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Council Member Howard thanked the presenters for a great job, and requested staff to provide Council with more options for viable course of action. Council Member Jordan requested that staff review what the County has been doing in regards to signage in the main thoroughfares. Furthermore, Council Member Jordan supports the hiring of an additional code enforcement officer if that shows commitment to enforcement of rules, which will benefit Redwood City9s aesthetics. MEMO 1/4/00 Mayor Ruskin clarified that a working relationship has been established with the County (Nelson, of Community Development has also been involved). Contact has been established with them and a willingness has been expressed in regards to several areas: landscaping, codes pertaining to business fa�ade, sexually oriented business, etc. Mayor Ruskin agreed with Council Member Jordan's position that since we've made this a priority we need to move forward with upgrading the appearance of the City. MEMO 1/4/00 Mayor Ruskin summation of the discussion is as follows: public hearing to be called (notification to be given to all businesses before such public hearing), city wide enforcement and for staff to bring back to council numbers for the various types of enforcement (phasing in by areas, phasing in by types of signs) Council desires to know the numbers and be given the opportunity to chose options based on those figures, there was a consensus that staff not be removed from other important functions,that staff bring in options for additional staff needs, its cost and length of the need. Council Hartnett requested that staff report on where the funding would be coming from. Mayor Ruskin concurred and closed the discussion. MEMO 1/4/00 9:SO p.m. —10:00 p.m. —Break 6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS -None 7. PUBLIC HEARING -None 8. BOARDS, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS A. Recommendation from the Personnel Committee on City Manager's Compensation; Council Member Hartnett, recommended that the salary of the City Manager be increased by 5% effective retroactive May 1, 1999. The City Manager last adjustment compensation occurred 19 months ago. The 5% is consistent with the compensation adjustment provided to the bargaining units over the same period of time. The salary survey that the committee is undertaking will provide further data for subsequent recommendations from the Personnel Committee. But the preliminary indication is that the current compensation is almost 8.5% below the compensation median of the cities that we typically compare for the bargaining units. However, the City Manager is not part of a bargaining unit and his compensation need not be compared; his adjustment is not based upon a scale but based upon the Council's discretion and determination. Council Member Hartnett informed the Council that the Personnel Committee instructed the City Clerk to conduct a formal salary survey of comparable cities that we normally use, in addition to some of the neighboring cities that may not normally be used in the REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING � �' DECEMBER 13, 1999 MINUTES �(�FOR C�TATIQI� PAGE 8 _._ . ._.._.__