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impounded horse. The Commission advertised for emergency horse care providers and received four applications. During the interviews with these applicants, several questions were raised regarding medical and liability coverage for the horse care providers. Following lengthy discussions with the League of Minnesota Cities, Personnel Coordinator McAloney and Mr. Hadtrath, the City's Insurance Agent of Record, it was determined that as with any other paid on- call employee of the City, emergency horse care providers will be covered under the City's worker's compensation policy and liability policy. City Council was not in favor of having the emergency horse care providers covered under the City worker's compensation policy and liability policy and directed Ms. Frolik to take this issue back to the Horse Care Commission to discuss other alternatives. Case #6: Inclement Weather Policy City Administrator Schroeder stated he drafted an Inclement Weather Policy for Council to vote on. The poicy states the City Administrator will make a determination if City Hall should be closed after conferring with the Mayor, or in his absence, the Mayor pro-tem. He will then contact WCCO Radio to provide for a broadcast of the closure. Employees will be alerted that they are to listen to WCCO Radio. If it is broadcast that City Hall is closed prior to the shift start time, then the employee will be paid as a regular workday. If the office is not officially closed, staff will be instructed to take vacation time or comp time for any absence from work that occurs. If the office closes after the start of the shift, payment will be made for the remainder of the day with comp time or vacation taken for time absent form work prior to official closure. This policy will not apply to Public Works of Public Safety employees. In the absence of the City Administrator, the Finance Officer will make the decision on whether or not to close City Hall due to inclement weather. Motion by Councilmember Beyer and seconded by Councilmember Hardin to adopt the Inclement Weather Policy as presented by the City Administrator. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Acting Mayor Councilmember Cich, Councilmembers Beyer and Hardin. Voting No: None. Absent: Mayor Gilbertson and Councilmember Peterson. MAYOR AND COUNCIL INPUT 1) Joint Powers Agreement - District #11 City Administrator Schroeder stated that Anoka-Hennepin School District #11 will pass upon the joint powers agreement between them and the City of Ramsey sometime in December or January and it will come back to Council after that. 2) Legal Services Bids City Administrator Schroeder stated that he sent out proposals for bids for legal services for 1992 to approximately five firms requesting a response by December 16, 1991. 3) Entrance Signs to the City of Ramsey City Administrator Schroeder stated that the Economic Development Commission has been reviewing the issue of entrance signs to the City of Ramsey and have drafted specifications. If Council approves of these signs, the EDC will initiate the funding process. With regard to sign locations, Councilmember Hardin suggested that the EDC contact the landowners to see if there is interest in allowing the signs to be placed on their property before anything else is done. City Council/November 26, 1991 Page 7 of 8