5.12. SR 09-07-2004MEMORANDUP!
TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM:
DATE:
Pat Klaers, City Admini~-
September 7, 2004
SUBJECT: Worksession Agendas
Item 5.1 2.
The draft agenda for the September 13, 2004 worksession looks like the following:
5.1.
5.2.
5.3.
5.4.
5.5.
City Council Open Forum
Stares of Elk River Ambulance Service
Westbound Liquor Store
Kohler House Update
Budget Worksession
The tentative agenda for the October 11, 2004 worksession looks like the following:
5.1.
City Council Goalsettmg Worksession with Boards/Commissions
City Council Open Forum
A couple of possible worksession items look like they are going to be moved to regular City
Council meetings either on September 20 or October 2, 2004. These items are the County
Road 40 turnback agreement and a review of the city snowplowing policy.
In November staff hopes to get to the City Council with a Street Department master plan
concept. One of the big issues with the Street Department master plan is the future of the
composting program. In this regard, city staff is discussing a lease or lease to purchase
possibility with the landowner 0VIr. Dickerson) directly north of the city Streets/Parks
facility on County Road 1. Also, some time in November, I hope to have the City Council
review the updated five year Capital Improvement Program (CIP); although it is very
unlikely that this draft plan will be available by the November 8 worksession. This could be a
topic for a special meeting in later November as there are five Mondays in November.
Issues that need to get to the City Council in the not too distant future include:
implementation steps for the Comprehensive Plan, implementation steps for the
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Transportation Plan, and an update on the Natural Resources Inventory project. Also, as
noted in the worksession agenda memo from last month, I have had a number of requests
from department heads to be put on future worksession agendas. These issues include the
landfill expansion and industrial development-city owned (Brown) property.
Also, as noted in the xvorksession agenda from last month, I need to have a follow up with
the City Council on the organizational structure, a follow up on the three Brimeyer
worksessions, and a follow up on the December 2003 proposed city administrator-City of
Elk River work program.
The worksession agendas are filling up and yet I need to hear from the City Council on items
that they would like to have on their worksession agendas. We may be to the point where
some special worksession should be called for the fourth Mondays of some months or else
some topics may need to be put on a regular City Council agenda versus being on a
worksession agenda.
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