2022-10-18 City Council Minutes - Work SessionCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Minutes of the City Council Work Session
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Levine called the work session to order at 4:00 pm Councilmembers Duggan, Mazzitello,
and Paper were also present. Councilmember Miller was absent.
Staff in attendance included City Administrator Cheryl Jacobson, Public Works Director Ryan
Ruzek, Finance Director, Kristen Schabacker, Assistant City Administrator Kelly Torke [son,
Parks and Recreation Manager Meredith Lawrence, and City Clerk Christine Lusian,
FIELD AND FACILITY USE POLICY REVIEW
Lawrence presented background and history of the field and facility use policy, including human
resources, priority groups, hours of use, users by season, fees, observations, recommendations,
and next steps. The largest user is MHAA with 77.11%0 of all permitted hours. MHAA is a
priority three group. Users range from 58.7% residents in the fall and 59%o residents in the spring
and summer. Fees have not changed since 2019. Discussion included the December deadline
date, event -day field maintenance and city -owned equipment usage by non -employees, and the
collection and privacy of youth names and addresses and the purpose of that practice. PRC will
review proposed fees in November and Council will review at the November 15 meeting.
CLOSED SESSION
CITY ADMINISTRATOR ANNUAL EVALUATION
A motion was made by Mazzitello, seconded by Duggan, to adjourn to a closed session pursuant
to Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.051 Subdivision 3(a)(3) at 4:48 pm to conduct the City
Administrator's performance evaluation. Motion passed 4-0.
Mayor Levine called to order a closed session at 450 pm.
CALL BACK TO ORDER AND ADJOLIRNMEN"I'
The Council returned to open session and adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m.
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Ste anie Levine, Mayo