so the next item is uh the parkboard update and i a f or ly which one of you guys want to cover that I can go um a couple of the simple ones first um first update I have is uh one of the park board members got a lead on some high tables and chairs um it would be three tables at the cost of 25 each and then nine chairs at the cost of $40 each for a grand total of $435 the park board did feel that this
was um a good option um a lot of the golfers and other customers do like the high tables better so I'd be looking to um get approval to purchase those I think and I the high tops I think do work pretty good out there people like getting higher off the ground so it's a good idea so uh three tables nine chairs uh $435 total if I could get a motion for uh purchasing those for the clubhouse I'll that Shar makes the motion actually Gary you second it okay so all in favor say I I
opposed motion carried Lyn the second thing we talked about um was in the Legion Park back here um the cement border that needed to be put around the playground area um we talked about that it's probably a good idea to put that out for bids versus you know just awarding it to somebody um I know it it meets the requirements that we don't have to put it out for bids but I think it's a good process everybody gets the
chance to do it to to put in you know for what they bid it at yep so we would just need Eric to you know create a scope and then put it out there okay um if I could get a motion for that make a motion here makes a motion I'll second is there a second a motion all in favor to say I I opposed a motion Carri the third thing is the approval of positions um the park board um Review Committee did um meet and we have um a
candidate that we feel would be best for the supervisor role um Parker how do you say his last name Laura Clark CLA Clark CLA um is the candidate that we would recommend um we would recommend starting him at 58,000 um and then at his six-month review which would be after the golf season ended if everything went well um and he
was doing well we would recommend increasing it to 59,000 um that does fall into the budget range that we were given let me know when you're done I'm done with that one okay so as far as with parkerland so is you're saying that there's there's any that is is it there's no other additions like any benefit changes or um yep um the other
thing he did negotiate um would be starting at tier two um in terms of the PTO which would amount to 40 hours of additional PTO so does that does that PTO does he ACR PTO as well as getting the 40 hour of PTO or is that just it for the first year so he would start at tier two so he's not making more than the 59,000 it's just he's getting two weeks of pt versus one you follow me I do right so so he'll he'll start out
with uh one week right away and then he'll acrew a week as he goes or you AC it no matter what well you work as you work so so I guess my question is what happens if he uh leaves in two months do we have to pay that PTO that we give him to him no because he has to acrw it as he works got it okay so we wouldn't be out anything that way so instead of getting 12 okay no I like that's 17 days right okay yeah it's not costing us anymore
right yeah right no I understand that so that's good so then then he'll acrew it just like everybody else does you're just going to acrew at tier two instead of tier one right okay so um I guess uh how I look at it is uh myself it's and I I did send out an email last week uh stating that uh I would like to meet meet with them and also I feel that the other council members uh should have the
opportunity to uh meet with uh uh Mr Claire uh as well um this is a it's a relatively big decision for the city and also uh we're adding we're opening up the the golf course going 18 holes and it obviously we want this to be a success we want to make sure that uh he's the right candidate and um I would like to have the opportunity to meet
with him um myself personally or with or with another council member and then give the opportunity for the other council members uh to meet with them now we can do either we could do a closed door or a closed session meeting or we could set up like we did with uh with Laura um like a meet and greet so we could have the person here and then uh um we could come in at our leisure and talk to him just set up like a three-hour three-hour meeting great are
you saying you want this before we take a vote on his I would great I would Gary I mean and if we have to call if we have to call a special meeting we don't have to wait two weeks if we want to do it next Monday we can do it next Monday too I I guess I can understand where you're coming from but the hiring committee's already went through the process and we're bringing we're going to bring it to a vote tonight um I guess that's that would be my proposal we want to get this ball rolling and to put it off any
further I don't think is necessary yeah so I get so the I my rationale I'm just going to I took a couple of notes so I just uh for for sake I'm just I'm not sure that you know that I'm sure the candidate's a good person I'm sure he's likely qualified but I'm uncomfortable on the hiring process and the guidelines that were not voted on that were utilized the guidelines of hiring uh the compensation package uh um I asked but was not given
the opportunity to meet with the candidate for me and the balance of the council members uh in addition I feel for this position the importance like I stated to the Future the success of the golf course uh we need a full Council vote and um what and and I think you guys know if anything happens in the city whether I'm involved with it or not it comes back to me right and I feel very uncomfortable voting for this person when I have not
even met the person cuz people are going to come back to me and say well what do you know about this guy well I I don't know anything about him then why'd you vote for him for well we we have a a committee for this the hiring committee um you should be able to trust the hiring committee to get the process done we followed the process we hire the guy uh within our hiring parameters so there there should be no question whether or not we should bring it tonight or not so Gary and you were you
went through the hir process with Laura and this person obviously isn't at the level of Laura but they're not at a level of like uh a Bradley either so they are a supervisory person they're going to be out in the community I you I I know I don't have to explain to you understand all that um but when we when we went when we had uh something set up with uh hiring Laura I actually went to the council um and a motion was made by Don Bowski
and seconded by Jackie Johnson to allow me to make an offer and state the wages for the new city administrator the motion was carried unanimously nobody gave anybody permission to actually put in an official offer or take an acceptance of that position from that person I looked through all the minutes so is that not the hiring committee's job is to make the offer to this the park board is an advisory commit to the but we're bringing it to the meeting tonight yeah it was contingent on
Council we should have went we should have had a meeting and decided what that was not the parameters John it never was the parameters were the park board was to interview and come back with a candidate that was qualified and to fit it within the the budget range I'm just I'm just saying you guys we're all independent thickers that's what I love about this Council uh I I uh if we don't table it um I will give my I'll give my reasons uh why um I'm not going to vote for the
person but I think it's really uh it it would be really good to have everybody on board uh with the hiring because it's not going to set a good tone going forward but if you guys don't want to give us the opportunity to meet with them it's not about the opportunity John it's it's a trust thing also you you gave us this J so Len you told me you've never voted against the park Council while you were on the Council before say that again have you did you ever vote against the park Council when you were
par Council what do you mean on the Park Board V on the park absolutely but it came to a vote and that was my vote so you should have the opportunity to vote Yes or No told I just told you I'm going to vote and that's fine but you're saying you know you're coming back and some of your things are saying that we weren't following the guidelines that were given yes we were did we vote did we vote on saying that you could you had the authority to make an offer to him well how do we know he'd even take it if we don't make an offer that's what we go
the I the idea was to bring a couple of candidates forth to the council let the council talk to them but you know I'm not going to it's it's miscommunication so I'm not I'm not I'm trying to work this out reasonably and if you guys want to my suggestion is to table it so Donnie and Sarah have a have a chance to at least ask the person a couple of questions but if if you guys want to make a motion um uh and I'll just call for a I just I'm going to call for a
roll call vote and then we can give her I guess give her reasons why and um uh but I think it's crucial that the mayor of the town of peers uh would have an opportunity to meet uh that candidate before uh we vote the High room I just think it makes sense and I actually asked it isn't like I never asked to meet the person I was actually uh basically denied the opportunity to when was that when I sent that email to Laura and then you called me well I didn't
deny it you said you wanted to and I said I was bringing it to the meeting tonight he said I didn't have to cuz you're bringing it to the meeting I said I'm bringing it to the meeting so that's what I'm doing well I don't see that's where it needs to be I don't see I don't see him here I would have loved to have met him tonight well because I said I was going to bring it to the meeting to anyway so that's my suggestion so you guys uh um I will make the motion to approve the hiring of Parker player um starting at $58,000 um at six-month interview going
to $59,000 he is more than qualified for this position and he would be a great asset to our community as well as the golf course I second that okay so what I'm going to do is I'm going to uh call for a roll call vote and um uh I'll actually take the lead first um and uh put the first first vote in uh since I'm kind of the in charge a little bit here so uh
what I'd like to say is that uh not long ago actually a person sitting in here a particular citizen told me as the mayor I should know everything that happens in the city of peers that is what I'm actually trying to do I'm trying to do in this position I'm trying to know what's going on as the mayor representing the people as well as you guys I'm not voting no because of the candidate I'm voting no because as mayor the buck ultimately stops with me I
haven't seen the hiring offer that's another thing we have I'd like to see the hiring offer we should all sign off on the offer before it's presented presented to them um I haven't seen a hiring offer nor um has the council given the authority to anyone to extend any offers in addition I'm not having an opportunity to meet the candidate uh to ask my own personal questions so therefore uh I'm casting the first vote of No and then I'm just going to start with Sarah and then I'm going to move my
way down no I thought about it and I'm okay with it I mean I trust the hiring board they've done this before and I mean I guess it was a different situation with Laura and I mean I just I guess I don't remember any precedents where we've had you know even the other super supervisors go through a process like that I mean the hiring committee was put
there and I guess you have to make an offer to know if the person is interested before we can approve and that the person that you um offered to they do know it's contingent if the council doesn't approve then they don't get the job anyway so I mean I'm okay I go I vote Yes yes yes okay so we have it's uh three uh for
and one against so um that would gives you the opportunity to extend the offer for his acceptance I guess that's how it work l so okay okay uh then we don't have claims I'm still not done John oh I'm sorry I wanted to do each one separate oh okay um in terms of the assistant supervisor um we would recommend the hiring of Mark hoisel for that position starting out at 1950 an hour um we would do a three-month review
if he was doing well we would recommend extending or moving him up to $20 an hour that would be a six-month job um with no benefits and and I I know Mark personally he's a nice person and um he's been he's part of our community so um he also would be a great asset he would be a great asset absolutely so I would make the motion um to approve approve hiring of Mark hoisel for the assistant supervisor position at the clubhouse Helen makes motions Gary
seconds it all in favor say uh n uh motion carried and then the third is the team lead position um we currently do not have anybody that has accepted that position um I would ask that we could post for that position and then look to um the hiring committee to um do interviews and then come back back to the council um for approval I'll make a motion to post for
the position of Team lead and then you know have the hiring committee do interviews and all that s makes a motion I'll second that Gary seconds the motion all in favor say I I oppos the motion carried that's all I got okay so then we don't have claims we don't have a Treasures uh report um Department updates the only thing I have
is a request to uh approve the invoice that came from League of Minnesota cities for our workman's comp it is $ 3,756 for the year is 3,756 yep okay if I could get a motion for approval of insurance for three League of cities I'll make a motion to accept that or to make that payment why don't we give Gary the motion and then Sarah seconds the motion that's okay all in
favor say I I opposed a motion carried La okay so uh that is it I don't have anything unless anybody else has anywhere any updates at all I'm good ah I do not okay so if I could get a motion since D isn't here if I could get a motion to adjourn I'll make a motion to adjourn at 625 p.m. Sarah makes a motion to adjourn second I G second a motion
all in favor say I I opposed uh motion carried