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. . . City Council :Minutes January 9, 2006 Page 3 savings in premiums purchase additional insurance or have a higher deductible limit with stop loss. Councilmember Dietz inquired if in the past the City had any huge claims. City Administrator Johnson stated there has not been an incident in the past. Council discussed the need for no-fault sewer back-up coverage (liability insurance now covers) and the loss experience rating factor impacted by land use claims. Ms. Eberley stated that there were three land use claims and even though the City was found as not liable these incidents still count against us. Councilmember Dietz stated that he would rather pursue the option of looking at a bigger deductible and apply the savings but was not in favor of increasing the maximums. The Council concurred. Ms. Eberley stated that she would go ahead and get some options together for the Council to consider before the next renewal. Ms. Eberley also discussed coverage for the Ambulance Service stating that at this time it makes sense to leave the Ambulance Service where it is currently insured. She stated that two other programs were investigated and she feels that premiums would not be much different than what is currently paid. She stated that the Ambulance Service should stay on a separate contract and not to combine coverage with the City's insurance. She stated that the VFIS Program seems to be good for the Ambulance Service and credits had applied allowing for coverage of the second ambulance at very little cost. Since these are two separate entities the workers comp insurance has to be a separate policy from the City's. She stated that she would do some comparisons. 5.4. Presentation from Tinklenberg Group Elwyn Tinklenberg gave on update on the Tinklenberg Group's progress on acquiring federal funding for city projects and their plans for 2006. He stated that the City had the support of the Chamber of Commerce, MnDot, and members of Congress (Kennedy, Oberstar, Dayton, and Coleman) but with the recent disaster of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricane relief efforts as well as the war in Iraq, Congress decided to authorize funding for only four entities in the State of Minnesota with the largest amount approved of $1 million. He stated that he is encouraged to resubmit the application and that he is recollecting information and redrafting the application. He is trying to again get letters of support from the Chamber of Commerce and MnDot. He stated that since this is an election year it presents a better opportunity to get funding; resources should be available and will explore options for Highway 10 Corridor; and that he has talked to Sherburne County in looking at additional areas that will be affected by the work. Mayor Klinzing asked if there is anything the City should be doing. Mr. Tinklenberg stated that a trip to Washington, D.C. to get the legislators' support is very important and to continue building support in the business community. Mayor Klinzing asked if the City's contract with him goes through the process. He stated that the Tinklenberg Group slowed down their work in order to preserve funding enabling him to be able to redraft and resupmit another application. Funding should go through February 2006 instead of December 2005.