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Highway Department and MnDOT representatives at a meeting held on Thursday, February 8, 1996. The most significant obstacle with any major revisions to the plans at this point are associated with project funding. This project has been sought by the Council since 1990 and has undergone several redesigns. At this point, funding has been secured to Fiscal Year 1996, which means that the project funds must be encumbered by June 30, 1995, and to n~et that deadline, plans must be submitted by' March 1. If this project doesn't meet the Fiscal Year 1996 deadline, it could first be reconsidered with other candidate projects in Fiscal Year 1998. The State usually favors funding the smaller cooperative agreement projects in order to do more projects. This would be considered a larger cooperative agreement project, and therefore, may be at a disadvantage when compared with smaller projects generating similar need ratings. Mr. Jankowski explained to Council that the official actions which will be required by the City associated with this project will beto have the City Engineer sign the project plans, and enter into an agreement with the County to pay the cost of the trail associated with the project. The plans cannot be processed by the State without the City Engineer's signature. Motion by Councilmember Beyer and seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman to recommend the City Engineer sign the project plans. Motion carded. 'Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Beyer, Zimmerman, Beahen and Peterson.. Voting No: None. 3) Discuss Snow Plowing and Sanding Policies City Engineer Jankowski stated that the Road and Bridge Committee discussed the snow plowing and sanding policy and came up with sOme suggestions. One is to have a more extensive article in the Ramsey Resident that spells out the reasons for the policy We follow. Another suggestion was to identify collector streets and to define what is meant by collector street.' There is no action necessary but to solicit additional comments from the rest of Council. Councilmember Peterson suggested we should provide a history of the plowing area, maybe some of these districts are too large. He also asked that Staff do a cost comparison of snow piling versus snow removal. Case #35: Report from the Personnel Committee 1) Update on Personnel Projects: Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy for Holders of Commercial Driver's Licenses~ Administrative Services Manager Waite Smith stated that the Personnel Committee'had discussed the drug and alcohol testing policy and also who would pay for the initial evaluation, consultation and monthly fee for monitoring and treatment. Motion by Councilmember Beyer and seconded by Councilmember Peterson that the Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy is amended to state that the employee would pay the $250 for the testing as this is not covered under the health insurance plan and is considered a consequence the employee experiences for not complying with the policy. Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Beyer, Peterson, Beahen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. City Council/February 13, 1996 Page 29 of 32