08-25-2009 Council Work Session Packet

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l • Abakahdra Subdivision. A portion of Fox Street will be closed for about a week beginning Wednesday to lower the gas line and road. As part of the subdivision approval, the road needs to be lower for people leaving the subdivision to make a safe turn. 4. Narrows Dock Lots Update • The City Attorney provided a Position Statement for Council review. Copies of the Conditional Use Permits granted to the 4 dock lots were included.The CUPs were very controversial in 1985 when approved. • All 4 properties are being utilized consistent with provisions of the CUPs. • Per the City Attorney,there is no simple method to remove the CUPs. • The same issues were reviewed 10 years ago and the City's position hasn't changed. • There are approximately 1000 lakeshore properties in Orono. Very few similar situations exist and no more lots of this type are being created. • While it may appear the City is protecting renters, owners also have rights, including the right to rent their property. • The Position Statement was accepted by Council. The Position Statement will be filed in the street files for review when there are questions about a specific property. It does not need to be distributed to neighbors. • In response to a complaint about the delivery of fuel to the dock lots,a citation will be issued for transporting fuel. To transport fuel,a specialized vehicle and fire marshal approval is required. Neither Long Lake nor Mound Fire Chiefs have approved such a request. 5. Transition process • The same process will be followed as was used previously. The person who signs checks is the point person. Discuss problems and issues among staff and then take to Ron to bring to Council. • Further discussion will take place regarding the need for an interim city administrator. • Plan: o Management Team will discuss positive aspects of previous administrators and what works for staff; bring back summary of discussion to work session. o Bremer will contact Mike (visioning process). o White will provide copies of recent administrator's job description and staff comments from 2007 discussions with AB Reynolds. o Franchot will bring back search process ideas. 6. Budget • Expenditures o Budget is based on 1�0 or less increase on expenditures. o City is anticipating a 16% insurance increase. o Each 1% increase or decrease in salary equates to$30,000. o Each $10 increase in insurance contribution equates to $5500. o Previous Administrator wanted to be sure employees didn't go backwards in salary because of increased insurance costs. o $50 has been the standard insurance increase over last few years. • Revenues o Construction—related revenues are down considerably. o Police service from contract cities would go down on current negotiations. o Projected revenues compared to a rather small expenditure increase still generate a shortfall of$220,000. • Most of expenditures are in salaries. Page 3 of 4