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City Council Minutes October 18, 2010 7.1 Page 6 MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZERWAS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 10-21 • AMENDING CHAPTER 78 OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD NEW SECTION 78-26 PROHIBITING PRIVATE WELLS FOR DOMESTIC USE ON PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY SERVED BY THE CITY WATER SYSTEM WITH THE CHANGES NOTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. Mayor Klinzing stated she would like have staff review this ordinance further and come back with other language. She stated she doesn't want to exclude users who are not just one buildable lot. She stated the city should look at degrees of users and the amount of water they are utilizing. Councilmember Westgaard disagreed and stated he would support the motion on the table with the understanding that the city needs to review this further. He stated citizens signed up for city water and so the city put the infrastructure in and we can't allow everyone to exit the back door and leave the city with the infrastructure and no way to pay for it. He suggested ERMU work with residents on a solution that will work for the city. Mayor Klinzing asked why this needed to be passed tonight if Councilmember Westgaard felt the same way. Councilmember Zerwas stated any townhouse group could go and put a well in this weekend if the city didn't pass the ordinance tonight. MOTION CARRIED 4-1. Mayor Klinzing opposed. • Attorney Beck suggested the Council recommend that ERMU host a worksession to follow- up on the economics and the water table impacts. Councilmember Motin agreed and stated he would like affected parties to also be able to bring their information. Budget Amendments Mr. Simon presented the staff report. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER ZERWAS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WESTGAARD TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT AS 2010 BUDGET AMENDMENT DETAIL. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 7.2. Visionin,~ and Goals Ms. Johnson presented the staff report. She reviewed Councilmember Motin's requested changes to the goals and noted staff was agreeable to those changes. It was noted there was a minor word jumble in the Opportunities goal which would be corrected. Ms. Johnson reviewed the original vision statement along with a possible compromise statement as Councilmember Motin and staff weren't agreeable on the language of the statement. She discussed the vision statement that was submitted by Councilmember Motin • and the reasons why staff disagreed with it.