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City Council Minutes September 6, 2022 Page 4 of 7 at-will employee to a union employee. Negotiations came to light because of the dramatic pay and benefits difference; union officers had a better deal going than Sgt. Franz did. This will put him in a similar pay structure as the officers. Rich stated this will take care of inequity. Discussion ensued about various police contracts. MAYOR GARDNER MOVED TO APPROVE THE LELS SGT. CONTRACT. COUNCIL MEMBER SIELS SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 5- 0. 8.3 ARPA Funds for Radio Replacement Sgt. Franz stated the radios in squads are becoming outdated and Motorola is not supporting them any longer. Law enforcement radios are moving to encrypted channels and the current radios the police department has does not support that functionality. Discussion ensued about how radio channels work and how Pequot Lakes communicates with other local agencies. $10,000 of ARPA funds have already been designated to the library. Sgt. Franz stated the Fire District could potentially utilize the old radios, as they do not use encrypted channels. The encryption of channels has been new technology over the past few years. One radio has already been purchased due to the selling of an old squad car to the Fire District. Current radios the police department has are well over 12 years old. Radios looking at are the ones recommended by state. COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE USE OF $45,000 OF ARPA FUNDS TO REPLACE MOBILE AND PORTABLE RADIOS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER SEILS SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 3-2. MAYOR GARDNER AND COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT OPPOSED. 9. Public Works 9.1. Public Works Report The August 2022, Public Works Monthly Report was received by Council. Rich Spiczka stated that two lawn mowers are currently for sale on Facebook Marketplace. Offers will be taken starting on September 14, 2022. He stated that there are lots of street projects that need to be done and ARPA funds can be used to complete them. Mayor Gardner addressed Nick Roy about another sink hole is appearing on McGill Street. Nick raised a question about carryover funds. He would like to request to use for spray patching in the amount of$12,495. Mayor Gardner asked for it to be a separate item in the future.