[0:03] so the next item is uh the parkboard
update and i a f or ly which one of you
[0:09] guys want to cover that I can
go um a couple of the simple ones first
[0:15] um first update I have is uh one of the
park board members got a lead on some
[0:20] high tables and
chairs um it would be three tables at
[0:24] the cost of 25 each and then nine chairs
at the cost of $40 each for a grand
[0:30] total of
$435 the park board did feel that this
[0:34] was um a good option um a lot of the
golfers and other customers do like the
[0:39] high tables better so I'd be looking to
um get approval to purchase those I
[0:45] think and I the high tops I think do
work pretty good out there people like
[0:48] getting higher off the ground so it's a
good idea so uh three tables nine chairs
[0:53] uh
$435 total if I could get a motion for
[0:57] uh purchasing those for the clubhouse
I'll that
[1:00] Shar makes the motion actually Gary you
second it okay so all in favor say I I
[1:07] opposed motion carried Lyn the second
thing we talked about um was in the
[1:12] Legion Park back here um the cement
border that needed to be put around the
[1:16] playground area um we talked about that
it's probably a good idea to put that
[1:22] out for bids versus you know just
awarding it to somebody um I know it it
[1:27] meets the requirements that we don't
have to put it out for bids but I think
[1:30] it's a good process everybody gets the
chance to do it to to put in you know
[1:36] for what they bid it at yep so we would
just need Eric to you know create a
[1:39] scope and then put it out there
okay um if I could get a motion for that
[1:47] make a motion here makes a motion I'll
second is there a second a motion all in
[1:51] favor to say I I opposed a motion Carri
the third thing is the approval of
[1:57] positions um the park board um Review
Committee did um meet and we have um a
[2:05] candidate that we feel would be best for
the supervisor role um
[2:12] Parker how do you say his last name
Laura Clark CLA Clark
[2:16] CLA um is the candidate that we would
recommend um we would recommend starting
[2:22] him at
58,000 um and then at his six-month
[2:29] review
which would be after the golf season
[2:33] ended if everything went well um and he
was doing well we would recommend
[2:39] increasing it to
59,000 um that does fall into the budget
[2:47] range that we were
[2:50] given let me know when you're done I'm
done with that one okay so as far as
[2:54] with parkerland so is you're saying that
there's there's any that is is it
[3:00] there's no other additions like any
benefit changes or um yep um the other
[3:05] thing he did negotiate um would be
starting at tier two um in terms of the
[3:10] PTO which would amount to 40 hours of
additional PTO so does that does that
[3:16] PTO does he ACR PTO as well as getting
the 40 hour of PTO or is that just it
[3:21] for the first year so he would start at
tier two so he's not making more than
[3:26] the 59,000 it's just he's getting two
weeks of pt versus one you follow me I
[3:32] do right so so he'll he'll start out
with uh one week right away and then
[3:37] he'll acrew a week as he goes or you AC
it no matter what well you work as you
[3:42] work so so I guess my question is what
happens if he uh leaves in two months do
[3:48] we have to pay that PTO that we give him
to him no because he has to acrw it as
[3:53] he works got it okay so we wouldn't be
out anything that way so instead of
[3:57] getting 12 okay no I like that's 17 days
right
[4:02] okay yeah it's not costing us anymore
right yeah right no I understand that so
[4:07] that's good so then then he'll acrew it
just like everybody else does you're
[4:11] just going to acrew at tier two instead
of tier one right okay so um I guess uh
[4:18] how I look at it is uh myself it's and I
I did send out an email last week uh
[4:26] stating that uh I would like to meet
meet with them and also I feel that the
[4:32] other council members uh should have the
opportunity to uh meet with uh uh Mr
[4:39] Claire uh as well um this is a it's a
relatively big decision for the city and
[4:46] also uh we're adding we're opening up
the the golf course going 18 holes and
[4:53] it obviously we want this to be a
success we want to make sure that uh
[4:58] he's the right candidate and um I would
like to have the opportunity to meet
[5:04] with him um myself personally or with or
with another council member and then
[5:10] give the opportunity for the other
council members uh to meet with them now
[5:14] we can do either we could do a closed
door or a closed session meeting or we
[5:19] could set up like we did with uh with
Laura um like a meet and greet so we
[5:24] could have the person here and then uh
um we could come in at our leisure and
[5:29] talk to him just set up like a
three-hour three-hour meeting great are
[5:34] you saying you want this before we take
a vote on his I would great I would Gary
[5:40] I mean and if we have to call if we have
to call a special meeting we don't have
[5:44] to wait two weeks if we want to do it
next Monday we can do it next Monday too
[5:48] I I guess I can understand where you're
coming from but the hiring committee's
[5:51] already went through the process and
we're bringing we're going to bring it
[5:55] to a vote tonight um I guess that's that
would be my proposal we want to get this
[6:01] ball rolling and to put it off any
further I don't think is
[6:06] necessary yeah so I get so the I my
rationale I'm just going to I took a
[6:11] couple of notes so I just uh for for
sake I'm just I'm not sure that you know
[6:17] that I'm sure the candidate's a good
person I'm sure he's likely qualified
[6:21] but I'm uncomfortable on the hiring
process and the guidelines that were not
[6:25] voted on that were utilized the
guidelines of hiring uh the compensation
[6:30] package uh um I asked but was not given
the opportunity to meet with the
[6:35] candidate for me and the balance of the
council members uh in addition I feel
[6:40] for this position the importance like I
stated to the Future the success of the
[6:43] golf course uh we need a full Council
vote and
[6:48] um what and and I think you guys know if
anything happens in the city whether I'm
[6:55] involved with it or not it comes back to
me right and I feel very uncomfortable
[7:01] voting for this person when I have not
even met the person cuz people are going
[7:05] to come back to me and say well what do
you know about this guy well I I don't
[7:09] know anything about him then why'd you
vote for him for well we we have a a
[7:14] committee for this the hiring committee
um you should be able to trust the
[7:18] hiring committee to get the process done
we followed the process we hire the guy
[7:24] uh within our hiring
parameters so there there should be no
[7:28] question
whether or not we should bring it
[7:31] tonight or not so Gary and you were you
went through the hir process with Laura
[7:36] and this person obviously isn't at the
level of Laura but they're not at a
[7:40] level of like uh a Bradley either so
they are a supervisory person they're
[7:45] going to be out in the community I you I
I know I don't have to explain to you
[7:48] understand all that um but when we when
we went when we had uh something set up
[7:55] with uh hiring Laura I actually went to
the council
[8:00] um and a motion was made by Don Bowski
and seconded by Jackie Johnson to allow
[8:06] me to make an offer and state the wages
for the new city administrator the
[8:11] motion was carried unanimously nobody
gave anybody permission to actually put
[8:17] in an official offer or take an
acceptance of that position from that
[8:21] person I looked through all the minutes
so is that not the hiring committee's
[8:25] job is to make the offer to this the
park board is an advisory commit to the
[8:30] but we're bringing it to the meeting
tonight yeah it was contingent on
[8:35] Council we should have went we should
have had a meeting and decided what that
[8:40] was not the parameters John it never was
the parameters were the park board was
[8:44] to interview and come back with a
candidate that was qualified and to fit
[8:48] it within the the budget range I'm just
I'm just saying you guys we're all
[8:52] independent thickers that's what I love
about this Council uh I I uh if we don't
[8:58] table it
um I will give my I'll give my reasons
[9:02] uh why um I'm not going to vote for the
person but I think it's really uh it it
[9:09] would be really good to have everybody
on board uh with the hiring because it's
[9:13] not going to set a good tone going
forward but if you guys don't want to
[9:18] give us the opportunity to meet with
them it's not about the opportunity John
[9:21] it's it's a trust thing also you you
gave us this J so Len you told me you've
[9:26] never voted against the park Council
while you were on the Council before say
[9:30] that again have you did you ever vote
against the park Council when you were
[9:34] par Council what do you mean on the Park
Board V on the park absolutely but it
[9:39] came to a vote and that was my vote so
you should have the opportunity to vote
[9:42] Yes or No told I just told you I'm going
to vote and that's fine but you're
[9:46] saying you know you're coming back and
some of your things are saying that we
[9:49] weren't following the guidelines that
were given yes we were did we vote did
[9:55] we vote on saying that you could you had
the authority to make an offer to him
[10:00] well how do we know he'd even take it if
we don't make an offer that's what we go
[10:03] the I the idea was to bring a couple of
candidates forth to the council let the
[10:08] council talk to them but you know I'm
not going to it's it's miscommunication
[10:13] so I'm not I'm not I'm trying to work
this out reasonably and if you guys want
[10:19] to my suggestion is to table it so
Donnie and Sarah have a have a chance to
[10:24] at least ask the person a couple of
questions but if if you guys want to
[10:28] make a motion um uh and I'll just call
for a I just I'm going to call for a
[10:34] roll call vote and then we can give her
I guess give her reasons why and um uh
[10:40] but I think it's crucial that the mayor
of the town of peers uh would have an
[10:46] opportunity to meet uh that candidate
before uh we vote the High room I just
[10:51] think it makes sense and I actually
asked it isn't like I never asked to
[10:55] meet the person I was actually uh
basically denied the opportunity to when
[11:00] was that when I sent that email to Laura
and then you called me well I didn't
[11:04] deny it you said you wanted to and I
said I was bringing it to the meeting
[11:07] tonight he said I didn't have to cuz
you're bringing it to the meeting I said
[11:10] I'm bringing it to the meeting so that's
what I'm doing well I don't see that's
[11:12] where it needs to be I don't see I don't
see him here I would have loved to have
[11:15] met him tonight well because I said I
was going to bring it to the meeting to
[11:20] anyway so that's my suggestion so you
guys uh um I will make the motion to
[11:26] approve the hiring of Parker player um
starting at
[11:32] $58,000 um at six-month interview going
to
[11:35] $59,000 he is more than qualified for
this position and he would be a great
[11:40] asset
to our community as well as the golf
[11:45] course I second that okay so what I'm
going to do is I'm going to uh call for
[11:51] a roll call vote and um uh I'll actually
take the lead first um and uh put the
[11:59] first first vote in uh since I'm kind of
the in charge a little bit here so uh
[12:05] what I'd like to say is that uh not long
ago actually a person sitting in here a
[12:10] particular citizen told me as the mayor
I should know everything that happens in
[12:15] the city of peers that is what I'm
actually trying to do I'm trying to do
[12:19] in this position I'm trying to know
what's going on as the mayor
[12:23] representing the people as well as you
guys I'm not voting no because of the
[12:28] candidate I'm voting no because as mayor
the buck ultimately stops with me I
[12:33] haven't seen the hiring offer that's
another thing we have I'd like to see
[12:37] the hiring offer we should all sign off
on the offer before it's presented
[12:41] presented to them um I haven't seen a
hiring offer nor um has the council
[12:47] given the authority to anyone to extend
any offers in addition I'm not having an
[12:52] opportunity to meet the candidate uh to
ask my own personal questions so
[12:58] therefore uh I'm casting the first vote
of No and then I'm just going to start
[13:02] with Sarah and then I'm going to move my
way down no I thought about it and I'm
[13:07] okay with it I
mean I trust the hiring board they've
[13:13] done this before
and I mean I guess it was a different
[13:18] situation with
Laura
[13:21] and I mean I just I guess I
don't remember any precedents where
[13:26] we've had you know even the other super
supervisors go through a process like
[13:32] that I mean the hiring committee was put
there and I guess you have to make an
[13:39] offer to know if the person is
interested before we can approve and
[13:42] that the person that
you um offered to they do know it's
[13:47] contingent if the council doesn't
approve then they don't get the job
[13:50] anyway so I mean I'm okay I go I vote
Yes yes
[14:00] yes okay so we have it's uh three uh for
and one against so um that
[14:08] would gives you the opportunity to
extend the offer for his acceptance I
[14:12] guess that's how it work l so okay okay
uh then we don't have claims I'm still
[14:17] not done John oh I'm sorry I wanted to
do each one separate oh okay um in terms
[14:22] of the assistant supervisor um we would
recommend the hiring of Mark hoisel for
[14:27] that position starting out at 1950 an
hour um we would do a three-month review
[14:33] if he was doing well we would recommend
extending or moving him up to $20 an
[14:38] hour that would be a six-month job um
with no benefits and and I I know Mark
[14:46] personally he's a nice person and um
he's been he's part of our community so
[14:51] um he also would be a great asset he
would be a great asset
[14:54] absolutely so I would make the motion um
to approve approve hiring of Mark hoisel
[15:00] for the assistant supervisor position at
the clubhouse Helen makes motions Gary
[15:05] seconds it all in favor
say uh n uh motion carried and then the
[15:11] third is the team lead position um we
currently do not have anybody that has
[15:16] accepted that position um I would ask
that we could post for that
[15:21] position and then look to um the hiring
committee to um do interviews and then
[15:28] come back back to the council um for
[15:33] approval I'll make a motion to post for
the
[15:37] position of Team
lead and then you know have the hiring
[15:43] committee do interviews and all that s
makes a motion I'll second that Gary
[15:49] seconds the motion all in favor say I I
oppos the motion carried that's all I
[15:55] got okay so then we don't have claims we
don't have a Treasures uh report um
[16:01] Department updates the only thing I have
is a request to uh approve the invoice
[16:09] that came from League of Minnesota
cities for our workman's comp it is $
[16:15] 3,756 for the year is
3,756 yep
[16:21] okay if I could get a motion for
approval of insurance for three League
[16:25] of cities I'll make a motion to accept
that or to make that payment why don't
[16:30] we give Gary the motion and then Sarah
seconds the motion that's okay all in
[16:35] favor say I I opposed a motion carried
[16:43] La okay so uh that is it I don't have
anything unless anybody else has
[16:48] anywhere any updates at all I'm good ah
I do not okay so if I could get a motion
[16:53] since D isn't here if I could get a
motion to adjourn I'll make a motion to
[16:58] adjourn at 625 p.m. Sarah makes a motion
to adjourn second I G second a motion
[17:04] all in favor say I I opposed uh motion
carried