General Meeting Minutes 6-8-2006

Minutes for the City Council General Meeting

June 8, 2006

Call to Order 7:00 PM

Roll Call

Ken Klawunder

Becky King

Sandi Marchbanks

Wayne Howell

Mike Atkins

Martha Romero

Kim Heacox

Approval of Minutes: Ken made a motion to approve the minutes as read.  Minutes approved 7/0. Roll call vote.  

Public Comment on non-Agenda Items (Public Comment Limited to 3 minutes)

Ordinances for Publication:

Ø      Ordinance No. 2006-07

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GUSTAVUS PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

Ordinances will be published for 4 weeks until the next General Meeting on July 11.  If the public has questions or comments on any of the ordinances, they are encouraged to contact the City Clerk.

Martha made a motion to publish the ordinance.  Motion passed 7/0.  Roll Call Vote.

Ordinances for Public Hearing:

Ø      Title 8 Dock and Harbor Ordinance

Sandi asked for public commentary.

Anya Maier read from a prepared statement from Hank Lentfer.  Please see attached copy of that statement.

Diane Klawunder read from a prepared statement.  Please see attached copies of that statement.

Greg Streveler asked that perhaps the ordinance could be implemented in phases rather than all at once.  He questioned the immediate need to have all of the proposed regulations in place.  He offered to lend his service to the city in deciphering which regulations may be currently appropriate.

Bill brown addressed the council on this issue.

Joe Vanderzanden read from a prepared statement. Please see attached copy of that statement.

Discussion on this topic followed.

The clerk read a prepared statement from Colleen Stansbury and Bruce Smith.  Please see attached copy of that statement.

More discussion on the harbor ordinance followed.

Sandi suggested that that the adoption of this ordinance be tabled.  Wayne Howell made a motion to table the ordinance until the work session on June 15.  Motion passed 7/0. Roll Call vote.

Resolutions for Public Hearing:

No resolutions for public hearing

Unfinished Business

Ø      Approval of City Council Policy Concerning the Following:

  The City Council of Gustavus will provide appropriate time for consideration and deliberation of all issues coming before the council prior to taking action or making decisions about those issues.

Sandi explained that the council wished to hold off on the publication of policy until more work had been done on the whole policy manual.

New Business

Announcement of the Ladies Golf Tournament and the need for a Special Events Permit from the Alcohol Beverage Control Board to sell alcohol at the dinner following the tournament.  Sandi made a motion to approve the city’s application for a permit to sell alcohol at the dinner following the tournament from 7:00-10:00 PM.  Motion passed 7/0.  Roll call vote.

Committee Reports

Ø      Strategic Planning Committee

Carolyn Edelman read from a prepared report.  Please see attached copy of that report.  Wayne asked that the 2 questions regarding the relevance forms used in the budget process be addressed at the first work session in July.

Ø      Parks and Recreation Committee

No Report given.

Ø      Library Board

Janet Lassiter read from a prepared report.  Please see attached copy of the report.

Council Comments

Sandi Reminded the public that on June 17^th at 7:00 PM at city hall there will be a meeting to discuss the Tongass National Forest Implementation Plan.  Representatives from the National Forest Service will be present to answer questions about the plan.

Kim Heacox thanked Carolyn Edelman for her newspaper.  He appreciated the information.

Kim also told the public about the cooperation of several entities that may bring about the development of designated hiking trails in Gustavus.  Kim offered that if anyone had questions they could contact him, Hank Lentfer, or Rob Bosworth.

Kim Ney asked that information from the state regarding the need for a boat harbor ordinance be posted along with the meeting notice regarding public input on the harbor ordinance scheduled for June 15, 2006.

The General meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM and the council entered into executive session at 8:17 PM.

ExecutiveSession- City Employee Payment and Earnings Policy

The City Council came out of executive session at 9:48 PM.  Wayne Howell motioned to approve the City Employee Payment and Earnings Policy as amended and captured on Sandi’s computer.  Wayne further moved that the City Clerk’s base pay be changed to $16.00 per hour retroactive from the 6 month probationary period. Wayne also moved that the employees are to be given a 4% pay raise retroactive back to June 9, 2006 if they successfully pass their semi-annual evaluations.  Further, forms for semi-annual and annual evaluations shall be passed to committee heads to begin the process of employee evaluation as soon as possible.  Motion Passed 7/0, Roll Call Vote

Adjournment 9:59 PM