Informational Meeting

MINUTES Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Informational Meeting 4:00 PM at Carnegie Town Hall Sioux Falls City Council 235 West Tenth Street Members Present: Sue Aguilar, Kenny Anderson Jr., James Entenman, Michelle Erpenbach, Greg Jamison, Dean Karsky, Rex Rolfing, and Kermit L. Staggers Members Absent: Mike T. Huether Staff Present: Lorie Hogstad, City Clerk; Tamara Jorgensen, CMC, Assistant City Clerk; and Jim David, Legislative/Operations Manager 1. Call To Order Council Chair Erpenbach called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. 2. Staff Report A. Lorie Hogstad, City Clerk Hogstad gave an update regarding Alpha Video finishing their work in the Chambers. She also advised the Council that the Chambers now has a timer for use in future meetings, if required. B. Jim David, Legislative/Operations Manager David gave an update concerning designating 'the official newspaper' for the City of Sioux Falls. Discussion was held regarding the payments made to the local newspaper, rates being set by administrative rule, and possible future rate increases. 3. City Council Open Discussion Aguilar noted that the agendas for recent Informational Meetings have been quite full and have not allowed a lot of time between meetings. She proposed that the Event Center updates be moved from the second Informational Meeting of the month to the third Informational Meeting. This would allow sufficient time for this one topic and the Council could go immediately to the scheduled Joint Meeting with Minnehaha County at 5:00 p.m. She has discussed this change with the Mayor and the Council Chair. Rolfing asked about possible schedule changes with the Land Use Committee Meeting. Discussion about moving this Committee Meeting was dependent on permanently rescheduling the Joint Meetings. Erpenbach stated that the County meetings were going  to be on the third Tuesday. Erpenbach asked Council staff to move forward with making these changes. Jamison gave an update regarding his attendance at last week's Metro Management meeting and stated that service calls to 911 dramatically increase when the weather gets warmer. Staggers provided clarification on an email that was received yesterday by all the Council Members. Discussion was held regarding the bicycle ordinance, and penalties for bicycle ordinance violations. This item will be presented to the City Council for 2nd Reading at the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. 4. Presentations A. Pension Design Study by Bill O'Toole, Director of Human Resources B. 2013-2017 Capital Program Overview by Mike T. Huether, Mayor and Tracy Turbak, Director of Finance C. Tier One Wastewater Compliance Update by Mark Cotter, Public Works Director; Trent Lubbers, Utility Operations Administrator; and Bob Kappel, Environmental Manager 5. Adjournment Council Chair Michelle Erpenbach adjourned the meeting at 5:46 p.m. Tamara Jorgensen, CMC Assistant City Clerk