Informational Meeting

MINUTES Monday, May 2, 2011 Informational Meeting 4:00 PM at Carnegie Town Hall Sioux Falls City Council 235 West Tenth Street Members Present: Sue Aguilar, Kenny Anderson Jr., Vernon Brown, James Entenman, Michelle Erpenbach, Greg Jamison, Dean Karsky, Rex Rolfing, and Mike T. Huether. Members Absent: None Staff Present: Debra A. Owen, City Clerk/Chief of Council Operations; Tamara Jorgensen, CMC, Assistant City Clerk 1. Call To Order Council Chair Greg Jamison called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. 2. City Council Staff Report A. Debra A. Owen, City Clerk/Chief of Council Operations Owen gave reminders and updates regarding tonight's agenda for the City Council Meeting. 3. Audit Committee A. Report from Meeting of April 26, 2011 An update will be given later in the Executive Session. 4. Land Use Committee A. Report from Meeting of April 25, 2011 Erpenbach stated that the Land Use Committee meeting items have been rescheduled for future meetings. 5. City Council Open Discussion Brown stated there will be a Fiscal Committee Meeting after the Informational Meeting today to discuss contracts, sewer and water rate increase (freezing the rates) and a discussion on Tax Increment Financing.  Brown and Darrin Smith, Director of Community Development, discussed Item 27 on tonight's agenda. Brown asked for clarification on the $35,000 amount specified in the Resolution. Discussion followed. Jamison, on behalf of himself and his wife, Beth, expressed appreciation and thanked everyone for their thoughts and prayers. Jamison and Mark Cotter, Director of Public Works, will be meeting next week regarding Cotter's proposals for additional road repairs that could be handled with the 3.8 million dollars. Jamison may bring items next week for the City Council Meeting Agenda. Jamison encouraged the Council Members to think about whatever additional items need to be covered, i.e. the scoreboard at Arena, etc. Jamison reminded the Council that he will be done serving as the Council Chair in the next few weeks. He asked if any of the Council Members would like to see any changes to the Informational Meeting format and asked if the changes should be implemented before the new Chairperson takes over. Entenman responded that he would like to see some of the dates/times of some of the meetings rescheduled to accommodate additional time at the Informational Meetings for questions and discussion. Discussion followed. Aguilar gave an update that correspondence has been sent to the Minnehaha County Commissioners requesting a time change from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for the Joint Meeting with Minnehaha County. Discussion followed. Jamison asked the Council Members if they have had an adequate amount of time to review the Economic Impact Study. Jamison recommended that the Council Members review the information prior to making any decisions. Erpenbach suggested that the information be reviewed at a future City Council Working Session and suggested the use of an outside facilitator. Discussion followed. 6. Presentations A. Events Center Site Recommendation by Mayor Mike T. Huether 7. Executive Session A. Pending litigation pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2(3) B. Personnel item pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2(1) A motion was made by Michelle Erpenbach and seconded by Rex Rolfing to enter into Executive Session at 5:04 p.m. for the purpose of discussing pending litigation pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2(3) and a personnel item pursuant to SDCL 1- 25-2(1)  Council Chair Jamison called for a voice vote on that motion and all members voted yes. Motion Passed. A motion was made by Michelle Erpenbach and seconded by Kenny Anderson Jr. to exit Executive Session at 5:58 p.m. Council Chair Jamison called for a voice vote on that motion and all members voted yes. Motion Passed. 8. Adjournment Council Chair Jamison adjourned the meeting at 5:58 p.m. A voice vote was taken and all members present voted yes. Motion Passed. Tamara Jorgensen, CMC Assistant City Clerk