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Special City Council Meeting April 10, 1995 Page 2 e 4. Consider Chamber of Commerce Reauest for Exemption from Lawful Gamblina License Sandra Thackeray, city clerk, indicated that the Chamber of Commerce has made a request for an exemption from Lawful Gambling License to hold a raffle during the Fourth of July celebration. COUNCILMEMBER SCHEEL MOVED TO AUTHORIZE AN EXEMPTION FROM LAWFUL GAMBLING LICENSE FOR THE ELK RIVER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR JULY 4. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 5. Review Application Reauirements for PUD Zonina Reauests Mayor Duitsman stated that this issue is on the council agenda at his request. He indicated that he felt it was uneconomical to request a landowner to submit a development plan for a conditional use permit {CUP} with a planned unit development {PUD} rezoning application. Discussion was held by the council. staff. and Bob Minton, planning commission representative, regarding the pros and cons of requiring a land owner to submit a development plan for a CUP with the PUD rezoning application. e Councilmember Farber felt that the city would have more land use control by going through the CUP at the same time as the PUD request. Councilmember Dietz stated the city would be able to better defend its denial of a PUD rezoning than the denial of a CUP. Discussion was held regarding the possibility of requiring the land owner or developer to submit a modified site plan, rather than a formal CUP application, with the PUD request. It was the consensus of the council to take no action on this issue at this time and to have staff further research the issue. 6. Review Comparable Worth Proposal City Administrator Pat Klaers stated that, per the Mayor's request from the last meeting, the Comparable Worth Committee has submitted a revised pay plan reflecting salaries and wages at 90 percent of those paid by metro communities with populations between 10,000 and 25,000. He indicated the council previously had reviewed a 95 percent pay plan and the council felt that this may be too high. Mayor Duitsman indicated that he supported the 12 step pay plan for non- exempt employees and the ten step pay plan for exempt employees, however, he was reluctant to approve the pay plan based on 95 percent of the metro communities. e At this time, Lori Johnson distributed another pay plan which was requested by the Mayor; it reflected 93 percent of the Class 6 metro communities. Mayor Duitsman further stated that because the steps are somewhat automatic, he would favor a two year periOd for moving from ohe step to the next. Councilmember Dietz indicated he would be in favor of the 95 percent pay plan because of the fact that the pOlice department union employees receive 98