City Council Announcements
February 14, 2012
G. For Your Information
10. Legislative Updates
There are a couple of legislative issues and staff will be talking with Council Members as more information is available. Some may result in a recommendation for Council action. One relates to idling, another is Landlord / Tenant initiative. Ms. Gust-Jenson said the City’s idling ordinance was under close scrutiny and there had been some suggestions made at the Legislature of ways the City could change that ordinance to make it more palatable/educational as opposed to punitive. She said the Council would receive more information as soon as it is delivered to staff. She said the Council may be asked to officially consider some of those changes.
Ms. Gust-Jenson said a couple of issues regarding the landlord/tenant initiative might come up. She said one administrative issue had already been corrected. She said there were a lot of misconceptions which had been clarified. She said anything the Council staff learned would be forwarded to Council Members in the next few days.
11. Letter Regarding Budget Priorities
In your packets, staff has provided a draft of a letter to be sent to the Mayor regarding budget priorities. If the Council Members want to review the letter, staff will check in during the week to get any items to add and it will be discussed again next week at the February 21st work session. Ms. Gust-Jenson said the Council packet contained a draft letter regarding budget priorities which was intended to get Council Members started. She said in the interest of time, staff would check back with each Council Member this week to see what Members would like added and then we can bring it back on February 21st for review by the entire group.
12. Council Work Session Start Time
The Council Meeting Work Session will continue to start at 2:00 p.m. for the coming months to allow for the discussion of the Council’s Policy Statements. Ms. Gust-Jenson said there had been discussion about whether to continue the 2:00 start time. A majority of the Council was in favor of continuing the 2:00 start time.