HomeMy WebLinkAbout[0b] Memo from AdministratorMEMORANDUM
Date: October 14, 2008
From: Judy Weyrens, Administrator
To: Mayor Rassier and Members of the Council
RE: Revised Agenda, meeting material
Please find to follow a revised agenda for the meeting on Thursday night. The changes
to the agenda include the addition of consent item 4(j) Software for facility scheduling,
deletion of item 12 (a) Parkway Business and 12 (b) Sal's Bar Liquor Violation, the
addition of 12(a) Special Use Permit -College of St. Benedict.
AGENDA DELETIONS
The Parkway Business Center was deleted as the attorney representing the developer
has requested that we have continued discussion on alternative platting or phases
before final approval. This matter will come back to the Council at a later time.
Sal's Bar has been deleted from the agenda as that is an information item only. The
owner was notified of the liquor violations and the fine. As of the time of writing this
the owner has not paid the fine. I will be sending the Police Department to the
establishment to discuss the outstanding invoice.
AGENDA ADDITIONS
Scheduling Software -The City Office is requesting to purchase software for scheduling
facilities. A request for Council action has been included.
Special Use Permit -College of St. Benedict: The Planning Commission conducted the
public hearing for a special use permit to allow the construction of a bus shelter on 3rd
Avenue NW. CSB would like to construct the shelter before the weather gets bad. It
should have been placed on the agenda and the recommendation was unanimous by the
Planning Commission. See packet information.
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INFORMATION ONLY
Liberty Pointe. The City has been working on collecting the outstanding assessments for Liberty
Pointe and prepared a demand on the letter of credit. The financing company has
acknowledged that the City has followed the process to collect on the letter of credit. However,
they do not have the available funds.
To keep the process moving forward, the City Attorney is preparing the information to sue
Lakeland for the funds. The total amount owed the City is approximately $ 94,000. As more
information is available we will provide.
Pay Equity. The request for Council action states that the first report was determined to be non
compliant with the law. When the initial report was prepared longevity was calculated for all
employees, when in reality only employees hired before a before 2000 receive longevity. The
longevity is a payment of $ 20 per year of service. The City Council phased this benefit out
with a limited number of employees receiving the benefit. The longevity test is the portion that
did not pass the test. Since the recalculation has been completed, the test passes. The City
Council is required to accept the revised report authorizing the same to be submitted to the
Department of Employee Relations.