AGENDA FOR THE LEGAL & FINANCE COMMITTEE
City of Rapid City, South Dakota
12:30 P.M., November 28, 2012

ROLL CALL AND DETERMINATION OF QUORUM

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

A time for the members of the public to discuss or express concerns to the Council on any issue not on the agenda. Action will not be taken at the meeting on any issue not on the agenda, except by placement on the agenda by unanimous vote of the Council members present.

CONSENT ITEMS -- Items 1 - 19

Public Comment opened - Items 1 - 19
Public Comment closed

Remove Items from the "Consent Items" and Vote on Remaining Consent Items

1) Approve Minutes for November 14, 2012

MAYOR'S ITEMS

2) No. LF112812-01 - Confirm Appointment of Lisa Rae Sissenstein to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Board

3) No. LF112812-02 - Confirm Reappointment of Margot Burton, Tom Collings, Kathy LaForest, Patti Martinson and Doug Puetz and the Appointment of Tom Miller, Sheri Mommerency and Wanda Peacock to the Mayor's Committee for People with Disabilities

ITEMS FROM ALDERMEN AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

4) No. LF112812-03 - Acknowledge Capital Improvement Program Committee Monthly Update for November 2012

5) No. LF112812-04 - Approve Capital Plan for Street, Drainage and MIP Projects for November 2012

6) No. LF112812-05 - Approve Reallocation of the Parks and Recreation CIP Funds as follows: $10,000 to the Founders Rock Preservation Project and $31,458 to the Sweet Creek Trail Design Project

POLICE DEPARTMENT

7) No. LF112812-06 - Approve Event Permit for Alex Johnson's New Year's Eve Ball Drop on December 31, 2012

FIRE DEPARTMENT

8) No. LF112812-07 - Resolution No. 2012-133 Writing Off Uncollectable Ambulance Billing Accounts

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

9) No. LF112812-08 - Resolution No. 2012-117B Levying Assessment for Cleanup of Miscellaneous Property

10) No. LF112812-09 - Resolution No. 2012-132A Fixing Time and Place for Hearing on Assessment Roll for Cleanup of Miscellaneous Property

11) No. LF112812-10 - Acknowledge October 2012 General Fund Cash Balance

12) No. LF112812-11 - Acknowledge September 2012 Sales Tax Update

13) No. LF112812-12 - Approve FY2013 Allied Arts Funding Allocation for Community Investments (Arts & Humanities)

14) No. LF112812-13 - Request for Property Tax Abatement: Bank West Inc, 2011, $455.52

15) No. LF112812-14 - Authorize Mayor and Finance Officer to Sign Combined Election Agreement with Pennington County for the 2013 Municipal Election to be Held on June 4, 2013

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

16) No. LF112812-15 - Authorize Mayor and Finance Officer to Sign Contract with Fugro EarthData, Inc. for Aerial Photography Services

17) No. LF112812-16 - Resolution No. 2012-134 Providing Non-Union Employees with the Same Cost of Living Increase in January of 2013 Being Received by the City's Union Employees

CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

18) No. LF112812-17 - Acknowledge Raffle Request from American Legion Auxiliary

19) No. LF112812-18 - Resolution No. 2012-136 Removing the Order of Business for City Council Meetings from the City Council Policies and Procedures Handbook and Establishing a Policy for Setting the Agenda

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

NON-CONSENT ITEMS - Items 20 - 27

Public Comment opened - Items 20 - 27
Public Comment closed

SPECIAL ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC

20) Bill Freytag - Developer's Agreement

MAYOR'S ITEMS

21) No. LF112812-19 - Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance No. 5887 Requiring the Finance Officer to Report Interdepartmental Charges to the Common Council by Adding Section 2.40.085 to the Rapid City Municipal Code

CIVIC CENTER

22) Update from Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

23) Direction Regarding Date for First Public Works and Legal and Finance Committee Meetings in January, 2013

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

24) No. PW111312-06 - Second Reading and Recommendation of Ordinance No. 5878 to Expand the Definition of Hazardous Trees on Private Property by Amending Section 12.32.100 of the Rapid City Municipal Code

CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

25) No. LF112812-20 - Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance No. 5888 to Regulate Hookah Lounges by Adopting Chapter 5.40 of the Rapid City Municipal Code

26) No. LF111412-13 - Second Reading and Recommendation of Ordinance No. 5879 to Establish a Competitive Bidding Process for the Sale of Off-Sale Package Liquor Licenses by Amending Section 5.12.030 of the Rapid City Municipal Code

27) No. LF111412-14 - Second Reading and Recommendation of Ordinance No. 5880 to Allow Removal of a Partially Consumed Bottle of Wine from the Premises of Certain Alcoholic Beverage Licensees by Amending Section 5.12.080 of the Rapid City Municipal Code

ADJOURN