06-14-16 CM MinutesCouncil/Manager Meeting Minutes
June 14, 2016
Present: Mayor Harris and Council Members, Clausen, Fonnest, Schmidgall and Snope,
City Manager Tim Cruikshank, Finance Director Sue Virnig, Police Chief Jason Sturgis,
Communications Coordinator Cheryl Weiler, Physical Development Director Marc
Nevinski, Public Works Maintenance Manager Bert Tracy and Administrative Assistant
Judy Nally.
Review of On-Street Parking Restrictions
Marc Nevinski, Jason Sturgis and Bert Tracy reviewed the summary of seasons of snow
and ice control procedures, citations and warnings, exemptions. Also reviewed the
benefits and challenges of the overnight parking restrictions.
After Council discussion the consensus was to modify the parking restrictions to restrict
parking from 2 to 6 am from November 1 to March 31.
Staff will prepare an amended ordinance for consideration at a future City Council
meeting. Staff will also put information on the website and newsletter regarding the
proposed amendment. The public will be allowed to speak at the City Council meeting
pertaining to the amendment.
Fiscal Disparities
Patricia Nauman, Executive Director of Metro Cities, presented an overview of the fiscal
disparities program.
The Council discussed meeting with other cities to discuss the fiscal disparities program
with the possibility of making changes to the program. The Council also discussed
meeting with area Legislators to discuss possible support for making amendments to the
program.
Staff was requested to contact members of the Legislature and invite them to attend a
future Council/Manager meeting to begin the discussion.
2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports
Bill Lauer from the auditing firm Malloy Montague Karnowski Radosevich & Co. was in
attendance to review the 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Management
Report and Special Purpose Audit Reports. He stated that they have issued an
unqualified, "clean" opinion on the City's financial statements.
Lauer reviewed highlights from the Management Report and noted that one on-going
finding is the limited segregation of duties in certain areas due to the small size of the
City's office staff.
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Review of Lilac Project Status
Tim Cruikshank stated that staff met with Dwight Townes and Linda Loomis regarding the
status of the plantings.
The Council discussed possibility using Sentence to Serve and volunteer to maintain the
lilac plantings. The Council will need to decide during the budget process if they would like
to budget funds to plant new plants and maintain current plantings. Some Council
Members would like the plantings maintained but not to add additional plantings.
The consensus of the Council was to discuss the lilac project status and the budget
ramifications during the budget process.
The meeting adjourned at 8:55 pm.
Judy Nally
Administrative Assistant