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. . . City Council :Minutes August 21, 2006 Page 13 9. Staff Updates Ms. Johnson stated Mr. Maertz is proceeding with the Library appraisal which will cost $2,300. Ms. Johnson stated the Parks and Recreation Commission approved paying $1,000 for an appraisal of the Gruys property. Ms. Johnson questioned if the Council would like to see a policy regarding utility boxes in right-of-ways. Councilmember Farber stated he received a comment from a resident who had three boxes in their yard and came home one day to find a fourth one that was quite, lp:,ge. Councilmember Farber expressed concern of how property values may be affected by many boxes in a yard. It was. the consensus of the Council to review this item further. Mayor Klinzing recessed the meeting at 8:40 p.m. 10. Adjourn to Uppertown Conference Room (at 8:50 p.m.) for Worksession 10.1. Consider Pay Plan Reclassification Study Rod Kelsey with Riley, Dettmann, and Kelsey, reviewed the proposed new pay plan structure for the city. He further reviewed the average 60 percent benchmark, which was generated from a list of cities comparable to Elk River. Mr. Kelsey stated there are some positions that have not been slotted into the pay plan along with some positions that were difficult to compare with other cities because the job duties were different. It was the consensus of the Council to move forward with implementing the pay plan. Ms. Johnson stated the city needs to determine how best to implement the plan and how it will fit into the 2007 budget. She stated staff will bring the item back to Council either September 5 or 11. 10.2 Budget W orksession Community Development Mr. Clark reviewed some of the highlights for the 2007 proposed budget for Community Development. He discussed the Energy Conference and Expo and goals for the Planning Department. Mr. Clark stated the consistency of communications and working relationships with developers is going very well. Councilmember Motin questioned if landfill abatement funds could be utilized for the Energy Conference. He also expressed concerns regarding the number of attendees at the conference. He suggested staff work with the schools to get kids involved with the conference.