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DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING
JULY 26, 2011 3:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PRESENT: Mayor Ken Olson Heidi Jensen Rick Musson
Sam Painter Kurt Markegard Brent Peters
Shirley Ewan Nancy Schmidt Jan Faught
Council Workshop Agenda — July 26, 2011
General items:
• Appointments:
o Laurel Urban Renewal Agency:
• Elizabeth Decker to fill a term ending December 31, 2013
o Park Board:
• Gretchen Paulson to fill a term ending December 31, 2012
• Chuck Dickerson to fill a term ending December 31, 2014
o Budget/Finance Committee:
• Emelie Eaton to replace Tom Nelson
Brent requested two appointments to the Fire Department: Lorie McCleary and Jamie Swecker.
Jan requested an appointment to the Laurel Volunteer Ambulance: Nick Kallem.
The appointments will be added to tonight's council workshop agenda.
Executive Review:
• Council Issues:
o 4 of July report from Fire, Ambulance, Police and Public Works (Norm Stamper)
Rick, Brent, Jan and Kurt will attend. Brent has a training meeting at 7:00 p.m.
o Discuss what to do with cabin in Riverside Park (Norm Stamper)
o Additional appointments to the Task Force for Riverside Park leases (Tom Nelson)
Kurt will get a copy of the contact list for the clubs to Mayor Olson.
• Resolution — Create SID No. 113
The resolution will be on the agenda after the public hearing on August 16
• Resolution — Letter of Engagement with D.A. Davidson for bond advisory on SID #113
The resolution and Letter of Engagement are ready for tonight.
• Resolution — Change order with Blacktop, Inc. for pothole and overlay of streets
The change order for $119,000 is for pothole and overlay.
• Elena Subdivision — Creation of a park maintenance district
This item is not ready at this time.
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• Resolution of intent — Water and sewer rates
Kurt will meet with the school district this week and with the large volume water users next Wednesday
and Thursday.
• Discussion from ExxonMobil on Riverside Park easement
There will be ongoing discussion.
Other items
Resolutions for the SRO agreements will be added to tonight's council workshop agenda.
Department Reports:
Mayor Olson encouraged the department heads to present discussion that pertains to the group and to
make an appointment with him for discussion regarding other issues.
There was discussion regarding installing Skype on department head's computers.
Clerk/Treasurer
• Surplus list
The surplus list should be ready to go to the council.
Ambulance
There was no discussion.
Fire
There was no discussion.
Library
There was no discussion.
Police Department
Rick stated that a grant for reimbursed overtime money for compliance checks will be on the next
council workshop agenda.
The Police Commission is scheduled to interview applicants for the police officer position on August
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City Planner
The Safety Committee will meet on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. Heidi asked the department heads to let
Chris know whether or not they will attend.
Public Works Department
Kurt gave an update regarding the status of the ExxonMobil oil spill cleanup. NorthWestern Energy
turned the power back on, the water line should be on soon, but there is no phone service. Riverside
Park is not open to the public yet as the riverbank is unstable.
Kurt stated that several city projects are done. West 5 Street was paved today, and Kurt asked that the
fire trucks stay off that road for a couple days. The project by Graff School is also done. Pothole repair
should be done in a couple weeks.
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Court
There was no discussion.
City Attorney
There was no discussion.
Mayor Olson
• Ambulance building
Mayor Olson informed Randy Hafer of the group's thoughts about the paint. There was discussion
regarding the $4,000 needed for concrete for access for all three vehicles.
Other
Kurt asked if the city radios could add another channel. There was discussion.
Mayor Olson spoke regarding ExxonMobil's plan to use Riverside Park as a base for their core drilling,
conversations with Gary Pruessing, President of ExxonMobil, about how the City of Laurel has been
impacted, and rumors that the City of Laurel has settled with ExxonMobil for $2 million. Kurt and
Heidi are working with state and federal agencies to find compensation for the levees.
The meeting adjourned at 3:37 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Allen
Council Secretary
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