12/08/1981 - City Council Special
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EAGAN CITY COUNCIL
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
DECEMBER 8, 1981
A special meeting of the Eagan City Council was held on December
8, 1981 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eagan City Hall. Those members present were Mayor
Blomquist, City Councilmembers Egan, Parranto, Smith and Wachter. Also present
was City Administrator Hedges.
UNION NEGOTIATION UPDATE & NON-UNION SALARY SCHEDULE FOR 1982
The City Administrator presented a memorandum entitled "Union Nego-
tiations" that provided an update on the status of negotiations for both the
police dispatchers and public works maintenance employees. A memorandum and
salary compensation schedule was also distributed for all non-union personnel
for a 1982 wage schedule. The City Administrator stated that salary considera-
tions included a no increase to a 9.5% increase in addition to some additional
increases due to merit increases, reclassification and adjustments to meet the
City's salary compensation plan. There was no action taken regarding the nego-
tiations or non-union personnel settlement.
AMM LEGISLATIVE POLICIES FOR 1982
Mayor Blomquist, who is on the Board of Directors of the Association
of Metropolitan Municipalities, stated that the general membership meeting is
scheduled for December 30, 1981 at which time all legislative policies for 1982
will be reviewed. She stated that the City Administrator distributed a copy
of the various policy modifications proposed for legislative policies in 1981
and 1982 and asked that each of the various policies be reviewed so she can
provide input at the general membership meeting on the position towards each
legislative policy as taken by the City of Eagan. A number of policies were
reviewed, including:
1. Municipal Revenue & Taxes - that. consists of levy limitations, taxes
on property and other related revenue taxes.
2. General Legislation - regarding shade tree, uniform building code,
cable communications, police officer eligibility and recruitment and
uniform information practices.
3. Housing - regarding mandatory standards in local housing.
4. Metropolitan Area Issues & Concerns - such as watershed district, sur-
face water management, hazardous and solid waste, metropolitan park
funding and regional park impact.
5. Transportation - which includes taxi cab regulations.
The City Council reviewed each of the policies suggested by AMM for modification
and provided their input to Mayor Blomquist. Upon completing the review, Mayor
Blomquist indicated that she would present the policy modifications at the
general membership meeting on December 30, 1981.
Special City Council Minutes
December 8, 1981
Page Two
CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
The City Council held a regular meeting of the Cable Television
Advisory Committee. Minutes of that meeting are recorded as official minutes
of a regular meeting of the Cable Television Advisory Committee held on December
8, 1981.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the special City Council meeting
was adjourned at 7:45 p.m. and the Cable Television Advisory Committee meeting
at 11:00 p.m.
Dated: December 8, 1981 TLH
City Clerk