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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.01.06 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES PRE-MEETING MAY 1, 2006 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Soderberg at 6:30 p.m. Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Soderberg, Fogarty, McKnight, Pritzlaff, Wilson None Joel Jamnik, City Attorney; Peter Herlofsky, City Administrator; Robin Roland, Finance Director; Kevin Carroll, Community Development Director; Dan Siebenaler, Police Chief; Randy Distad, Parks and Recreation Director; Lee Mann, Director of Public Works/City Engineer; Lisa Shadick, Administrative Services Director; Brenda Wendlandt, Human Resources Director; Cynthia Muller, Executive Assistant 2. APPROVE AGENDA MOTION by McKnight, second by Pritzlaffto approve the Agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS 4. COUNCIL REVIEW OF AGENDA Councilmember Fogarty mentioned regarding the Council Workshop on May 17, she will need to leave early for another meeting at 7:00 p.m. As far as the Council Workshop on May 23, she is unsure if she will be able to attend. The location ofthat meeting will be Stonemill Farms in Woodbury. Councilmember McKnight was concerned with the cost of the School and Conference for Human Resources Director Wendlandt and asked for a breakdown of the cost. The conference is $1,000, the hotel is $800 and airfare is estimated at $400-$500. Councilmember McKnight felt this was a large amount for one conference. Councilmember McKnight requested an update on an issue with Castle Rock be added to the workshop agenda for May 2, 2006. For that agenda there will be an Executive Session at 5:00 p.m., an update on the process for a new City Hall at 5:30, and following that an update on Castle Rock. Councilmember Fogarty noted she may not be in attendance for the Executive Session. Council Minutes (Pre-Meeting) May 1, 2006 Page 2 Councilmember Wilson had a question about the Community Survey. Question 14 asks about fiber to the premises. He was concerned many residents may not know what that is and asked staffto work on the wording. Also, regarding the item on the architectural contracts for City Hall and the 1 st Street garage he was concerned that the numbers are higher than the CIP. He did not want to box the City into a 6% construction cost. Finance Director Roland noted the $414,000 would have been included in the $8.6 million that was estimated at the workshop. If Council wants to reduce the size of the project at some point, staff would ask Wold to revisit the 6%. This is consistent with every project that has been done with them. City Administrator Herlofsky stated the ability to negotiate with a service provider is always the option of the customer. If Council has concerns he would be comfortable talking with Wold about it. Councilmember Pritzlaff asked about reducing the fee at Rambling River Park for a class reunion. He asked if doing this for one would be setting a precedent. Parks and Recreation Director Distad stated they may be setting a precedent, but it could be taken on a case by case basis. This request was based on a class reunion. Mayor Soderberg felt they were staying consistent with the fee schedule, as they are unsure how many people will be attending. If they exceed 150 people they will be willing to pay the additional garbage fee. They are requesting to reduce the $200 event fee to the shelter fee of$40. Councilmember Pritzlaff asked if staff would recommend a 50% cut rather than going from $200 to $40. Staff noted the class reunion group requested to pay the shelter fee and that is what the Park and Rec Commission is recommending to the Council. Councilmember Pritzlaff also felt the School and Conference cost was high for Human Resources. He then asked about the appointment recommendation for Finance and if that was vacant now. Staff noted it is a new position that was approved in the 2006 budget. Additional staff is needed as they are converting to a new utility billing system. Councilmember Pritzlaff also asked about the architectural contracts for City Hall and the 1 st Street garage. He would have been more comfortable having the final numbers on the Fire Station before proceeding with another project with them. He was uncomfortable with Wold starting these projects. City Administrator Herlofsky noted Wold's architectural work is excellent. Most of the projects he has worked with Wold on involved a construction manager. That is an excellent balance. If there is an issue with cost or change orders, if you have a construction manager you are much more in charge of that than with a general contractor. Councilmember Wilson asked if a project manager would be someone from staff or an individual within the firm. City Administrator Herlofsky replied he was talking about a construction manager. The City would be their own general contractor. You would hire someone to manage the project for you. There would be a separate contract with the architect and a construction manager. This has been tremendously beneficial in generating business for the local economy. Local contractors are able to bid on a project. The construction manager and the architect both work for you and you have two opinions on an issue. Council Minutes (Pre-Meeting) May 1, 2006 Page 3 5. STAFF COMMENTS City Administrator Herlofsky stated he has felt welcomed by the Council and staff and his first day has been very enjoyable. Finance Director Roland informed Council of the two supplemental items. 6. ADJOURN MOTION by Pritzlaff, second by McKnight to adjourn at 6:51 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, /) /" ,.#/ (~~~tU /YJ~ /' Cynthia Muller Executive Assistant COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR May 1, 2006 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Soderberg at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Soderberg led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. a) Introduction and Swearing-In of City Administrator Peter Herlofsky, Jr. Mayor Soderberg administered the Oath of Office to City Administrator Herlofsky. 3. ROLL CALL Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Audience: Soderberg, Fogarty, McKnight, Pritzlaff, Wilson None Joel Jamnik, City Attorney; Peter Herlofsky, City Administrator; Robin Roland, Finance Director; Kevin Carroll, Community Development Director; Dan Siebenaler, Police Chief; Randy Distad, Parks and Recreation Director; Lee Mann, Director of Public Works/City Engineer; Lisa Shadick, Administrative Services Director; Brenda Wendlandt, Human Resources Director; Cynthia Muller, Executive Assistant Randy Oswald, Richard Girard, Ken Lewis, Marek Kopec, Nick Schultz, Cindy Weber 4. APPROVE AGENDA Councilmember McKnight pulled item 7e) School and Conference - Human Resources for a separate vote. Finance Director Roland noted there are three supplemental items on the agenda. MOTION by Wilson, second by Pritzlaffto approve the Agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS a) Proclaim Heritage Preservation Month - Administration MOTION by Fogarty, second by Wilson to proclaim Mayas Heritage Preservation Month. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. b) Introduce New Employee - Police Department Richard Girard was introduced as the new Community Service Officer. c) Introduce New Employee - Community Development Marek Kopec was introduced as the new Building Inspector. Council Minutes (Regular) May 1, 2006 Page 2 d) Recognized Finance Director Roland Mayor Soderberg presented Finance Director Roland with a plaque from the City Council recognizing her work as Acting City Administrator. Police Chief Siebenaler also presented Finance Director Roland with a plaque from the Management Team thanking her for her work as Acting City Administrator. Councilmember Pritzlaff also thanked the Management Team and all employees for their work during this time. 6. CITIZEN COMMENTS 7. CONSENT AGENDA MOTION by McKnight, second by Wilson to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: a) Approved Council Minutes (4/17/06 Regular) b) Received Information Capital Outlay - Parks and Recreation c) Approved Request to Reduce Fee for Event at Rambling River Park - Parks and Recreation d) Approved School and Conference - Parks and Recreation f) Approved School and Conference - Administration g) Received Information School and Conference - Administration/Information Technology h) Received Information Capital Outlay - Human Resources/Information Technology i) Adopted RESOLUTION R47-06 Approving Participation in a Hazard Mitigation Planning Process - Police Department j) Set May 15, 2006 Interview Heritage Preservation Commission - Administration k) Scheduled May 17 and May 23 Council Workshops - Administration I) Adopted RESOLUTION R48-06 Reimbursement Resolution - Finance m) Approved Appointment Recommendation Finance - Human Resources n) Adopted RESOLUTION R49-06 Approving 225th Street Road Maintenance Agreement - Community Development 0) Approved Findings of Fact - Conroy Request - Community Development p) Approved Architectural Contracts for City Hall and 1 st Street Garage Proj ects - Administration q) Approved Bills APIF, MOTION CARRIED. e) School and Conference - Human Resources Councilmember McKnight felt the cost of $2300 was too high for one training session. Councilmember Pritzlaff also felt the cost was too high. MOTION by Pritzlaff, second by McKnight to deny the request. Voting for: Fogarty, McKnight, Pritzlaff, Wilson. Voting against: Soderberg. MOTION CARRIED. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS Council Minutes (Regular) May 1, 2006 Page 3 9. AWARD OF CONTRACT a) Adopt Resolution - Hill Dee Reconstruction Project - Engineering Three bids were received. S.R. Weidema submitted the low bid in the amount of $2,265,132.85. The estimated base construction cost from the feasibility report was $2,069,000. The fuel prices have caused the increase and also the cost of pipe installation. Councilmember McKnight asked how the excess cost is made up. Finance Director Roland replied the bonding cost would include the levy amount that is the City's portion. The $2.2 million is within the base feasibility cost plus the contingency. Any change orders would exceed the current budget for this project. Councilmember Wilson stated he will be looking for change orders and the developer inflating costs through the change orders. He trusted staff will keep a close eye on the project. Councilmember Pritzlaff stated if a change order comes in higher than expected, what procedures are in place to verify the cost. City Engineer Mann replied there are guidelines used and the City's specifications reference the MnDOT specifications. There are dispute resolution procedures where the City can require certain documentation. MOTION by Wilson, second by McKnight adopting RESOLUTION RSO-06 accepting the base bid ofS.R. Weidema Inc. of$2,265,132.85 and awarding the project. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 10. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a) Fiber Infrastructure - Human Resources On April 5, 2006 there was a Council Workshop to discuss fiber to the premises and the concept of expanding the City-owned fiber infrastructure to allow for opportunities to provide broadband services throughout the community. The City already owns a significant amount of fiber infrastructure to serve the needs of the City organization. There are expansion capabilities in anticipation of future needs within the City organization and throughout the community. Staff outlined the next steps for Council to consider as they weigh the options for broadband connectivity. The process would be the same whether the Council chooses wireless, fiber to the premises, or some other option. 1. Develop a comprehensive plan for fiber infrastructure for all future developments and City reconstruction projects. Staff recommended hiring a consultant to work with the Council and staff. 2. Determine an interim solution for development occurring before the comprehensive plan is completed including the development of fiber optic design standards. Council Minutes (Regular) May 1,2006 Page 4 3. Determine options for the established section of the community and develop specifications that will provide the opportunity to phase fiber connectivity into these areas. 4. Discuss funding mechanisms for City broadband projects. The 2006 budget does not have provisions for funding broadband connectivity, however fiber infrastructure could be added to project costs as the various projects move forward. The communications budget could also be used to pay for up front consulting costs or incidentals. Councilmember McKnight stated he is not sold on this. He does not like approving plans to move forward without talking about money. Councilmember Wilson also was not comfortable. He agreed with the concept but hiring a consultant before we are 100% sure of what direction we are going to go is problematic. He was definitely not in favor of taking money from any other budget, including the communications budget, to hire a consultant. He needs to gain more knowledge on this topic before he would agree to move forward. Councilmember Pritzlaffwould like more workshops to obtain more information. He felt it was too early to get into these steps. Councilmember Fogarty noted we are in the process of starting to update the comp plan. She asked ifthese types of things were addressed in the comp plan or should be addressed in the plan. Community Development Director Carroll agreed as it is a very important topic. Some preparations will be devoted to this in a couple sections. Councilmember Fogarty felt this would be very beneficial to the community, but would like more information. She was uncertain how to get more information without getting someone from outside the City who has this area of expertise. Mayor Soderberg stated fiber to the premises is a piece of infrastructure. He believes that infrastructure is best owned by the public rather than the private sector. The private sector rides on that same infrastructure on an equal footing. You do not have one piece of the private sector controlling access to the residents. If the City owns the infrastructure then the residents have a great opportunity to choose who they will get various services from whether it is telephone, internet, television, etc. Fiber is the infrastructure. It is not an internet service provider. The services themselves are best handled by the private sector. City Administrator Herlofsky suggested Council and staff review this as part of the 2007 budget. This is not a unique situation to Farmington. Staff can check with other communities and make it part ofthe 2007 budget. The broadband capability of any community when competing for sustainable growth is a real nice addition. If it was in the City it would be an enterprise fund operation. We need a business plan for this project over the next 2-3 years because there is some investment before there is any return on capital. Council needs to be comfortable with those numbers. Councilmember Wilson would like more information from other cities. Councilmember McKnight stated we are talking about putting in an infrastructure Council Minutes (Regular) May 1, 2006 Page 5 system that provides internet, telephone, television services which he already receives. So why are they putting in another set of infrastructure? Mayor Soderberg replied he would favor doing this because of options and choices. Choices drive the price down and provide a broader menu of services available. Councilmember Wilson noted at the workshop they had a strong advocate for this service. He would like to hear from a strong opponent of the services. He would like to know other cities experiences with this. Councilmember Pritzlaff also felt we have these services now, so what is the benefit. He could like to have a handle on the cost. He would like to know how much cheaper wireless is than fiber to the premises and what do we gain. Mayor Soderberg replied based on the fiber installed right now we could service most of the City with wireless if there were a provider that wanted to use our system for wireless connectivity. We have spent a great deal of money installing this for City purposes. Councilmember Fogarty noted we have many months to obtain more information. She would like to find someone who has a different perspective on this for a workshop. b) Approve Precinct Boundary Changes - Administration Due to the growth ofthe City and the increased number of voters, staffhas added two precincts for a total of six precincts. Administrative Services Director Shadick presented a map showing the new boundaries. Polling locations will be as follows: Precinct 1 - Rambling River Center Precinct 2 - Kindergarten Center Precinct 3 - Meadowview Elementary School Precinct 4 - Akin Road Elementary School Precinct 5 - Bible Baptist Church Precinct 6 - Farmington Middle School West Councilmember Pritzlaff asked why we are going to six precincts. Staff replied in 2004 the precincts were from 2400 voters to over 3000. They should be at approximately 1800 voters. The last increase in precincts was in 2002. Councilmember McKnight asked if we have equipment available for two more precincts. Staff noted the equipment was included in the budget. The residents should receive a notice in the mail mid-summer. MOTION by Pritzlaff, second by Wilson to adopt RESOLUTION R51-06 revising precinct boundaries and establishing polling locations. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a) 210th Street Update - Engineering Council had been given a schedule for the 21 oth Street process. Staff presented an update regarding the schedule. Staffhas been discussing the issues with several parties. The draft ap~raisal has been received. One major issue is what the configuration of210t Street needs to be at TH3. MnDOT agreed to lining up the center line of 21 oth Street with the existing Willow Street. Based on that alignment the easement drawings and appraisal need to be revised to show this Council Minutes (Regular) May 1, 2006 Page 6 alignment. The easement drawings should be done this week and will be forwarded to the appraiser. Staffhas also met with Mr. Regan on the outcome of the discussions. Staffhas forwarded a proposal to Mr. Regan regarding the right- of-way. Staff has also met with Manley Land Development and Winkler Development to discuss the need for these developers to participate in the project and they are willing to do so. They would like to see a concept allocation developed by staff. Staff continues to work with Mr. Regan on a settlement for the right-of-way. As the easement descriptions, drawings and appraisal need to be revised staffhas decided not to ask Council tonight to initiate the quick take process. The City Attorney also noted there is some pending legislation that might be more finalized by the June meeting that mayor may not have an impact on this process. City Attorney J amnik stated the legislation is scheduled to adjourn in three weeks. The pending legislation will affect all pending condemnation proceedings. So ifthe proceeding was started now, there may be a mid-course correction. It would be best to wait to bring this back to Council at a June meeting. b) Consider Draft Community Survey Questionnaire - Administration Council authorized staffto work with CJ Olson Market Research to conduct a community survey. This will be a telephone survey covering 500 residents. There will be 42 structured questions and 3 open-ended questions. Originally Council authorized 25 structured questions at $16,125. The cost for 42 structured questions and 3 open-ended questions would be $17,825. The cost is included in the communications budget. Staff asked for Council feedback on the questionnaire and approval for 42 questions. Councilmember Fogarty was comfortable with 42 questions. As for how long each survey would take, for 25 questions it was estimated to take 15-20 minutes. Councilmember McKnight asked about the time line for the survey and getting the results back to Council. Administrative Services Director Shadick replied they would like to start the survey on Thursday if it is approved and the calling takes 2- 3 weeks and it takes another week to compile the information. The information would be presented to Council at the second meeting in June. Councilmember McKnight reviewed the questions and was ready to move forward. Councilmember Wilson wanted to make sure residents understand the question regarding fiber to the premises and what that means. He wanted to make sure it was worded so the average resident would understand the question. Staff will work on re-wording the question. Mayor Soderberg was comfortable with the questions. Councilmember Pritzlaffwas also concerned with the question on fiber to the premises. He asked what time of day the survey would be done. Staff noted it varies. They will do thousands of calls until they get 500. He suggested this be put on the web site and in the newspaper to let residents know these calls will be coming. Councilmember Fogarty requested they wait a week to start calling to give her an opportunity to review it. Council Minutes (Regular) May 1, 2006 Page 7 City Administrator Herlofsky asked what can be done to make sure the responses are statistically appropriate for the results. Depending on who calls and when they call, what assurances does the consultant have to make sure the information is reliable? Administrative Services Director Shadick contacted the consultant and they use a professional sample house out of Atlanta to obtain the numbers and sampling of residents to obtain the information. He will e-mail staff to more specifically identify the process. City Administrator Herlofsky mentioned since the survey was done a number of years ago and the questions are very similar, how do we make sure that what we do is look at the past and look at today to make sure we understand the changes that have occurred in the community which caused them to feel it has gotten better or something has not improved as well as we would like. Administrative Services Director Shadick also asked the consultant about that and he will compare the information with what was received in 2001 in his presentation. Mayor Soderberg suggested approving this subject to the City Administrator's comfort of proceeding allowing some time for Councilmember Fogarty to review the questions and for the consultant to respond. It was decided to bring this back to the next Council Meeting for approval. MOTION by Wilson, second by Pritzlaffto table this until the May 15, 2006 Council Meeting. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. c) Consider RFP's Economic Development Summit Facilitator - Community Development Staff received five proposals from companies interested in serving as a facilitator for the Economic Development Summit. The proposals break down into three topics. The first is cost. Dakota Electric through its Partners in Progress program makes funding available to cities. Last year staff proposed using the funding from this year for a consultant for an Economic Development plan. The amount is $5,000. The costs proposed ranged from $14,700 - $2,625. The second issue is individual versus team approach. In some proposals there is a team approach and in other proposals there is a single point of contact. The third issue is what is the most relevant type of experience. Some have significant economic development experience and not so much experience facilitating and some are the opposite. City Administrator Herlofsky felt it was not sure what Council is looking for as far as a product. This is why a wide range of costs and proposals were received. He was not sure he was hearing the same definition of economic development. The facilitator is the least important person in the meeting. Council wants input from the public, the community, and from stakeholders and they are not always the same people. We need to determine how to get the appropriate participants. He spoke with the President of the Chamber and they also want to assist with this. He will be meeting with them the middle of May. Council Minutes (Regular) May 1, 2006 Page 8 Councilmember McKnight felt the Hoisington proposal was a proposal to make a proposal. He recalled Council did not want to get too far down the line because they wanted public input first. Council needs to decide if they want to bring in a facilitator or start the discussions with a group and then bring in the facilitator. Councilmember Fogarty asked ifthere was any value in bringing the proposals to the Economic Development Authority and let them weigh in. Councilmember Wilson agreed there would be value in waiting. He liked the proposal from Economic Development Services. City Administrator Herlofsky noted there is nothing in the proposal as to the outcome Council is looking for. A couple things should be identified for someone to target. Councilmember Pritzlaff also liked the proposal from Economic Development Services. City Administrator Herlofsky asked what Council's definition is of economic development. Is it industrial, production, retail, theater, commercial, housing, a better transportation system? Councilmember Pritzlaff replied for him it would be industrial and commercial. Councilmember McKnight felt it was clear Council needs more discussion before a facilitator is brought in. City Administrator Herlofsky suggested waiting to see what the community survey says. The survey is primarily residents talking about the community. Maybe the next step is to move into the business community. Also, what about the person that travels through the community every day. Council agreed to wait with this and set up a workshop to discuss this further. City Administrator Herlofsky suggested laying out a calendar of events, how they apply to each other, and workshops. This would also include what the EDA is doing, what the Council is doing, etc. Council agreed to share the proposals with the EDA. A consensus was reached to table this item until City Administrator Herlofsky feels it is appropriate to bring it back to Council. 12. NEWBUSINESS 13. COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE Councilmember Wilson: be an excellent addition. He welcomed City Administrator Herlofsky and felt he will He attended the Mayor/Managers meeting. A survey was done of Dakota County residents about demographic groups. One thing he noticed pertained to communications. The survey indicated residents would support more revenue being directed towards communications ifthey received a better understanding of what local governments do and why they do it. Web sites and more print communication are well received. An update was received regarding Vermillion River Crossings and a change in the project management team. He can appreciate a change of plans in business, but there is a lot of interest in economic development by residents. The developer came to one meeting and was very accusatory towards the Council and the management team indicating that Council Minutes (Regular) May 1, 2006 Page 9 people in the City were not excited about the project, that staff did not want the project, etc. This Council and management team wants this project. There is no one in City Hall or in the entire City that is against good, smart, commercial development. Councilmember Wilson did not think it was acceptable for the City to be treated as a second rate City, as a second rate Council, as a second rate management team, and be lead around by a developer who does not have as much interest in the project as we do. Councilmember Wilson would like to see a couple Councilmembers and the management team meet with the new project team, find out what their intentions are, communicate Council's interest in having the project, etc. He felt the City needed to be more proactive in this regard. He wants residents to know this Council and staff are working hard to get this done. Councilmember Pritzlaff: He was disappointed there is a delay in the Vermillion River Crossings project. He felt it would be great to have a workshop with the developer to discuss the delay face to face. He received an e-mail regarding code violations on 808 2nd Street. There have been three violations. Part of him has no sympathy, give them a notice, and they do not need to know when it will be re-inspected. This seems to be a reoccurring problem and felt it should have been handled differently from a staff standpoint. Mayor Soderberg stated they have avoided up until now having a code enforcement officer. Violations have been handled on a complaint basis. That could be discussed for the 2007 budget or beyond. If there is a concern about how staff is handling a particular situation, it should be taken up with the City Administrator. Councilmember Pritzlaff stated he would not support having a code enforcement officer as he is not out to look for someone. When he has a resident that calls and a person as three violations he has to look at the situation. He distributed some information from the last Cedar Group meeting. City Administrator Herlofsky: Thanked Council for the opportunity. Finance Director Roland: Appreciated the sentiments of Council and the management team. She also thanked staff for their support and hard work. Community Development Director Carroll: There will be a session on Economic Development 101 by Dakota Electric on May 9,2006 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Police Chief Siebenaler: Council authorized the disposal of 49 bikes as excess property at Peddler in the Park on May 13, 2006 by silent auction. He encouraged anyone missing a bike to contact the Police Department and describe it. The biggest single portion of any taxpayer's tax bill goes towards public safety. A large portion ofthat goes towards personnel and another portion to buy equipment. On May 18, 2006 at the Western Service Center in Apple Valley there will be a Public Safety Day Council Minutes (Regular) May 1, 2006 Page 10 display. This will be the biggest single display of public safety equipment and personnel in Dakota County. It will be held from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Parks and Recreation Director Distad: On May 6, 2006 will be the Pond and Park Clean-Up Day from 9:00 - 11 :00 a.m. There will be an appreciation lunch at Rambling River Park at 11 :30 a.m. Following that will be an Earth! Arbor Day celebration. Administrative Services Director Shadick: As part of the May Preservation Month celebration, the Heritage Preservation Commission will be conducting a tour of a historic home at 520 Oak Street, owned by Steven and Lisa Bolduc. The tour will be May 17, 2006 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. and it is open to the public. Mayor Soderberg: The City has been selected as a Tree City USA. He asked about the Citizen's Police Academy. Police Chief Siebenaler replied 12 applications have been received and they are still coming in. There is still room available. Last Friday was Arbor Day in Fannington. A number of trees were planted in Silver Springs Park with the 5th graders from Akin Road Elementary. They also participated in a poster contest and the posters are on display at City Hall. They did a great job with the artwork. He noted May 2,2006 is the 30 year anniversary of Police Chief Siebenaler in police servIce. Mayor Soderberg attend the Mayors/Managers Conference and it was regarding emergency management and emergency planning. The conference helped him realize the amazing leadership Police Chief Siebenaler displayed in the storm event last year. The City is currently in the process of updating the Emergency Management Plan. 14. ADJOURN MOTION by Fogarty, second by McKnight to adjourn at 9:06 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, ~?n~ Cynthia Muller Executive Assistant