2014-11-10 Council Workshop minutes CIP & CA Transition
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Minutes of the Council Workshop
Held Monday, November 10, 2014
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a workshop of the City Council, City of Mendota Heights,
Minnesota was held at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, Minnesota.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Krebsbach called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. The following members were present:
Councilmembers Duggan, Norton, Petschel, and Povolny.
City staff in attendance included City Administrator Justin Miller, Assistant to the City Administrator
Tammy Schutta, City Engineer/Public Works Director Mazzitello, Finance Director Kristen Schabacker,
and City Attorney Tom Lehmann
2015 -2019 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN
Miller and Mazzitello introduced the item noting that the council has asked in previous budget discussions
for an alternative street improvement plan that spread projects out over a longer timeframe to limit the
amount of needed bonding. Council asked questions about specific projects, including the impacts to
streets if needed improvements were delayed. Specific conversation was held about the Kensington
neighborhood project which was requested to be expedited by some of the neighborhood. After discussion,
it was the consensus of the council to stretch current projects in the street improvement plan out from 2019
to 2022. However, the council also asked that the plan be reviewed annually and that projects, including
Kensington (now scheduled for 2019), be re-evaluated based on need and availability of resources.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR TRANSITION/SEARCH PROCESS
Council began discussion on the topic by considering options, including hiring an interim city
administrator, enlisting the assistance of a search consultant, and what the desired timeline would be. After
discussion, it was decided that the process below be followed:
1)The position opening will be posted on the League of Minnesota Cities website by the end of the
th
week. The closing date for applications will be Monday, December 15.
2)The council appointed Councilmembers Petschel and Norton to serve as a personnel
committee. They will review the applications and make a recommendation to the entire council on
who to bring in for interviews.
3)First round of interviews is tentatively scheduled for early January, with final interviews by the first
week of February.
4) An offer will hopefully be made to the selected candidate shortly thereafter, with a start date by
mid-March.
5) The council will look into hiring an outside person to serve as interim city administrator starting in
January and will serve until the new person begins.
The council agreed to hold a workshop on Tuesday, November 18th at 6:00 pm to further refine the process
and go over calendars.
ADJOURN
Mayor Krebsbach adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
ATTES
Lorri Smith, City Clerk
Sandra Krebsbach,
yor
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