Informational Meeting

MINUTES Monday, November 15, 2010 Informational Meeting 4:00 p.m. at Carnegie Town Hall Sioux Falls City Council 235 West 10th Street Members Present: Council Member Aguilar, Council Member Anderson Jr., Council Member Entenman, Council Member Erpenbach, Council Member Jamison, Council Member Litz, and Mayor Mike Huether. Members Absent: Council Member Brown, and Council Member Rolfing. Staff Present: Debra A. Owen, City Clerk/Chief of Council Operations, and Denise D. Tucker, CMC, Assistant City Clerk. 1. Call To Order City Council Chair Greg Jamison called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. He stated that Councilors Brown and Rolfing were going to be absent from the meeting; and that there would be a change in the order of the agenda. Item 9B was heard at this time. See item for more information. Item 9A was heard at this time. See item for more information. 2. City Council Staff Report A. Debra A. Owen, City Clerk/Chief of Council Operations Comments were made later in the meeting. 3. Mayor Huether No report. 4. Audit Committee Comments were made later in the meeting. 5. Fiscal Committee Comments were made later in the meeting. 6. Land Use Committee No report. 7. Public Services Committee No report. A meeting is being scheduled, but no date has been set. They are working with the Ethics Committee to make some revisions to an ordinance. 8. City Council Open Discussion  Comments were made later in the meeting. 9. Presentations A. Railroad Project Update by Mark Cotter, Director of Public Works and Darin Bergquist, South Dakota Secretary of Transportation PowerPoint Pt. 1 pdf (Takes a minute to open) PowerPoint Pt. 2 pdf (Takes a minute to open) NEPA slides pdf (Takes a minute to open) Mark Cotter remarks. Presentation by Joshua Peterson, Engineering. Presentation by Joel Jundt, South Dakota Department of Transportation. Comments and questions by Erpenbach. Comments and questions by Entenman. Questions by Aguilar. Comments by Erpenbach. Questions by Entenman. Comments by Jamison. Comments by Entenman. Comments by Mayor Huether. Owen provided an update for tonight’s City Council Meeting. She informed the Council that there will be two items administered by the Community Development Department, that will be walked in and need to be placed on the agenda. The items are for Council action tonight. Owen said the Planning Department requested that Item 13 be withdrawn from tonight’s meeting. B. October Monthly Financial Report by Tom Huber, Assistant Director of Finance and Tory Miedema, Park Development Specialist October 2010 Presentation pdf (Takes a minute to open) Presentation by Tom Huber. Mayor Huether left the meeting at this time. Council Chair Jamison recessed the meeting at 4:54 p.m. Council Chair Jamison resumed the meeting at 5:20 p.m. Mayor Huether and Councilor  Erpenbach were absent. Mayor Huether arrived at this time. Councilor Erpenbach arrived at this time. Owen said the Council will need to amend tonight's Regular Agenda. They will need to move Item 15, a hearing, before Item 12; and add the two walk-in Resolutions: one pertains to a TIF District to approve a developer agreement and the other is the Reallocation of Recovery Bonds. Discussion followed. Continuation of Huber's presentation. Presentation by Tory Miedema. Mayor Huether left the meeting at this time. Jamison said the Audit Committee will meet at 4:00 p.m., December 2nd in the City Council Chambers. Aguilar gave a Fiscal Committee update on behalf of Fiscal Chair Vernon Brown. The committee unanimously adopted the Budget Analyst job description and a selection committee was formed. The Entertainment Tax Ordinance revision was unanimously approved to be moved forward. The committee unanimously approved restoring original information to the Balanced Budget Resolution, which allows the Administration to spend down Budget Reserves to balance the budget as long as Council approval is sought. The Council will vote on the three items in the near future. The Budget Transfer Ordinance is still being worked on by the committee. Discussion followed. Jamison said there will be a Council Working Session tomorow at 5:15 p.m. Councilors Vernon Brown and Rex Rolfing might not be in attendance for the meeting. Anderson suggested that if a Council member is missing maybe it should be disclosed as to why the Councilor is not in attendance. Discussion followed. Anderson said he recently missed a City Council meeting, because he attended a regional meeting, as a member of the Xcel Energy Advisory Board. Anderson said the second meeting he missed was because he was in Shreveport, La., with the Convention & Visitors Bureau to bid on a couple of national softball tournaments. They were successful in their bid to obtain two tournaments in 2012. 10. Adjournment Council Chair Jamison adjourned the meeting at 5:57 p.m. Denise D. Tucker, CMC Assistant City Clerk