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. City Council Minutes September 16, 1985 Page Three 6B. Request For Change in Cable Service Territory The City Administrator indicated that he had spoke with Mr. Jim Daniels, the general manager of Rite Cable Company and stated that Mr. Daniels had requested that the City of Elk River's initial cable service area be amended. The City Administrator indicated that what the amendment consisted of was a swap of Heavenly Hills for Brentwood. The City Administrator stated that he has some concerns regarding this trade and stated that his main concern was that once you delete an area from the initial service area, there is no guarantee it will be let back in unless it meets the density threshold of 40 dwelling units per square mile. It was the Council's concern that Heavenly Hills would have a hard time meeting that density threshold. Mayor Hinkle indicated that he would be in favor of adding Heavenly Hills and not trading. It was the consensus of the City Council to encourage Rite Cable Company to do nothing regarding the trade and further to encourage them to include the Heavenly Hills area in the initial service area. 6C. Minnesota Finance Officers Conference The City Administrator stated that he felt the Minnesota Finance Officers Conference would be a valuable conference for Lori Johnson, the new Finance Officer to be attending. Councilmember Schuldt stated he felt that the City Council has had a policy of not sending newly employed people to conferences and felt that the Council should request a probationary period before newly employed people are allowed to attend any major conferences. Councilmember Williams indicated that the money was already budgeted for the previous City Clerk to attend and felt that the new finance person should be able to attend the conference. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS MOVED TO GRANT PERMISSION TO LORI JOHNSON, THE NEW FINANCE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER, TO ATTEND THE MINNESOTA FINANCE OFFICER'S CON- FERENCE. COUNCILMEMBER GUNKEL SECONDED THE MOTION. Councilmember Schuldt disagreed with the motion and stated he felt new employees should not attend conferences until they have had a chance to demonstrate their ability to the city. Councilmember Engst:rom stated that he felt there were many items which were computer related on the agenda and felt it would be a missite not not to send Ms. Johnson to the Seminar. Councilmember Williams stated that he viewed the seminar as a working, schooling type of an atmosphere and felt it would make Ms. Johnson a better employee for the City, and further stated this was his reason for making the motion. Councilmember Engstrom indicated he felt the con- ference came at an opportune time. THE MOTION PASSED 4-1. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULDT VOTING AGAINST THE MOTION. 7. Administrative Subdivision Request by J. Frank and T. Rauch/Public Hearing The City Administrator stated that on October 18, 1984, the applicant, T. Rauch, was granted an administrative subdivision by the City Council and also on July 15, 1985, he was granted another subdivision. The City Administrator further indicated