Minutes - Council Work Session - 05/18/2021 - Special

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City Administrator Ulrich agreed that evaluate would be a better word to use for the item rather than implement. He acknowledged that there would be ramifications to the budget and noted that a review was always built into the process. Mayor Kuzma commented that some contracts have already been approved that are dependent on the current funding source. He believed that going through the budget process will be an important part of the discussion because it will provide background information on the entire financial position of the City. He agreed with changing the language to evaluate. Councilmember Woestehoff stated that he would have also chosen to remove the item as currently written but agreed that changing the language to evaluate the pavement management fund would be appropriate. He stated that he supports the franchise fee and believes that it is the most efficient method of funding but would support evaluation and discussion. Councilmember Specht stated that he would prefer to leave the language as written, even though the program has already been implemented. Councilmember Musgrove commented that part of the statement is confusing as it does not state “a program” “franchise fee funding” or “tax funding”. She stated that everyone supports a pavement management funding source but not everyone agrees on franchise fees. She stated that there was a review built into the program through reassessment and evaluations. She stated that she would leave the item in the plan and having continued discussion on a pavement management program. She stated that most cities that had a franchise fee also had additional funding sources, similar to Ramsey. Deputy City Administrator suggested using the language “continue discussions on a pavement management funding program”. There did not seem to be consensus on which language should be used. He noted that staff can continue to think of ideas for the language for this item. He reviewed the next action to identify and improve one organizational workflow process which could be amended to identify a new business practice within the organization. Councilmember Woestehoff stated that while this is a great goal, he would be unsure as to what that process or practice would be. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill stated that there were two new action items identified in the last discussion and confirmed the consensus that this specific action could be removed. He confirmed the consensus of the Council to add an item related to reviewing social media programs. He moved onto the action item related to economic growth and development and confirmed consensus to leave that item and asked if there would be support to add an action to look for opportunities to increase the library of shovel ready sites for development. Councilmember Specht commented that he would not want to see The COR become a flat dirt surface in preparation for unknown development timelines. He stated that if cost effective opportunities present themselves, he would support that but would not want to see the entire area flattened and dirt. City Council Special Work Session / May 18, 2021 Page 5 of 19