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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - August 6, 1976 `,. CURRENT BUSINESS (Cont'd): Councilman Proft noted that, while the Town did not have commercial development, numerous questions needed to be addressed by the Town concerning roads, traffic flow and easements that required time and study by Staff in order to determine what was best for the Town. He felt that the Town should be in control of development and not the developer, and this was the only way that the interests of the people would be served. Council discussion continued relative to what the functions of the Planning Department, Engineering Department should be; how that time was charged to applicant, and whether the Town's expenses for these services were offset by the fee schedule of the Planning and Engineering Departments. Councilman Grabowski agreed with Mayor Cheney that the City Engineer should only do spot checks of plans, and that a subordinate should do the other plan checks. He thought Council should look to internal procedures with the idea of eliminating functions that might not be necessary for Staff to be handling. He suggested that the Planning Commission might be able to handle Building Site Approvals and Site Development without Staff spending as much time on these functions. Councilman Grabowski did not agree that the Planner should be eliminated or the hiring of such person delayed, since he felt that the Town was at a cross-roads right now, and a person with strong "Planning" experience was necessary at this time. The need for a Planner might not be as necessary at some point in the future, but until that point in time were reached, the Town needed an adequate Staff. He urged Council to look at the fees being charged to ensure that the costs for such a person was being defrayed by those utilizing his time. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Grabowski moved, seconded by Council- man Brown and unanimously carried to maintain the services of a full-time City Engineer for FY 1976-77. Councilman Brown suggested that the City Manager apply an equitable salary increase to the City Engineer as had been done with other employees. Mr. Crowe noted that he had already revised the salary range to reflect this increase. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilman Brown moved, seconded by Councilman Proft to delete Account #1-440.22 to reflect the retention of a full-time City Engineer. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Crowe read to Council the changes which should be reflected in the Planning Budget proposed beginning with page 57. The position of Engineering/ Planner would be added with a salary of $19,050. The Planning Secretary salary would remain the same, for a total amount budgeted for Account # 1-405.01 of $26,886.00. Total salaries, including overtime would be $27,786. The asterisked notation "1/4 charged to Building" should be deleted from this page. -2-