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Meeting of the Elk River City Council January ]7, ]994 Page 4 -...-------...----......-----------.---------......-.-----.- e The Mayor thanked Jeff for his presentation and indicated the City's support for improving the hOckey facifities in Elk River. The Mayor also indicated a concern over the operating expenses and debt obligation of a new facility and stated that continued strong support from the Hockey Association would be necessary for this proposal to be successful. Counci!member Holmgren left the Council table at this time. 6. Other Business/Staff Uodates The entire City Council complimented Phil and his crew on the excellent snow removal operation this winter. 6.1. Phil Hals, Street/Park Superintendent, discussed with the City Council the status of street employee Amy Borst as outlined in his 1/14/94 memo. The City Council concurred with Phil's recommendation to change Amy's employment status to Maintenance I and to pay her at Step 2 of this pay range. e COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STREET SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF AMY BORST WHEREBY AMY'S TITLE WOULD BE CHANGED TO MAINTENANCE I AND HER PAY WOULD BE AT STEP 2 ($10.40/HOUR) EFFECTIVE 1/15/94 AND ALSO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEW THE POSITION THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE 1994 STREET DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO BE FILLED THIS FALL BEFORE ANY ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS POSITION TAKES PLACE. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 3-0. It was noted that the increase in pay for Amy Borst in 1994 may have to come from the City Council 1994 Contingency Fund. Phil updated the City Council on the possible use of a retired MnDOT employee as a City of Elk River part time employee as the need arises. Also, Phil indicated that one of the future needs in the street department is that of a full time mechanic and this may need to be discussed with the City Council during consideration of the 1995 budget. 6.2. The City Administrator advised the City Council that the Police Union has decided to not grieve the change in the City's dental policy as originally anticipated and indicated by the Union Representative. 6.3. The City Administrator updated the City Council on a discussion he had with the County Coordinator Dave Lock regarding topics for future joint City Council/County Board meetings. Two of the topics that were discussed for this agenda include the establishment of a government relations committee composed of both City and County representatives and the potential change of the County's MSA status (see handout). Other topics include the fairgrounds expansion and storm drainage. e 6.4. The City Administrator distributed an article on storm drainage in suburban communities. One of the paragraphs in this article indicated that the City of