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City Council Minutes September 13, 2004 Page 6 ----------------------------- MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 04-72 APPROVING THE 2005 TAX LEVY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES FOR THE ELK RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER TVEITE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KUESTER TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 04-73 APPROVING THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 2005 TAX LEVY. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER KUESTER TO SET DECEMBER 6,2004 AT 6:30 P.M. AS THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE TRUTH-IN-TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX LEVY AND BUDGET WITH A CONTINUATION TIME AND DATE OF 6:30 P.M. ON DECEMBER 13,2004. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. The Mayor thanked Finance DiIector J ohmon and City Administrator Klaers for theiI hard work in putting together the budget. 5.6 Review October 11 Board/Commission Toint Meetin~ with Cit;)' Council City Administrator Klaers stated that during the Brimeyer worksessions one concern identified was good two-way communication between the Council and the Boards/Commissions on a city vision and goals. Steps taken by the City Council for better communication have been to appoint Council Liaisons to city boards/ commissions and to hold an annual joint meeting to discuss city goals and action steps that are necessary to achieve these goals. This joint meeting has been set for October 11, 2004 at 6:30 p.m. at Lions Park Center. Mr. Klaers stated that staff liaisons to the city boards/ commissions have met and theiI thoughts for this meeting include the Mayor opening with comments about what has led up to the calling of this joint meeting and what the City Council would like to see accomplished at this joint meeting. Following these opening statements, each Chair would introduce thill members and three or so of the top goals of the board/commission would then be shared with the entire group. After all of the goals are presented, then Council feedback on whether or not these goals are consistent and on track with their goals is needed. Councilmember Kuester inquiIed as to "how the Council felt, how do we see the advocacy position with these commissions?" She stated that if this came up at the meeting, she didn't know how the others felt. Councilmember Motin stated that the problem with the HPC (Heritage Preservation Commission) was they would state their position, advocate it, council would state their direction, and then they would come from other directions, from the outside, and basically advocate again. Councilmember Motin stated that the members can have theiI positions but it seemed that some members used theiI role on the HPC in getting the information and then trying to put roadblocks in the way.