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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-05-91 CMW COUNCIL/MANAGER MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD 4:30 p.m., Thursday, December 5, 1991 Maplewood Room, City Hall MINUTES A. CALL TO ORDER The Council/Manager meeting of the Maplewood City Council was held in the Maplewood Room, City Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Bastian at 4:35 p.m. B. ROLL CALL Mayor Gary Bastian Present Councilperson Dale Carlson Present Councilperson Fran Juker Present Councilperson George Rossbach Present Councilperson Joseph Zappa Present Others Present: City Manager Michael McGuire Assistant City Manager Gretchen Maglich C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The following items were added to the agenda: E. OTHER BUSINESS 1. Police Civil Service Commission and Chief of Police 2. Gambling and Liquor Licenses Renewals 3: Holiday Hours 4. Staff Workshop 5. Performance Pay 6. Open Space Committee Update 7. Suburban Court Sites 1 8. January Swearing-in Ceremony F. FUTURE TOPICS 4. Recycling Councilmember Zappa moved that the agenda be approved as amended. The motion was seconded by Councihnember Carlson and approved. Ayes: Bastian, Carlson, Juker, Rossbach, and Zappa D. NEW BUSINESS 1. Community Center Survey and Next Step City Manager McGuire presented a summary of the results of the City Council/Advisory Committee survey of facilities to be included in the proposed community center. After considerable discussion, it was the consensus of the Council that the City Councilmembers fill the survey out again and submit it to the City Manager; and that this list as well as the recommended plan of action for future steps be placed on the December 23, 1991 meeting agenda. 2. Employee Replacement Procedure City Manager McGuire discussed the current policy of requesting formal Council approval to replace an employee, and he recommended a policy change. Afrer some discussion, Councilmember Zappa-moved that the current~olicy be amended to state that in the event of a resignation or termination of a current employee, the Ci Manager will notify each Councilmember in writing of the vacancy. If a Councilmember has an objection to filling the position, the Councilmember may place the item on the agenda for Council review. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Carlson and approved. Ayes: Bastian, Carlson, Rossbach, and Zappa Nays: Juker 3. Ramsey County Local Govemment Services Study Commission Report City Manager McGuire presented the Commission's drafr report of recommendations to the State Legislature regarding consolidation of public services within Ramsey County. He stated that the Commission has 2 scheduled a special meeting on Tuesday, January 21, 1992, 7:00 p.m., Room 5, State Office Building to receive comments from units of local government. It was the consensus of the City Council to place this item on the December 23, 1991 agenda for public comment. 4. Land Purchase Update Assistant City Manager Maglich reported on the status of the following properties: 1800 E. County Road B, house at 1810 E. County Road B, "Monette" and "Pearson" properties, Art Wicklander, Wonder Bakery building, and homes on County Road B between the drives of City Hall and the Public Works building. Following some discussion Councilmember Zappa moved that staff obtain a list of items required to bring the house at 1810 E. County Road B into code compliance for occupancy and a cost estimate of those items. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Juker and was defeated. Ayes: Juker and Zappa Nays: Bastian, Carlson and Rossbach Mayor Bastian moved that further discussion about the house be tabled. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Carlson and was approved. Ayes: All The Council directed the staff to obtain the assessed values of the homes between the City Hall driveway and the Public Works building driveway. City Manager McGuire distributed a list of additional remodeling items and associated cost estimates for the Parks & Recreation building at 1810 E. County Road B. It was the consensus of the City Council that City Manager McGuire would contact each Councilperson individually and discuss these expenditures. E. OTHER BUSINESS 1. Police Civil Service Commission and the Police Chief Councilmember Zappa asked other Councilmembers for their thoughts about pursuing special State legislation in 1992 to remove Maplewood's position of Police Chief from the Cites Police Civil Service law as was attempted in 1991. It was the consensus of the Council that Councilmember Zappa and City Manager McGuire speak with State Senators who opposed the legislation last year and obtain their thoughts 3 about either completely eliminating the Police Civil Service from the City or removing the position of Police Chief from the existing law. 2. Gambling and Liquor Licenses Renewal City Manager McGvire distributed a status report of charitable gambling contributions from licensed organizations in the City. He noted that per the City ordinance, the City will not issue or renew on-sale or off-sale alcoholic beverage licenses, bottle club permits, or food licenses to any organization that is delinquent in their charitable gambling contribution payments to the City. He stated that the City Clerk has been instructed to notify organizations that are not in compliance that their licenses will not be renewed unless all past due amounts are paid by December 23rd. 3. Holiday Hours City Manager McGuire recommended that special holiday hours be established for Christmas Eve - an early close at noon as was done last year, and that regular work hours be kept for New Year's Eve. Councilmember Zappa moved that Cit~Hall close at noon on Christmas Eve, December 24th, and that regular business hours be kept for December 31st, New Year's Eve. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Carlson and approved. Ayes: All 4. Staff Workshop City Manager McGuire informed the Council that the senior management staff is attending a one day team building workshop on Tuesday, December 17, 1991 at a downtown location. 5. Performance Pay City Manager McGuire distributed to the City Council a list of employees who are eligible for merit pay and the amount of the pay being paid to each individual for on-the job performance in 1991. 6. Open Space Committee Update City Manager McGuire distributed a memo from Parks & Recreation Director Odegard which summarized the progress of the Open Space Committee to date. 4 7. Suburban Court Sites City Manager McGuire reported that the top two sites being considered by Ramsey County for a single suburban court location are 1) Rice Street/Interstate 694 and 2) the vacant Wards building on White Bear Avenue. 8. January Swearing-in Ceremony There was some discussion about the swearing-in ceremony for Councilmembers Carlson and Rossbach in January to start their new four year term. It was the consensus of the Council that Councilmember Carlson would make arrangements for a youth color guard and that the City Clerk would present the oath of office. F. FUTURE TOPICS It was determined that at the December 9, 1991 Council meeting, City Manager McGuire would recommend a date for the next Council/Manager meeting. The agenda for the next Council/Manager meeting will consist of Police Study Update, Take Home Car Policy, and Organized Collection/Recycling. G. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 6:41 p.m. 5