City Council Minutes 12-16-1986
I
MI TES
SPECIAL MEETING - MO TICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Tuesday, December 16, 1986 - 7:30 a.m.
A special meeting of the Monticello City Council was duly held at
7:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 16, 19 6, in the Monticello City Hall.
Members Present were: Mayor Grimsm , Councilmembers Fran Fair, Bill
Fair, and Dan Blonigen. Also prese twas Councilmember elect Warren
Smith. Absent: Jack Maxwell. Mem ers of the Monticello Planning
Commission and City staff in attend nee were: Richard Carlson, Joyce
Dowling, Barbara Koropchak, Gary An erson, Rick Wolfsteller, and
Tom Eidem.
I
The meeting was called to order by he Mayor, who indicated that
the express purpose of conducting t e special meeting was to discuss
pending vacancies in the Planning C mmission and to discuss proposed
improvements in Planning Commission operating procedures. The Mayor
opened the discussion by expressing his thanks to the members of
the Planning Commission for serving He acknowledged that the position
received few expressions of gratitu e and noted that the issues often
placed members of the Planning Comm ssion in delicate and unpopular
positions. Commission member Rich arlson, who also serves as Chair
of the Commission when in session, ndicated that it was extremely
difficult to find persons who were nterested in serving on the Planning
Commission. Carlson noted that he ot the impression that frequently
people in the community did not tak the Planning Commission seriously.
City Administrator Eidem responde that he had been informed directlY
by various developers that the Plan ing Commission was not much more
than a bureaucratic and procedural bstacle which needed to be side
stepped before carrying the heart 0 their proposal to the City Council.
Eidem stated that he felt it was cr tical to re-establish the Planning
Commission as an authoritative body with respect to zoning and land
use issues. Eidem stated that he f lt it was essential to provide
outside training sessions so that panning Commission members could
develop broader understanding of la d use in general, and provide
in-house training sessions to explo e the City's Comprehensive Plan
and zoning Ordinance in particular. He noted that he also thought
it would be appropriate to begin to compensate Planning Commission
members to reimburse for individual's out-of-pocket expenses as well
as to show some token of appreciati n for services rendered.
I
Considerable discussion followed by
the value of training. Commission
as a part-time volunteer participan
when working with persons who were
field of planning and zoning. She
Commission members with an expanded
of the issues so there could be gre
and issue resolution. All members
all persons present regarding
ember Dowling indicated that
, she sometimes felt intimidated
veryday practitioners in the
elt it was critical to provide
understanding and knowledge base
ter decision making capabilities
f the City Council supported
1-
I
Special Council Minutes - 12/16/86
the notion of expanded training cap bilities and felt that the expense
would be well justified. All Counc I members also acknowledged that
a monthly compensation for Planning Commission members would be appropriate.
Motion by Fran Fair, second by Dan
rate of $50.00 per month per member
they attend the regularly scheduled
The motion also stipulated that eac
would be required to go through bot
with local ordinances as well as on
The motion was adopted unanimously.
lonigen, to approve a compensation
for Planning Commissioners providing
meeting in that given month.
new Planning Commissioner appointed
internal training and familiarity
external training session.
other business sched led for the special meeting,
ned the session.
Thomas A. E1 m
City Administrator
I
I