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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR AND EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE
FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL
June 1,2000
Mayor Morgan called the executive session of the Town Council to order at 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL - Present for roll call were the following members of the Fountain Hills Town Council: Mayor Sharon
Morgan, Vice Mayor Sharon Hutcheson and Councilmembers Leesa Fraverd, John Wyman, John McNeill, John
Kavanagh, and Susan Ralphe. Also present were Town Manager Paul Nordin, Town Attorney Bill Farrell, Director of
Administration/Town Clerk Cassie Hansen,and Director of Community Development Jeff Valder.
AGENDA ITEM#1 —PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §38-431.036A.4.,VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
FOR DISCUSSION OR CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEYS OF THE PUBLIC BODY IN ORDER
TO CONSIDER ITS POSITION AND INSTRUCT ITS ATTORNEYS REGARDING THE PUBLIC BODY'S
POSITION IN PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION REGARDING LEUDERS VERSUS GOLF
INTERNATIONAL INC.AND THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, CASE#CV99-15464.
Councilman Wyman MOVED that the Council convene the executive session and Councilman Kavanagh
SECONDED the motion, which carried unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #2 — RECESS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONVENE THE REGULAR SESSION AT
6:30 P.M.
Mayor Morgan recessed the executive session and convened the regular session of the Town Council at 6:30 p.m.
AGENDA ITEM #3 — ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE TO MAYOR-ELECT MORGAN,
COUNCILMAN-ELECT KAVANAGH, COUNCILWOMAN-ELECT FRAVERD, COUNCILMAN-ELECT
L MCNEILL, AND COUNCILWOMAN-ELECT RALPHE. THE OATH WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY
REPRESENTATIVE CAROLYN ALLEN.
Representative Allen congratulated all on their victory and administered the oath of office to the Mayor-elect and then
to the other Councilmembers-elect as a group. Ms. Allen recognized Senator Randall Gnant,who was in attendance.
Following the pledge and the invocation by Pastor Scott Von Lanken, First Assembly of God Church, roll call was
taken.
ROLL CALL - Present for roll call were the following members of the Fountain Hills Town Council: Mayor Sharon
Morgan, Vice Mayor Sharon Hutcheson and Councilmembers Leesa Fraverd, John Wyman, John McNeill, John
Kavanagh, and Susan Ralphe. Also present were Town Manager Paul Nordin, Town Attorney Bill Farrell, Director of
Administration/Town Clerk Cassie Hansen, Acting Town Engineer Tom Ward, and Director of Community
Development Jeff Valder.
Mayor Morgan announced that the Council would not be discussing the application to renew the temporary use
permit for Bedlam Bed and Breakfast on Skylark-Circle, as it had not been agendized. She said the Council would
hear this item on June 15. She explained that the site would be renoticed with the proper date.
Mayor Morgan read the Consent Agenda, which consisted of the following agenda items 1 -8:
AGENDA ITEM #1 — CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 18 AND
24,2000.
AGENDA ITEM #2 - CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2000-24 ABANDONING WHATEVER
RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST THE TOWN HAS IN CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE
EASEMENT LOCATED ALONG THE EASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY LOT LINES OF PLAT 206,
BLOCK 2, LOT 3 (16423 E DESERT SAGE DRIVE) AND LOT 4 (16415 E. DESERT SAGE DRIVE) AS
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RECORDED IN BOOK 147 OF MAPS, PAGE 2 RECORDS OF MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA
(STANLEY G. KOVEIKIS,MICHAEL & DENIS KOVEIKIS) EA00-17.
AGENDA ITEM #3 - CONSIDERATION OF THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT FOR THE 2-UNIT
GALLERY HOMES CONDOMINIUMS 7, LOCATED AT 14432 SHERWOOD DRIVE, CASE NUMBER
S2000-022.
AGENDA ITEM #4 - CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR FIREROCK COUNTRY CLUB
PARCEL 0-1 & 0-2, A 48 LOT, 7 TRACT SUBDIVISION LOCATED WITHIN THE FIREROCK
COUNTRY CLUB, CASE#S99-036.
AGENDA ITEM #5 - CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR FIREROCK COUNTRY CLUB
PARCEL 0-1 & P-2, A 21 LOT, 1 TRACT SUBDIVISION LOCATED WITHIN THE FIREROCK
COUNTRY CLUB, CASE#99-047.
AGENDA ITEM #6 - CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR FIREROCK COUNTRY CLUB
PARCEL 0-2, A 25 LOT, 6 TRACT SUBDIVISION LOCATED WITHIN THE FIREROCK COUNTRY
CLUB, CASE#599-037.
AGENDA ITEM #7— CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE GRANT AWARD FROM THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $133,456 FOR TWO FULL TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT
POSITIONS IN FOUNTAIN HILLS. THE GRANT AWARD IS PART OF THE "VIOLENT CRIME
CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1994".
AGENDA ITEM #8 — PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-6-1.0 OF THE TOWN CODE OF THE TOWN OF
FOUNTAIN HILLS, CONSIDERATION OF PLACING REFERENDUM 2000-RO1 ON THE SEPTEMBER
12T11 BALLOT.
Councilman McNeill MOVED to approve the Consent Agenda as read. Vice Mayor Hutcheson SECONDED the
motion. A roll call vote was taken with the following results.
Councilwoman Fraverd- aye
Councilman Kavanagh- aye
Councilwoman Ralphe— aye
Councilman Wyman— aye
Councilman McNeill - aye
Councilwoman Hutcheson - aye
Mayor Morgan - aye
The motion CARRIED unanimously with a roll call vote.
AGENDA ITEM #9 — ROTATION OF THE POSITION OF VICE MAYOR TO COUNCILWOMAN
HUTCHESON. THE VICE-MAYOR IS AN EIGHT MONTH ROTATING POSITION TO BE HELD BY
EVERY COUNCILMEMBER.
Mayor Morgan reviewed that the Council rotated the position of Vice Mayor every eight months so that every
Councilperson during their term had the chance to become Vice Mayor. She congratulated Councilwoman Sharon
Hutcheson for making the transition from Councilwoman to Vice Mayor for the next eight months.
AGENDA ITEM #10 — PRESENTATION OF PLAQUE OF APPRECIATION TO LEESA FRAVERD FOR
ALMOST FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. MS
FRAVERD, FIRST APPOINTED IN SEPTEMBER 1995, SERVED AS VICE-CHAIR FROM 1996
THROUGH 1998 AND CHAIR FROM 1998 TO PRESENT.
Mayor Morgan presented a plaque of appreciation to Leesa Fraverd for her five years of service and thanked her for
all her hard work on the Planning and Zoning Commission. Councilwoman Fraverd said it had been her privilege
14.„ and pleasure to serve.
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AGENDA ITEM #11 — INTRODUCTION OF PARKS AND RECREATION SUMMER INTERN.
MARLENA CAVALLO FROM SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY IN SLIPPERY ROCK.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Parks and Recreation Recreation Coordinator Bryan Hughes introduced their department's summer intern Marlena
Cavallo. He explained that she was a senior at Slippery Rock University and would be working with them for the
next twelve weeks. He noted that she would be working with the youth and teen programs and participating in some
of the senior excursions. He said she had expressed an interest in learning more about the Community Service
Program. He invited the Council to contact her with any questions. Ms. Cavallo thanked Mr. Hughes for the
introduction and said even though she had only been with the Town for two weeks, she was learning a lot and having
a good time. She thanked the Council for welcoming her.
AGENDA ITEM #12 — CONSIDERATION OF THE CUT AND FILL WAIVER REQUEST FOR LOT 3,
TOWN CENTER 1, A REQUEST TO CUT 13±FEET AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 3, CASE
NUMBER CFW2000-04.
Senior Planner Geir Sverdrup said this was a request for a cut and fill waiver from the Pederson Investment Group to
develop a Wells Fargo Bank on lot 3 of Town Center 1. He referred to an exhibit on the wall, which showed the
exact areas that would be affected by the cut and fill. He noted that the areas being shown in the pink color had cuts
ranging from 10-feet to 12-feet. He said the developer worked with the Planning and Zoning Commission over a
couple of months, which resulted in the cuts being reduced from 13 feet to about 11.5 feet. He pointed out the areas
in green encompassed both lots 3 and 4 and those areas would have between 0 to 10 feet of cuts. He acknowledged
that there was a great deal of cutting on site,but he explained that was in part due to the applicant's intent to meet the
ADA requirements for pedestrian movement and to also meet engineering standards for driveways in and out of the
site.
He noted that the Planning and Zoning Commission had spent a couple of meetings on this issue to try to get the
project down to an acceptable amount of cut. He stated that the Planning and Zoning Commission was
recommending a 12-foot cut, which would give the applicant six inches of flexibility to ensure that the site would
work. He said the applicant was proposing two entrances from the Safeway Center into Lot 3. He said when staff
expressed concern, the applicant had moved the driveway access closest to Palisades more to the center of the site.
He said staff was also very concerned about the second entrance towards the rear of the project. It was staffs
opinion that the entrance was too close to the loading dock. He said the only stipulation placed on the project had
been the removal of the second driveway access near the loading dock. He pointed out that the applicant was
agreeable to that stipulation. He said that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the
application with the stipulation of the removal of the second driveway.
Councilman Wyman MOVED to approve the cut and fill waiver as presented and Councilman Kavanagh
SECONDED the motion.
Councilman McNeill asked why the agenda item reflected a different amount of cut from what was being
recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. He also wanted to know if the Council was being asked to
approve a 13-foot cut or to simply concur with the Planning and Zoning's recommendation with stipulation. Mr.
Sverdrup clarified that the original application request had been for a 13-foot cut and fill waiver. He said that by the
applicant working with staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission there had been a reduction to 11.5 feet. He
reiterated that the actual recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission was for 12-feet, as then the
applicant would then have some site development flexibility.
Mayor Morgan expressed concern for the public's safety with regard to the project's driveway leading into the
loading dock area. She stated she also understood that there was nothing that the Council could do about what she
was concerned with. She said she viewed it as a potential safety situation.
Vice Mayor Hutcheson agreed with Mayor Morgan. She questioned why more traffic would be invited through an
alleyway that already had significant problems. She pointed out that stop signs had been put up in addition to speed
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bumps in an effort to control the traffic in that area. She hoped that in the end the applicant would accomplish what
they thought they would by constructing their driveway in this location. She concurred it was a dangerous situation.
Mr. Sverdrup stated this project had been reviewed extensively and that the original plan had been found to be
untenable. He said that by the applicant working with the Town's traffic engineer, the applicant's traffic engineer,
and keeping the Safeway Group in the loop, staff felt this proposed application was the best situation possible.
Councilman McNeill agreed that the original plan had been untenable but that there were still potential traffic issues.
He agreed with Mr. Sverdrup that the recommended application was the best plan for what there was to work with.
Councilwoman Fraverd asked if there would be any traffic monitoring at all. Mr. Sverdrup responded that staff did
not have any monitoring capabilities, as this was a private access easement between two private property owners. He
acknowledged that staff would keep their eye on the area. He pointed out that the alley entrance from Palisades was
of great concern to the Marshals Department because of numerous trucks getting stuck on the raised median. He
noted that Marshal Gendler was very familiar with this area.
Town Manager Paul Nordin commented that although the Town did not have as much regulatory control on private
property, the Town did have regulatory control over Palisades. He proposed staff would look into the possibility of
posting a sign for no U-turns on that island. He said in terms of Palisades, staff would monitor that situation to see
what could be done.
Mayor Morgan asked if a stop sign could be placed by Samuari Sam's restaurant. She observed that the traffic did
not slow down or brake when making the left turn out of the parking lot to enter onto Palisades. Mr. Sverdrup said
because that lot was private property, the Town could not require a stop sign be installed. He acknowledged that
other requests for such signs had been made of the property owners (the Gilligans) and they had complied. Interim
Town Engineer Tom Ward said that there had been other situations where private properties were a concern by
residents. He said staff had gone to the owners of the land and requested they put up stop signs to make the traffic
f flow better and create a safer situation. He said staff could do the same thing at this location.
�r Jeff Peterson,project architect and developer of the project
He said they were willing to put a stop sign on their access drive for safety purposes. He pointed out that their traffic
engineer and the Town's traffic engineer had studied the corner of Palisades and the access drive extensively. He felt
they had come up with the best solution for everyone. He said their traffic engineer did not feel it was a severe traffic
problem but suggested that they were willing to do whatever was needed to make this project a safe development.
He said if the Council wanted to stipulate that a traffic sign would be required there, he was agreeable.
The motion CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #13 - CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING A CONTRACT TO RICK GIARDINA &
ASSOCIATES IN AN AMOUNT OF $70,000.00 TO CREATE A METHODOLOGY STUDY AND
ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPMENT FEES. THE REPORT/STUDY WILL BE THE BASIS FOR
CREATING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING bEVELOPMENT FEES FOR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN
HILLS.
Community Development Director Jeff Valder reviewed that the Council had previously asked staff to prepare a
request for proposals from consulting firms of a methodology study and analysis for development fees. He said that
in March of this year, staff had received six proposals. He said staff had talked with four of those firms. After the
interviews, staff had determined all four firms had experience in preparing these types of studies. He said three of
the firms had experience in preparing these studies within the state of Arizona. He noted that staff had past
experience with the firm of Rick Giardina and Associates. He acknowledged that the Town had used his firm before
and had been pleased with their work. He noted that this firm had successfully completed a number of fee studies in
the State of Arizona. He explained that this firm had not been challenged in court to date. He explained that staff
felt Giardina & Associates' services would be of more value to the Council because of their proposed timing and
communication skills involving complex matters.
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He pointed out that what had impressed staff was the amount of time that they had allowed to spend with the
homebuilders and property owners within the Town to explain the fees. He said their firm recognized it would make
for a smoother transition and a more successful fee program if they took care of any of those issues upfront. Staff
recommended that the Council award the contract to Rick Giardina & Associates in the amount of$70,000.
Councilman McNeill MOVED to award the contract to Rick Giardina & Associates in the amount of $70,000 as
presented by staff and Councilwoman Ralphe SECONDED the motion.
Councilwoman Ralphe stated she had previously campaigned for impact fees because they created a sound "pay as
you go"development program. She was happy to have the opportunity to vote for this contract.
The motion CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #14 - CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2000-25 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE
AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, PROJECT OF 1999, SERIES B (2000), ON BEHALF
OF THE TOWN. THESE BONDS ARE FOR THE VOTER APPROVED LIBRARY/MUSEUM PROJECT.
Town Manager Paul Nordin introduced the Town's financial consultant Bob Casillas of PHS&G and Town's Bond
Counsel Scott Ruby. Mr. Nordin stated that bids had been received this afternoon for the bond issue. Mr. Casillas
introduced his partner Bryan Lemburg, who passed out an informational booklet on the sale. Mr. Casillas
summarized the sale of the bonds and stated they anticipated closing the sale and depositing monies June 29`s.
He explained that the Town's rating was an Aa3, which represented an upgrade from A2. He noted that this was
very a significant rate change. He reviewed that when the Town first issued bonds back in 1991, the Moody's
Investors Service rated the Town at Baa, which was the minimum investment grade that an issuer of bonds could
receive. From 1991 to 1995 when those bonds were refinanced, the Town was upgraded to an A rating from the
Moody's Investors Service. He pointed out that in 1999, when the$1.4 million bonds were sold,the Town was again
upgraded to an A2. In 2000, with this particular bond issue, the Town was upgraded to a new category Aa2, which
L was very significant. He said the Town was moved from the A rating to the Aa rating and jumped two steps. He
pointed out that there was an Al rating, which Moody's could have pegged the Town, but instead they moved the
Town to Aa3. He congratulated the Town Council and the management of the Town.
Mr. Casillas drew the Council's attention to the page where Moody's gave the rational for their rating. He stated it
was obviously the strong management of the Town, conservative management strategy, strong fiscal policies of the
Town, and very substantial reserves, which had been viewed very favorably by Moody's. He listed the other cities
and towns in the valley, which were in the Aa category (Glendale, Chandler, Mesa, Tucson, and Scottsdale). He
congratulated the Council and staff on the fine job they had done in managing the fiscal policies of the Town.
He reviewed that the maturity of the bonds would be from 2001 — 2014 and that the average life of the bond issue
was 8.5 years with the interest rates ranging from 5.1% to 7.1%. He said the redemption feature or the recall feature
was listed on the bottom of the page. He pointed out the report included an amortization schedule. He said page
three was a recap of the eight bidders. He said the bidder with the interest rate of 5.4% had been the winning bidder.
He noted that page four illustrated the bonds that were outstanding at this time and reiterated that page five and six
gave the Moody's rational for upgrading the Town's rating.
Mr. Casillas briefly reviewed that there was other information contained in the booklet and he asked that the Council
to read it at their leisure.
Councilwoman Fraverd MOVED to approve Resolution 2000-25 as presented and direct that the bonds be issued.
Councilman Kavanagh SECONDED the motion.
Councilman Wyman asked for clarification of Resolution 2000-25 on page 7, Section 17, with regard to the qualified
tax exemption obligation. He understood it to say that the Town was certifying that during this calendar year there
wouldn't be any issuing of obligations by the Town itself.
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Mr. Ruby responded that in order to obtain a bank qualification, the Town would have to reasonably anticipate that
the Town would not issue more than $10 million dollars of tax exemption obligation. He noted that would include
those issued by the MPC. He explained that when this transaction was put together they had added both this
transaction and an anticipated MPC transaction together and the total was still under the$10 million dollars limit.
Councilman Wyman asked if that left the Town with a $6.39 million dollar pad. Mr. Ruby agreed. Councilman
Wyman stated he had wanted to draw attention to this fact. He explained that although six or seven months was not
all that long a period of time and if the Town were able to negotiate a deal with MCO regarding the mountains, there
wasn't as much pad as some might think. He also pointed out the Town could wait until the year 2001 to do it. Mr.
Ruby said that issue was also discussed by the administration. It had been anticipated that when the whole timeline
of negotiations, documentation in addition to the bond issue on top, the minimum time frame would be January or
February.
Councilman Kavanagh asked how much money the Town saved by jumping two levels higher on the Moody rating
scale. Mr. Capsule said that typically the difference between a half grade would be three basis points and could be
significant amount money. He estimated it to be approximately $35,000 to $55,000 in savings. Councilman
Kavanagh asked if the Town was approaching the ceiling of credit worthiness or was there still room for financial
rating improvement in the future. Mr. Casillas replied that there were categories above the Town's current standing.
He said there was the Aaa rating, which was held only by a handful of municipalities around the country. He said the
trend of the strong financial management, management of the Town, and the ability of the Town to maintain healthy
reserves along with the economic activity taking place prompted him to suggest that the trend was certainly there for
additional financial rating improvements. He said it was his hope and desire that the trend would continue. He said
he felt the Town had put into place strong policies and he hoped that policy would carry the Town forward.
Mayor Morgan offered her congratulations to Paul Nordin and his staff. She singled Julie Ghetti out for a job well
done.
iota, The motion CARRIED unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #15 — CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT OF
TOWN MANAGER PAUL NORDIN WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF INCREASE IN ANNUAL
COMPENSATION.
Town Attorney Bill Farrell explained that in order to attract and maintain professional management the concept of an
employment agreement was used extensively throughout the State of Arizona. He reviewed that about five years
ago, there had been a significant piece of litigation revolving around a manager of Pima County and his employment
agreement, which had clarified the law to a major degree. As a result of this case, city and town attorneys throughout
the state at the first council meeting of a new Council, urge and recommend their ratification of an employment
contract for a two-year period, which was termed as "your political life". He explained that in as much as this
Council could bind and obligate itself during its political life and not beyond, the contract, if ratified, would go into
effect this evening and remain in existence until June of 2002 when the next political life of the Council would begin.
He noted he was recommending an eight-percent increase in compensation. He explained that the job of
recommending a rate of increase usually fell to the Town Attorney. He said the eight-percent would be effective
with the execution of the contract. He acknowledged that it did not prohibit the Council at any point in the future
from either having performance evaluations or renegotiating the manager's salary. He said, in fact, the contract
recommended that be done at least once annually. He said he had provided the Council with historical documents in
their packet materials. He noted that the contract provided those benefits received by other employees with several
additional benefits that would hopefully help the Town retain a professional manager. He requested that the Council
to look favorably on the employment agreement.
Councilman Wyman MOVED to renew the employment contract of Town Manager Paul Nordin with an eight-
percent increase as presented and Vice Mayor Hutcheson SECONDED the motion.
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Councilman Wyman said it had been his pleasure and privilege to work with Paul Nordin for two years. He said he
had worked with him for 2 '/ years. He pointed out that Mr. Nordin was an individual of great integrity and his
professionalism was exhibited not only in his own demeanor but in that of his staff. He said that was no accident. In
his judgment, good staff meant there was good management. He said employers competitively pay an individual
regardless of their position within the organization for job performance. He emphasized that employees didn't
receive more money each year just because they were another year older. He pointed out that the Town was
generous by paying in the upper third of municipalities in the range of 10,000 — 50,000 population listed in the
survey of salaries. He remarked that the Town paid a 9' % matching retirement and provided the Town Manager
with an automobile. He said that although it was well deserved and well earned, he felt this was still a generous
package. It was his opinion that the Town did not need to look at reviewing and increasing compensation more than
once a year. He did not see anything wrong with a two-year package. He said it was the Council's job to make sure
the manager was compensated fairly and that the Town was competitive with other towns. He said the Town's
obligation stopped there.
Mayor Morgan expressed that the Town had a terrific staff. She said it started at the top and if the people didn't
respect the management, they wouldn't have a good staff. Therefore, she felt Mr. Nordin had done an excellent job
and he was also keeping the good staff happy.
Vice Mayor Hutcheson said she had the opportunity of working with Mr. Nordin on and off for probably six years,
beginning first with the Mountain Task Force, then through the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the last two
years on the Town Council. She noted that during all that time had they had not always agreed but she had always
found Mr. Nordin to be professional, efficient, and an excellent Town and Financial Manager. She pointed out that
when the Council went into other communities,they envied Fountain Hills' position. She felt he did a very good job
and if the Town wanted to maintain its status and the level of professionalism that not only the Council had come to
expect,but also the citizens,the Council must provide adequate increases. She said she was happy to vote for this.
Councilman Kavanagh said he had the opportunity to work with Mr. Nordin when he was on the Parks and
Recreation Commission and now the Council. He agreed he had the same experience of professionalism and
competency when working with Mr. Nordin. He said Mr. Nordin had bent over backwards for him as a new
commissioner and he had found Mr. Nordin to be very helpful. He said with regard to the salary figures, he felt the
compensation was reasonable. He expressed that he would like to keep Mr. Nordin in Fountain Hills and to have him
continue the good work.
Councilman McNeill said as a new member of the Council, he was looking forward to working with Mr. Nordin. He
said as a candidate and then as councilman-elect, he had always found Mr. Nordin very responsive to anything he
needed to know about. He said he found Mr. Nordin very diligent in performing his duties. He pointed out that it
had been nineteen months since Mr. Nordin had been provided with a salary increase. He said if averaged over that
period of time,the eight-percent was substantially less. He said the increase was well deserved.
Councilwoman Ralphe reaffirmed the previous comments made by Councilmembers. She reiterated that Fountain
Hills did not want a fine manager like Mr. Nordin to move up to the big cities where his talents would be very much
appreciated. She wanted to see him stay in Fountain Hills.
Councilwoman Fraverd asked Mr. Nordin to keep up the good work.
The motion CARRIED unanimously.
Mr. Nordin thanked the Council for their approval of the contract and their comments.
AGENDA ITEM#16—CALL TO THE PUBLIC
No one came forward
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AGENDA ITEM#17 - ADJOURNMENT.
Councilwoman Fraverd MOVED to adjourn the meeting. Councilman Wyman SECONDED the motion, which
CARRIED unanimously. Mayor Morgan adjourned the meeting at 7:25p.m.
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TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS
By:
Sharon Morgan,Mayor
ATTEST:
Cassie B. Hansen,Town Clerk
PREPAREDBY:/�� �. t'�
Bev Bender,Executive Assistant
CERTIFICATION
Nillw I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Regular Session Meeting
held by the Town Council of Fountain Hills on the 15`day of June 2000. I further certify that the meeting was duly
called and that a quorum was present.
DATED this 1St'day of June 2000.
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Cassie B. Hansen,Town Clerk
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