Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/10/1991

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Mr. Hartliey also reviewed the Issue of Waste Management calling some cost!s and fees as taxes and reOuclng that ~nount from the revenue, T~e City gets 10 percent of the gross revenue less taxes, and the O'Ity noes not necessarily agree that those costs and fees are taxes. The City Attorney Is working on that matter now. Mr. Hartley also reported that the Landfill Siting committee In Anoka County has been adjourned Indefinitely because of polltlcal In-fighting and disagreement over the Environmental Impact Study. He has no Idea when that committee wl)l be called back. Also, the Federal EPA ls now promulgating rules nationally that deal with the siting of~ landfl)ls. Those ouldellnes may have a direct bearing on the landfill siting process In Anoka County. Deputy MaFyor Peterson explained In November the Personnel Committee began working on the Commparab]e Worth Study. At that point there were two groups that were willing to help update and redo the study. COuncllmember Clch noted the two groups are coming from opposite directions. The Comparable Worth program must be In place Dy December ~l, 199~. The Intent Is the Personnel Committee will recormmend~some alternatives that would be acceptable to the Council, the City personnel wl]l be allowed to decide what plan they want, after which the City Council will approve It. It was noted that there will be more on this Item in the near future. FIRE DEpArTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION Councllmember Clch reported the Fire Department Is in the process of formln~ a Relief Association and a private retirement fund. He has not had a chance to review all of their proposals, but he wi]] be studying them very closely because he does have some questions and concerns. Some of those concerns are on whether or not the City should contrlbute to a private retirement fund; if It does, how much Should be contributed; how much is received from the insurance~ rebate from the State; the practicality of a first-in, first-out' type retirement fund; and the question of whether the City's contribution should be retroactive two years when in fact the Department has been on]y 18 percent functional for two years. Counci]member Cich stated he wou]d ask at the December 11 meeting to Oefer this until the first of the year for continued study. Another c~ncern of the Fire Department has to do with injuries on the job and Dein~ covered by long-term disability. They are covere~ i~ injured while acting as a~ents of the City, but what about the~ ]on~ term? How can it De determined that the injury SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL/DECEMBER 5, lq90 Page 5 of 7