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Mot]on carried. Vonng ~ es: Mayor Gilbertson, Councilmembers Cich, Hardin and Peterson. \"oting No Ct~unc!lmember Beyer.' b. iiEngineering Technician Position Vacancy Mr. Jankows~[[stat~d because of budget cons~aints he felt the Council could put a freeze on hiring an Engineerin~ Teahnician at this time. He is now in the process of organizing and structuring ~e Department a~ he[felt they should be further along before ad~ng personnel. He did hope that he could get so~{ assistance from the office staff in the me~ time. Council a~eed. c. iPolice Officer Position for 1991 Police Chief ~spds stated if it is the Council's intent to hire a new Police Officer until later in the ve~, he will n~t gO throuah the pr~ess of inte~iewing. The Council aenerallv agreed that until it is known wha~ effect an~, legislative action will have on the City's'budget'and that the Police Officer posit{o~ should be placed on hold until at least June 1, 1991. d. ~Secfetary to Administrative Services Position Vacancy Ms. Ott explained (his is not a new position. It is a vacancy created when Jo Thieling became the Recording Se~eta~y, and very little of her time is left for adminisxative work. She felt that the work could ~e~handled for a few more months, but they will need someone by spring. Again, since: t~e ~ouncil does not know what the legislature will do, it was a~eed to put this level se~ice position on hold u~til spring. They suggested the Staff re-examine the of provided and that some ~e~es may have to be cut back. Councilmemb}r P*terson also suggested the Council consider the time required of Staff when requesting inf6rm~tion and that they should be aw~e of how each dep~tment operates and the se~ices they; ~o~de. Councilmemb~r B&yer suggested that when Councilmembers talk with residents the question be passed onto $~ff ~d that a Staff member would then call the residents back with the infom~afion. 5. Airpogt agd Airport Commission Councilmemb~r P~terson briefly reviewed the back~ound of the previous Council a~eeing to become involv~ ~ith the Gateway No~h Industfi~ A~on, a private entity. Mr. Jankows~: st~led in October there was a motion to proceed with an application for land acquisition a~ stagce. However, no money was spent on it since that time and no work has been done. Last y{ ar there was some discussion to having the Me=opolitan Ai~ort Commission (5~C) be the~ .ntit~, to consol the ai¢on. He asked if that is still acceptable to the City Council. Councilmemb~r P~terson understood that was a ve~, low pfiohty to 5~C, that they obviously want the City ~ mgke the commitment and spend the money. He personally did not ~eel the City ' ' business business, though he didn't mind the ai¢o~ existin~ as a phvate should be in ~t~e ai~ort ~ ~ as it does now~ City Council / January 12, 1991 Page 7 of 13