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City Council Minutes September 22, 2008 Page 2 of 3 Fire: Fire Service was discussed. The cost for fire services was estimated to be slightly higher than the current rate that Jenkins Township pays the City for fire services ($11,000). Clerk: The City Clerk presented costs for Attorney fees, Elections, and Audit fees. Council Member Ryan stated he would add another $5,000 due to possible audit increase. Implementation of Storm Water Management was discussed. The Clerk noted that she did not add staff time for this process. She also stated that the current staff would be busy the first year of an annexation with questions from residents but would more than likely settle down after that. She indicated that she did not anticipate the need to add additional staff. Planning and Zoning: Planning and Zoning proposed fees were discussed including the transition costs of updating the comp plan and the zoning map for Jenkins Township. Council Member Ryan noted that the number of zoning permits would be higher than stated as the City would issue many more conditional uses and variances than the County. Discussion was held regarding the possibility of the legality of the township contracting planning and zoning services. Council Member Ryan stated that he felt the proposed cost of$20,600 is too low considering the number of miles the City would be acquiring. General Discussion: Discussion was held regarding the increase in taxes that the Jenkins Township residents would see if they became part of the Pequot Lakes rural service district. Council Member Ryan did not feel it was fair to Pequot Lakes taxpayers to have the Township tax rate start at 20% and have it increase incrementally in a five year period to the Pequot Lakes rural service district rate. Council Member Nagel asked what kind of a situation we would have when a majority of Jenkins Township citizens don't want the annexation. He stated that he feels it is wrong for the Jenkins