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COUNCIL/MANAGER MEETING
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June 13, 2017
The meeting began at 6:30 pm in the Council Conference Room.
Present: Mayor Pro Tem Schmidgall and Council Members: Clausen and Fonnest
Also present were: City Manager Cruikshank, Physical Development Director Nevinski,
Finance Director Virnig, Fire Chief Crelly, City Engineer Oliver and Planning Associate/Grant
Writer Goellner
Absent: Mayor Harris and Council Member Snope
1. Review Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
Finance Director Virnig introduced Mr. Bill Lauer from the auditing firm Malloy Montague
Karnowski Radosevich & Co. he presented the 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report, Management Report, and Special Purpose Audit Report. He stated that they have
issued an unqualified "clean" opinion on the City's financial statements and answered
questions from Council. Mr. Lauer reviewed the 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. Finance Director Virnig and City Manager Cruikshank
answered questions from Council.
2. 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update - Water Resources
Planning Associate/Grant Writer Goellner provided feedback received from the Comp Plan
Conversation's open house and discussed reactions to the water resource plan which
included the draft goals and objectives and the initial thoughts on waste water, water supply,
and surface water. City Engineer Oliver answered questions from Council regarding the
City's water supply.
The Council discussed the proposed water resource goals and objectives.
3. Short-term Rentals
Physical Development Director Nevinski provided background information on the short-term
housing rentals (e.g. Airbnb) which included what they are, concerns regarding short-term
rentals and what other cities are doing to regulate them. City Manager Cruikshank provided
additional information on short-term rentals.
The Council discussed short-term rentals. The Council consensus was to not take any action at
this time.
4. Fire/Rescue Service - Phase 1 Staffing Study
City Manager Cruikshank provided background information on the Fire/Rescue Service Final
Report provided by Five Bugles Design. Fire Chief Crelly presented a PowerPoint presentation
which included the history of the Golden Valley Fire Department and the paid on-call firefighting
model which included the changes and challenges as to why the model has become difficult to
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4. Fire/Rescue Service -Phase 1 Staffing Study - continued
sustain. Chief Crelly further presented three options for future fire staffing which included:
Option 1. Continue with current paid on-call model supplemented by five full-time fighters,
Option 2. Transition to a scheduled part-time staffing model supplemented by five full-time
firefighters, and Option 3. Transition to a full-time staffing model supplemented by paid-on-call
firefighters. He stated that staff recommends using a phased approach to begin implementing
Option 2.
The Council discussed the paid on-call firefighting model and reviewed the options presented
regarding the staffing study for the fire/rescue services and thanked city staff for the
presentation.
5. Future Draft Agendas
No changes were submitted for the future draft agendas.
The meeting adjourned at 8:13 pm.
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