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Page 8 e City Council Minutes June 26, 1989 liability to the City and that a policy should be established in the near future regarding the sidewalks. He indicated that there were no funds budgeted in the 1989 budget for sidewalk repair. The Council discussed the possibility of replacing sidewalks and how this would be funded. The City Administrator indicated that sidewalks are an assessable project to homeowners. The Street Superintendent indicated that the cost would be $7.00 per lineal foot to replace sidewalks. Mayor Tralle indicated that this may be too large of an assessment for the homeowners to bear the entire cost and felt that the method of payment should be looked into for sidewalk replacement. He further stated that it would be his preference to do the necessary minor repairs and remove the sidewalks in poor condition and plan on completing the rest of the sidewalk replacement program in 1990. Councilmember Holmgren suggested that the City look at the possibility of installing a sidewalk along Gates Avenue to Main Street. He stated that there are several people using this area for walking and felt that it was an unsafe condition. He further questioned whether this could be done through the use of MSA funds. e CITY ADMINISTRATOR The City Administrator indicated that he would like direction from the Council regarding the Tyler/Knollwood project. He stated that he is questioning whether the City should go ahead and authorize the contractors to start work or if they should wait and see if the assessment appeals which they received will go to court. It was the consensus of the City Council to authorize the contractors to start the proj ect. The City Administrator updated the Council negotiations. He indicated that Mr. Morrell had and that a meeting has been set up for Thursday. on the Larry Morrell been in contact with him The City Council discussed the number of hours that they spend in City government. It was the consensus of the Council that an increase of salary should be made to the Council to compensate for the number of hours. It was the consensus that this would be looked at at budget time. 9.5 Check Register COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CHECK REGISTER AS SUBMITTED. COUNCILMEMBER DO BEL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 10. Adjournment There being no further business, COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN MOVED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. COUNCILMEMBER DOBEL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 4-0. e The meeting of the Elk River City Council adjourned at 11:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, S{}/!1Lj~ 7ArufztJ~ Sandy Thackeray Deputy City Clerk