: of l10mes within a classification. Also discussed were w~ys r)~ 1'I'easuri~~ t'he (l11Rli ty of assessing done in the City J that being the composite aver~.",:e the ¡;ou~ty lonl{8 at ~ndf to some de~ree, the Board of Review. r,(r. Thurston also told r.ol1ncil~er1on Ia.ctinski that another adv~nt~ge of the City doing the assessing was t~~t flA~rant e~rors in the bookkeepin~ are found More easily. Councilperson VanderLaan st~ted qnother indicator of the auality of assessing mi~ht be the number of phone calls , - toat the ~ity oandlp.s now as onposed to havin~ the County handle the assessing, She , . 01Jp.stioned the advanta~e to the City of having the books here, The Clerk noted there are ,> about ~ or ? phone c~llB per day from realtors asking information on parcels; and during , ' the nssessing p~riod, an ~vera~e of 3 to 4 calls a day are received with normal questions on their asseSSMents, ghe also noted that Mr, Thurston has done only ~O nercent of the , ' assessin~ for this year and has stated he will not finish in time as he is working totally , on zonjn~ matterr at the ~resent time. The field work must be completed by January 2, and the law requires 1/4 of the r;ity be visited and assessed each year. If the County fep-ls t~e ¡;ity iF not comnletin~ the assessin~ in the proper tiMe framework, they automati- cally take over ~he job. Dtscltssion WAS on the A~ount of work left for both building officials if the assessing , - is reMoved from the City; the salaries involved; and the savings to the City for assessing costs hy ~ontr~ctin~ it out. ~he ~lerk also noted that assessing was not included in the job rlesœip~ton for the CTï:rTlA funriin~ for the buildin~ official; therefore, removing the as.s;essinl'" from th~.t 11nsi.tinn would hqve no 1.mY:::l.ct on the C-S'1\\ fU!lding. Councilperson - ~n.ciRI City Council VeetinR "'!oveMber ?:P., 1977 - 'o!inutes P<1.~e ? tAchinB1<;:i commented 1.f Vie do have the Gounty do the ~ssessing, whether it is forced upon 118 or we elect to have it done, it is an extra cost in the budget. He felt the reason t~e ~tty is r~yin~ twi~e as rnlJch for assessin~ is because of a lack of 2 good administra- tor. ~ollTIcilnerson 0rttel felt thr'l.t by "O.<3.yinp: the r;'ounty to do the assessing, there is 111') R!1.vin!",'R to the ~ity, only an increased cost. He also believed that by taking the a:=;seqsin~ r11Jties étWqy, there isn't enouRh duties to assign to the position to fulfill 1,-Is tiMe. 'T"hqt 'nositi.on could cnnt<11.n the Zoninf,' AdministrfJ.tor and part of the Public ~I')r~q ~ssi~nments. Possibly the job descrintion could be rewritten in a realistic way to Rave nersonnel. ~len Pl')~et"s cnr:1!nented most "public works directors have worked their way up the field or h~ve been de~eed engineers. A "public 'works director can also be a city engineer, and ~e ~~n ~nvance to city admintstr8tor. In Coon T?apids, the City ~~na~er does have a Public AdMinistrator's de~ree and an En~ineer's degree, Most administrators do have ~n~ineeri.n~ back~rOl1nd. TIe felt thA.t assessors probably wouldn't be qualified for public w(')rks. ~o1ncilperson L~chinski didn't see the possibility of eliminating that position as we will need some backup building inspector, ~ayor ~indschitl stated the question is can a City the size of Andover afford to pay two people with the amount of qualifications they have to do the same work, Are we underemploying one or both of those people? Council- nerson Lachins~i stated n review of the entire ~ersonnel situation could be done with an !\dmtnistr.gtor to find out why it costs us twice as much to do the asse8sin~. 1T. Po~ers then stateci in the infant stages the building inspector and asse8sin~ are co~n~ttble; but at some time in the þublic works fu ture, they would have to break away. ryurin~ construction, the ~ity should have some qualified person overseeing the projects, :'\n indivirIll~l to ,'¡r'!'t"'k: d-;.!"~~tly with the cO!1sul té1.nts. Mayor ITindschitl noted that Dave r,10u,q:h has 80rne :engihèerinr,"' back~round. Cou!1cilperson I.achinski commented Hr. Clough has i!1formed },;tn 'he: is absolutely not interested in 'Public works. Councilperson Vanderlaan stated ~1ven the statement there is not enou~h time for the buildin~ official to perform ñis ~uttes ~nd ~iven the ~lternative to re~ove Rssessing from that position at a cost RaV{nÇS of ~S,n0n to ~6.n0n to the City, that actual cash outlay would increase if salaries !()r t11e bl1ildtnrr official a!"e kert at the rresent rate. ~o t~ke assessing away from that ~osttton wouldlbe l()o~in~ at a decre~se in duties and an addition of other duties, ~1.~ltertn~ that I~osition. The outcome of th~t is not clear. ~here are also ramifications of t~iA decision on the next discussion, an AdMinistrator. I H."J.:V!1!" ,.,.tndschit1 ¡:;tls~ested the possibility of using all of the staff':> backgrounds by 'O,fr. I'T'hurston ,'3.Sg11Min~ b11ildin~ inspection duties and h.aving Hr. ClouEh using his engineering , b~CK~r()tlnd 0!1d knowledge in public works, lookin~ within before goin6 outside for personnel. , ~ol1ncil"erson Lachinski felt this would limit a"plicants and we still need an administrator, , ~~~. POp'e~s com~ented the assessors in Coon ~a~ids prepare the assessment rolls as a way , of deriving revenues, !'s, LindquIst stated that was looked into with the Administrator before and w~s found to be much more expensive than what the engineerin$ firm could do it for. ryiscussiori W~G on the decision on the solution to the assessing and that of hiring , a ~ity Administr~tor were intertwined; therefore the administrative nosition should be . I - discussed before' a de~is:ton on the assessing is made. It was noted that both Hr. ~lough and ""r. Ij1hurstonl A,re t11\a.lified to do the assessina; for the City now. Councilperson LRchInski felt there iG too much work for two peonle the way it is structured now; an , adrntnistr:'ttor would 'Provide leRdershiþ_ Pullin~ some job away would free up some time for exp8.nsio'1 in the :'1.re"l '1f public warks. 1;'i.ve-minute recef;:S at i3:1+S T).M. I . . C;r~ci.t'3.l City Counci.l Veetin.tš "~ovember 2,9, 1977 - '·!inu tes P-"'!ge 3 .I\dm~_nl s tr~_t "ton ';0U!1C i Ine"f""son I.':3chinski re-1.d "l letter da tad "',fovernber 28, 1977, from Larry Carlson of the Perso~nel ~om~ittee st~tin~ t~e reasons for his snrport of the Personnel Committee's r~cn~Mendat1on to hi~e ~ ~ity AdniniAtrator/~n~ineer. Council~erson L~chinski co~mented on his memo to the Council dated ~'Tovember 6, 1977, in the cost breakdown, correcting an error under I\d~inistr:1.tor/Attor!1ey, the savin~s are~, add a line called Zonin~ E~forcement, ~'i,I)I)I). TIe then demnnstr"lted the City administrative structure at the present time and 'hn'\V 'I1e would It l<::e i t :reor~.'1nized. His su~~estion is, since Councilpersons cannot talk directly with the Attorney or Fn~ineer without incurrin~ additional cost to the City, that t~e r-ity snould h-1.ve its OTIn lef,~l ~nd en~inecrin~ advj~e to c~ll upon to get answers before ~eetin~s -- to get more professional expertise in house to allo~ proGrams and pro- jects to come from within. BecA.use of the current needs of the City (roads, construction :"!roje.-::ts, etc.), he recoMmend~d an 0dministrator with en~ineering bacl:ground. 'Ie felt the ~ity needs sOMebon.y in the field lookinG out for the City's interests. Hopefully this would ~.void the type of problem and cost OVerr11n that has occurred on the Prairie Poad 'P!"aject C1S n. ~ity 'Bn~ineer wonld Make the Council awa.re of these problems. There are MaTIY e~~i~eerin~ questions on Pr~irie Poarl th~t have not been answered. These things are being done by our consultinp, en~ineer Rnd there is no reason why we shouldn't reduce the costs of Ollr conSll1tin~ en~ineer and leave the decisions to us. Councilperson ~chinski also st8ted ~i8 ~er.Dn~l reason for hirin~ Gn engineer over an attorney is this is where the neonle in the r.ity s~end most of their ~oney, in projects. He also felt a consulting en~lneer shOlllr1 be hired on a -project by :9roject b."'!.sis providing the City with varied en~ineerin~ eX~8rti8e at cOMnetitivG costs. Also, with an engineer, questions could be Answered before Council rneetin~s; therefore, not as ~uch tiMe on engineerin~ matters wouE r1~~rl to be r,nent -qt ~onnctl r.'Ieetin~s. .JiM Ht:nor, Persnnnel ~om~ittee, S1H!1!'F3,rized the events leadine; up to their recoMmendation-~to t~e ~ouncil for' an AdMinistrator/~n~ineer to solve the City's Dersonnel nroblems. The I - " reco~~enrl~tion reflects the st~~e of develonment and ~rowth of the City, which has consider- 1- - ~ble eMPh~Gi~ on the en~ineerin~ ~spect of the City. It gives the City a positive direction t,.,ter'1~lly to rim the Gity ~nd heJp direct in the development of the City, An Administr!ltorl , - - tn~ineer could then Move with the City Council to solve a variety of internal problems. I r011n~il~erson V?nderL~~n, speakinr as a member of the Personnel Co~nittee, stated throußh- out t~e entire frocess there hqs alw~ys been a need for something besides what we have here. ~rOM th~t noint, there ~ave been dep~rture~ within the Committee. She felt the recommenda- tion by t~e ~o~mittee was a most costly reorgQnization. I ~ouncil~erso~ 0fttel otated there is some merit in t~lkin0 abnt an En~ineer because of SOMe of the rec~nt ~robleMs. He felt that had we hdd nn enrineer working on the Prairie ~o~d project, tte Council ITould have 3t le~st been aware that there was a þroblem. Re didn't feel an ~ttorney ~osition would have ns much of a jOb in the City as an engineer, TIe eX~reRsed co~cern on the ~r~i~ie Po~d project of the overrun on en~ineerinG fees; T1oRsib~_ly theGe Ikj_ndS of thin0s could be avoided with a City ~nr;ineer. ¥.e envisioned the en~tneer overseein~ ~rojects and re~ortin~ to the Council, keepinß the Council informed. r:ouncilT1erson VanderT,."1.:"1n stated thiG altern:'itive <would still require havinr; a consult.!1nt PlTIr1 consultant tees. ""he solution to do it yourself does not necess;:1.rily meE'l.!1 better "1t~lity or ß coqt snvincs. ~he ~ity contr~cts for mqny services wllhin the community, and sn~ -f"elt doín~ i¡t ol1.rselvl"'!.'J ì'!Ollld not necess,':\rily !':1e'1.TI a hir,her f'Ju!1lit;y of work [I_nd/or a ~ost s~v~n~s beC~'1se of t~e l~ck of e~uinment available for his use. I ' ~o'Jl1cill'erson rì1ttel r,ryr,,:mp.nted t'he Council h!1S never looked at the contract with TKDA, ~ret the City's ~o~~itteeG ~nd CO~Missions hQve chosen other firms for planning purposes. r:onnc;_l'!'e-Gon lIcGlnre GIì!"'1!"lsnted if the Council has questions of or þroblc!'!Is with a ~r')n8'tltinr; f.irm, ~e s10uld de~l with them directly rather than h~ving an in-house City ~mnl()ye~ dø..!J.I w~.th theM. The C':ity h·'1..s to hire <:1. consulting r;rou:p based on their tr;3.ck - - qT.~ci:11 ';ity Cou!1cil VeetinG 'T'Tover.tber 23, 1 q77 - "finu tes r~f1;e s li.f~ll of" ot'J,er services to the City (T'ire Dcrartment, Doad Improvement, Parl~s, etc.) . P:é1.yor l'!i.nd::::chttl exy¡lained tr,e ~aþi.t~l IM"9rOVe~ents ~ommittee ,'¡ill be MeetinG' DeceMber 5 to ñtscuss tr.ts, but the decision on the City's reorø;3ntzrttion must be decided first. T):i.scu.:.:siJ'J''1 ,'¡.,qs t(') tP11-;:e a vote on the conce-pt of hiring an Administrator/EnGineer at this t':tme FInd resolv:tn¡; the ":)!"(1ble!!Js wi.t:'1 assessinr:. ~~atever that decision is, the Personnel r,om~i.ttee ~~n then decide whet~er to redr~ft ~nd reinstate Ordinance 31 or to simply deal with the jo~ ðescrintion R8 a ~es~lution. r'Or'J"!Tn",r 'hy TJ''lchtn;:;ki, ~econded by Orttel, that the City Council, City of Andover, hire a r;i ty I\.dt1in;_str.'1.tor/~n~:i.!'1Ðer i'..S rl'1co1'!1Mended by the Personnel GOMmi ttee. Discussion: The anþlic~nt would h~ve to fit with1,n the s~lary rRnge recommended by the Personnel Comnittee. V()r¡'I"8 ()H t-mTHY'T: YE3-L''l.chinsl{.i, ~;cG1ure, Ortte1; 'T'TO_lYindsc hi tl, VanderLaan ~'otîon ci:\rried. Gouncil~erGon V~nder~~~n - the determination to hire ~ City Administrator/Znßineer, I feel, is indeed 0n iMnroper solution for ~ny administrRtive difficulties present at this time within the ~ity staff, and that it is not cost justified and can seriously endanßer tòe ouality of service to the residents, 'myor '7indschitl - I foel that other options were available that miGht have been better cost justified Ruch as promotion within the ~ity staff or the consideration of an AdMin- istrator/~ttorney, Ä.s.'18ss1 nt~ ~ouncilperson Orttel stated we must nay the Building Official's salary this year regardless of wh~t we do with aGsessin~ this year. If we let the ~ounty do it, then the City pays both the ~ounty ~nd someone Rt the Gity level, which is then an additionrrl expense. niscussto~ w~s en the effect the hirin~ of nn Administrator/Engineer for the City has on the a.<:;se~8or, n~ssibly th'1t ~ositio!1 sh.ould ~ake the ultimnte decision. Letting the , ~n"nty take ovel now, the ~ity miGht not get it back; and if the City doesn't cOMplete t'he ,~ls<:;p.~si.n~ in tiT"!e, tœ County "Jill .'3_utoM'1tic!111y take over. The City now has two 1"'!11'11ifiJ~d T'leonl~ to do the ."'!sses8in~ <J_G D:lve Clou~h has now been certified to do the ~_ss9:;1i't1~. The 1-1.!1101l!lt of tiMe needed for them to ~r"""~lete the field work and the ar.lOunt I of riuti.e"i the b11i1d:tn~ r)ff;ci."_ls r.!''lst nn\'! perform were '''.lso discussed. It "'nS suggested t~e ~sqcss~n~ i~ the City be left ~s is for t~is yeQr to ~void the extr~ expenditure of h~vin~ GO~e0ne else do it until an Administr~tor/~n~ineer c~n review the nrob1ûm and can I ., recoMmend {1 solntion to red11cinr; a.ssessinr; costs for the City. V!1yor \'lindschitl felt there COltld be ~ nrobleM with dividin~ the Qssessing duties as it should be done in a i - , c,.,n~e!1trŒted ~er1.od of tiMe wit!'! no interrutltions. nO'T"T(Î~T by ()rt~ell,.~GCOnded by ~~c:Clure, th.1.t the City Council issue é1 directive to both n'lvid r::lolJr:h :'1nd tT.:lmes 'rhurston to becin imr!ediate work on the aSS8SSr.1ent for the year i.n 0!'der to ~et ~t cOM~leted by the rroper date. vn",'8 o"r 1·'()'T1I01T: VSS'-TÆlchinski, ]"1cClure, Orttel; 1·;(ì-V.'lnder"[,.-'1Qn, ';tindschitl !fotion cnrried. ~~~A ~ud~et í1.nd ^~n].tcQtion w;nslo~'l H01~Get:, I Chrtirl:"(!_n ('If the Pond Ip.!prover,'\ent CO!J1!'1Íttee, "!"resented the Council with tnp-tr rrel i!"1tn,"lry renort of JTnveMber 28, 1977, of their 5-ye.'1r !"oad ir;¡proveMent plan for the r:ity ~_nri eX:!,,~,1.írted the ,,!;?1~,n()0 1}er ye~,r is to lrr~rnde a two-rÜle stretch of road each yep,!, to Clrl88 s. He nls0 exnl~jned the Ghort-r~n~e plnn and the rensons for reconmendin3 ~. :C-;r~r-:t~.1 r:tty ~{lnnci_1 ..··eeting:: Hnvel"1ber 28, 1977 - !!inutes T'lq,n;e 4 recl')rlÌ. in !1. ,~tve"1 areq nf expertise. If the Council has faith in the consultin~ ßroup, an tn- 'h1l1se nerson is not requtred. ~ounc11~erson L~chinGki explGined the Council needs SOMe ~dditi.on~l ~rof8ssionql in-house expertise; dn en~ineer is the best alternative because of the Mo~ey betn~ s~ent hy citizens in the City on enr,ineerin~ projects. '7i,nslow T'Toln.sek - felt the Gi ty has to look Qt ì'lhic~ dCIJa.rtment is goiI1r, to h!J.ve the nrimrtry r.rowt'1 in the f:'ity. Does t~e ~ity w~nt to expGnd services to the citizens in the are~s of snnw fJl_owinr:, diseased trees, etc.? To develop a prorrran of this type, the t;ity Sil')111d h'''.ve sOr.!eone in the .'õ1àrnin:i.stré1.tive field thr.\t Vlould h:1ve knowledge in this fi.eld. "r, HiJ10r didn't think that the Gity Council i:'1 the one body that shoull ",ake the nrofe~sional deci8io~s h~8ed on some track record. The consultin~ fir'" should not be reportin~ to t~e ~oHncil on a d~y to ctay b3Sis and should not be run by the Council on week nlg-hts. Tt should be run efficiently ~d",inistr~tively with people who understand w~~t the r.ity needG. TTe wouldn't feel cOMfortnble votin~ for a Councilmer.tber if he kne1¡'¡ }¡e w:'u; ~ctually vl')tin,~ for .<'in enp,'ineer; he's electing theM ~s concerned citizens to mQke eV3.11I:'lt1.on~. 'To 0-1.ve nn engineer ~.S well as n.n adrninÜ~tratot' would mrdŒ the C'i ty muc!-I ~I')re efficient ~nd wnttld sueak to the Council as a concerned citizen of Andover and as ~n ~~mtni8tr.,tor; nnd it also M~kes the Council More efficient. He felt there is ~ value o~ hAvin~ n nrofession~l rer80n work in the City full ti~e thé1t is qualified to ~ive t~~t A'ivj_ce. r.ouncil~erson V~nderL~an arrreed with the concept but felt there are people on the staff orp.r.,ttn~ in th~t ~~y now to some exte~t. Usinc Prairie Road as an ex!:t.Mple, she questioned the dir,q~vant~~e of nlrtcin~ nn en~ineer with the minimum equipMent, without ~ddition~l heln to oner~te the e~uip~ent, to operate on the sa",e level with the fir", that h3s 80 to 85 Deonle ~orkin~ with theM. Then the Gouncil has to second guess whether to ~o with the ~ity ~n~ineer or with the GonGultin~ fir~. !"T. ~!inor stated the oriGinal consideration w~s the need for ~n administrative reorr,~nization within the City. The GOM~ittee is re- cO~Mendin~ the best alternative is with the Ad~inistrator/Engineer cOMbination because An en~ineer would be an ~dde~ ~8set. ~here could probably be costs we haven't thoueht abnut th~t in one caGe could offset the entire cost in the next 5 ye~rs. An engineering combin~tion would ~ive a stron~ combination for the operation of Andover. It will make the GO'lUcil and the City better, 1rr. Pogers stated that an in-houoe engineer "!QuId have re~eived ~ ch~n~~ order tn ~ ,roject like Prairie Road, and would have presented that ch~n~e order to the Council for in~ut with his recommendation on hoVl to solve the problem. ~e felt the biggest advantage for ~ cOMbinntion administrator/enr,ineer is in the Rrea of nubltc w0rks, Maintenance, streets, sewers, etc. He felt this could h~ve saved us ~8,ooo to ~12,0nn on the tennis court. niRcussion W<'18 oJ cOMn;l.ri:n~ the two versions of the cost of hiring an Administrator/ , . ~n~inêer fo~ t~e rity ~8 researched by both Council~eron LachinGki and !fs. Lindquist i.nclu0tnr:: estitli'1ted eX!1en~e to the City for hiring an Administrrttor/~ngineer with regard , to ;-;~.l·?ry; benefits; tr~nsnort~tion; not nece8s~rily needing n rer,istered professional , en~t "leer; the ~lrch~~e of "n additional City vehicle to be available for the Administrator to take ho",e (nosr.ibly with ~ mile'~e li",it) and "'ade av~ilable for all e",ployees to use , - during the workinR d,v; salary of addition~l secretarial help needed (I~, Lindquist felt mo~e sec~et~rial ~el~ ~ill eventually be needed, ~rob~bly soone~ if an Administrator/ 'Snq-ineer 5.s hired{; fn:rn.:i.ture ,"lnd 8u!J"!)lies (Councilpersm L-.'1chinski felt this ex:rense Shoulrl be n~ortized over ~ period of yeGrs and felt th~t very little enGineerin~ equipment Vlould be reouiredl !~s. Liniluist noted th~t looking at the 1978 budget, th"t expense can- not be ::lrlOrtizeñ.; dtSCIlSS1.0n 1,'/,')s on the ;'J.ccuracy of the estimated equi:pmcnt needed and its ~08t); ~nd the 8qvin~s to the City by h~vin~ its o?m enßineer. Discussion continued on the , - total estim"ted aMount from the budget required to hire ~n AdMinistr~torlSngineer for the City of ~ndove~. ~stim~tes we~e an Addition of ~15,OOO to ~20,OOO per yeqr. Discussion WqS on the advisQbtlity of usin~ the money in the bud~et for an AdMinistrator/~nßineer in -~ S'peci,~l ~tty ~ounc:i.l l.feetinlj Hovember' ?,~, lq?7 - ~U!1utes ?A,,:e h "'11Jr~}¡"IRin~ two trucks ~'1.d Q chinper And the hirin.~ of three G~TA employees for a ye::'tr" mhp.1.r ~e~o~~end~tion is to ~ive supnle~entGl help in nlowinß and road ~aintenance, plus t'l,"'J n...."ject of rl-!..se"!.sed tree reM')vql, whi.ch is an enormous tB.sk for the City" ~he State will reiMbur~e ~~ to 4n ~ercent fOT enutpMent for diseased tree removal" T)1.sc11ssion 1'!."S also on the duties the C~~A e~ployees cqn perforM and on who is ~oin~ to :;11"'Jervise t'hen" Ps, LJndcuiGt Dtrlted the specific duties to be performed must be listed on the ~npltc~tion" Councilnerson I~chinskt felt '~r" Huscovitz would be <:tble to tlssist in S11.rervi<d_n,,; the cr~". em'Ployees" 1I:'r.... Lindquist also noted these particulßr CETA employees .0, wl1ulri not h1.ve tfJ be hi.red by the Gi ty once the CET.'\. fun dine; expi.red; they c~n be hired for a S!1ec ific tirE :neriod only" C~~A funding also covers 100 percent of the ~orkmen's compenR~tion for t~ese employees" Applicntions Must be S11bnitted now or there is a nn~sibility t~e City m~y not receive these employees. ~he ~~~it~l I~~rovernents COM~ittee ~i11 review the P.o~d Improvement Corn~ittee's report on '1"l)nd_-:ty, December 5; the GB~Æ ~pDlications will be rut on the December 6 TIe~~lar City Council A~enda. ~'r]'1'Trw hy O!"ttel, ~ecmlder1 by ~7indschitl, to adjourn, !lotion c,'.rried unanimously, '''eetin~ ad.journed ~_t 11:oA TI"M" rye~nectful1y sT1b~i.tted, ~~.,()(J~~L "~rcelh ^_. f'JCA.~h Pecnrcttn~ ~ecretqry I l ).'1 ...J '). ¡ ( I I ; , '.. .,' I, .f,'y :".~; 0 ,.~'·Y .",1'; i ¡ \