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FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 8, 2004 -5- Consideration of includin written etitions as an acce table f rm of in ut on the to is of solid waste collection (continued) Mayor Gehrz said she is asking the Council to clarify this by alDproving written, signed petitions as one of the acceptable forms of input on the Solid Waste Collection issue. The names and addresses of residents who sign petitions will be included in the data analysis and public record on this issue. A brief discussion followed. Mr. Willard Tennyson, 1935 Summer, said that he read the October 13 Council minutes and was shocked when he got the newsletter about solid waste collection because the rules had been changed. A rule had been added that seemed to imply that the City Council could not accept the petition he had been circulating in his neighborhood. He is concerned that rules approved by the City Council were changed by someone and he contacted Mayor Gehrz to express his concern. • He has 35 signatures on a petition that he circulated on May 20, two hours before the Solid Waste Commission meeting. He contacted 38 homes and 35 of them signed the petition. Mayor Gehrz said she believes this is just a misinterpretation ofthe intent of the City Council. Talbot moved the affirmation of written petitions being an acceptable form of input on the topic of solid waste collection. The motion was unanimously approved. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS Council member Talbot said that at a recent meeting of the NSCC (North Suburban Cable Commission) they were reviewing their budget for 2005 and utilized the City's Reserve Policy as a tool in their deliberations. Mayor Gehrz said she wanted to thank a group of residents and staff who gave up their Saturday to attend a conference sponsored by the Minnesota State Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security, Citizen Corps Programs. Administrator Worthington, Dan Johnson- Powers, Kris Grangaard, Sue Majerus, and Mayor Gehrz conducted classes for participants. The Federal government has made major cuts in homeland security funding for Ramsey County for 2005 and there will be much less money to work with. She said that Gretel Keene, a resident of Falcon Heights, was sent to Alabama to work for FEMA. She was there for months and just returned home this week. Gretel has been invited to attend a future Council meeting and share . her experiences with the community. 14