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Home My Public Portal About20100614 work sessionCOUNCIL WORK SESSION JUNE 14, 2010 1 CALL TO ORDER The June 14, 2010, Council Work Session was convened at 5:30 P.M. by Mayor John Landwehr. ATTENDANCE The following Council Members were present: Present: Griffith, Harvey, Koon Medin, Penfold, Scrivner Absent: Carroll, Ferguson, Pope, Struemph A quorum was present. DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS Sidewalk Condition Inventory City Administrator Steve Rasmussen began the presentation by introducing the topic of the recent sidewalk condition inventory, and turned it over to City Engineer Matt Morasch. Mr. Morasch made a presentation showing how the recent inventory of sidewalk conditions was performed and stated that staff believes the cost to repair sidewalks would be about $1.1 Million, and that figure is much less than originally estimated without the inventory. He answered questions asked by the Council. At the conclusion of his presentation, Mayor John Landwehr suggested putting the issue on the Public Works & Planning Committee agenda to discuss the presentation. Councilman Jim Penfold stated that the issue had come from the Public Works & Planning Committee to be brought before the full Council, but that they would be willing to discuss it further if the Council wished. Distribution of Mayor's Budget The 2010 -2011 Mayor's Budget was distributed to the Council Members and Finance Committee Chairman Rich Koon stated that unless he received objections, he would like to continue using the "Parking Lot" method during the upcoming budget season as it had worked well the last couple of years. Final Report on Citizen Survey Mr. Steve Veile and Mr. Ed Stroesser of Communique, Inc., and Dr. Lois Hildebrand of Lincoln University, made a presentation explaining the data collected, and methods used COUNCIL WORK SESSION JUNE 14, 2010 2 for collecting said data, during the recent Citizen Survey. At the conclusion of the presentation, the presenters answered numerous questions asked by the Mayor and Council. Mayor John Landwehr asked City Administrator Steve Rasmussen to make recommendations to the Council about any follow -up actions it can take to ensure the citizens who participated in the survey that they have been heard. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:10 P.M.