Minutes - Council Work Session - 01/14/1975

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WORK MEETING CITY COUNCIL OF RAMSEY January 1~, 1975 Meeting was called to order at 7:~0 p.m. by the Mayor, Mr. Cox. Present were Mr. Gorham, Mr. Reimann, Mr. Mickelson, and Mrs. Oliphant. Mr. Steffens and Mr. Goodrich were also present. Mr. Steffens: Discussed budget needs with the Council. He said there would be a Metro Council Development Framework meeting~with many communities at the Brooklyn Center City Hall on January 21st at 7:00 p.m. There will be a Metro Sewer meeting in Brooklyn Park on January 22nd. We must notify both of these if we want to be on the agenda. We are in the rural or transition area. They do not want our area developed any sooner than possible. They think we will have 9000 population by 1990. The objective is to pre- vent the unnecessary extension of Metro services. They state the sewer line will not go beyond.a certain point. We are to have our plan finished by 1977. If we don't, any pollution prob- lems will not concern them but must be handled by us. They don't answer the question as to who is going to pay for holding this land open. We are not an agricultural community any more. The last census we had 26 farms. There should be much better septic tank systems and control. The Metropolitan Council does not give definite information on any of these areas. Mr. Steffens will draw a position paper for the Council for next Monday's meeting. Questionable material is being dumped at the landfill by the City of Anoka. The Metropolitan Sewer Board doesn't want to extend their sewers or lines but it is the method by which they determine this that we must watch out for. Mr. Cox feels that having only the motions recorded of the meetings is not enough information. In the minutes should be included the reason for which the motion was made. We will have the City .Attor- ney check over the minutes before they are completed so they will be legal and can be used in this way. Minutes should reflect all policies adopted by the Council. An auditor may look for many items which may not have been spelled out by the Council at the time. Mr. Cox asked that the last minutes of the Council be played back. This was done. Mr. Reimann moved the Clerk be instructed to transmit the sewer plan for the City of Ramsey approved by the Ramsey Town Board on September 16, 197~ to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. .Seconded by Mr. Mickelson. Motion carried. Mr.~'Reimann moved that overtime for the Road and Bridge Department is up to the discretion of the Councilman in charge of this Depart- ment. No second to the motion so the motion died. This will be studied by the Council and will be taken up at the next meeting. Mr. Robert Matheson: He has contacted two accounting firms. He discussed the prices and the various types of accounting plans. He described in detail the plan he thought would be most suitable for this city. He will bring samples to the next meeting.