Minutes - Council Work Session - 07/26/2016

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Councilmember Riley stated that he believes that this has already been talked about too much because this is nominal. He stated that staff works with this issue the most and therefore he would support their recommendation. Councilmember Johns stated that she is fine either way. She stated that she does like the combined fee that does not specify out the processing fee. Councilmember Williams stated that she would not want to create additional work for staff, noting that clearly they have put a lot of thought into this and would support their recommendation. City Administrator Ulrich stated that staff discussed this with the front end people that are actually taking applications and their thoughts on what would and would not create additional work. He stated that the recommendation as it stands makes things more uniform between the parks and municipal buildings while still remaining affordable for non -profits. Asst. City Administrator/Economic Development Manager Brama noted that it appears there is a split in the group and noted that while the intent was to place this on the Consent Agenda for a future meeting, perhaps this will be a case with additional information at the next case. Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood noted that the intent was to create uniformity between the parks and municipal facilities in attempt to cover the costs. He asked if this is the consent of the Council to support the staff recommendation. Councilmember Kuzma stated that $10 does not cover the actual cost and therefore he would not support raising the cost. He stated that he would be fine bringing the costs in line with each other but would not want to raise the fee. He clarified that he would be fine with raising the rates of all categories with the exception of non -profits. City Administrator Ulrich noted that would be an easy adjustment to make. He noted that the intent is to have uniformity. It was the consensus of the Council to support making the fees uniform between the parks and municipal facilities, leaving the non-profit charge as $5. 2.03: Discussion Regarding the 2017-2018 Union Contract Negotiations for AFSCME, LELS-Patrol and LELS-Sergeant (Discussion Closed to the Public) City Administrator Ulrich stated that this is the first go round of contract negotiations for the three contracts and recommended that this going into closed session. Motion by Councilmember Riley, seconded by Councilmember Shryock, to go into closed session to discuss 2017-2018 Union contract negotiations for AFSCME, LELS-Patrol and LELS- Sergeant. City Council Work Session / July 26, 2016 Page 5 of 6