Minutes - Council - 08/25/1975 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Police Department: Mike Auspos, Police Chief, asked if the City wants 16 hour or ~ hours policing per day. Present budget is $31,550. When he was asked, Mr. Auspos indicated he felt we should have 16 hour coverage in the near future. If we keep our own records, there will be increased costs here. Mr. Cox feels we should wait until Mr. Walker takes up his position before making a decision on this matter. We will schedule the next meeting at th_~ We will also sche- dule the Police Reserve Unit for 7:00 p.m. at that meeting. Mr. ~ckelson moved: to adopt Ordinance 75-12 which is an Ordinance entitled "An ordinance amending ordinance No. 73-5 which is known as "an ordinance to regulate the location, height, bulk, size of structures, the size of yards and other open spaces, the density of population and the use of land and buildings for residence, trade, industry, recreation and other activities by establishing standards and procedures regulation such uses to help promote the public health, safety and general welfare" by amending a certain zoning district as shown on the City of Ramsey Zoning map" and which deals with the re- zoning requested by the Carson-Holm plat developers. Seconded by Mr. Gorham. Motion carried unanimously. ~ee~.& Tree Inspector's Reoort. Mr. Bacon wants to know if he can hire someone on a neighborhood basis to help him paint trees. Mr. Auspos suggested getting someone from the landscaping department at the Tec. Center to help. Mr. Bacon estimated 30 hours per neigh- borhood with four neighborhoods or about 120 hours. He wants to include himself on the hourly basis. Suggestion was $2.50 per hour, and up to 60 hours on this program over and above his regular salary. Mr. Mickelson moved the foregoing program be adopted for the weed and tree inspecting program. Seconded by Mr. Gorham. Motion car- ried 5 to O. Mr. Bacon asked if he could get an airplane to to take him to look over the City. Cost is $17.50 per hour for an aerial view. Mr. Steffen asked if a Councilman would like to go along to make a map or take pictures. ~r, ~orham mover we authorize Mr. Bacon to fly over our area on Tuesday, Aug. 26th, for a period of one or more hours at the rate of $17.50 per hour. Seconded by Mr. Reimann. Motion carried 5 to O. Discussion on Commercial Area: With regard to the Fricke, Steffen, Goodrich Planning Proposal, it was determined that Mr. Fricke would be doing the basic mapping and Mr. Steffenand Mr. Goodrich would get the ordinances ready and accepted by the appropriate state and regulatory agencies. Suggestions were Tooker, Midwest, Mason, ~ehr- man & Chapman and the Ham Lake planner. There will be a meeting on September 18, 1975 at 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall to review planning proposal applications for the southeast corner of the City. Mr. Mickelson left the meeting at 8:50 p.m. Mr. Casper~ Explained the need for a car radio. If the Council agrees, he will get prices on a car radio. They will also check with the County. Mr. Casper was instructed to get a badge.