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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Regular Meeting <br />April 27, 2015 <br />Mounds View City Hall <br />2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 <br />7:02 P.M. <br /> <br /> <br />1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER <br /> <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> <br />3. ROLL CALL: Flaherty, Gunn (arrived at 7:46 p.m.), Hull, Meehlhause, Mueller <br /> <br /> NOT PRESENT: None <br /> <br />4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br /> A. Monday, April 27, 2015, City Council Agenda. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the Monday, April 27, 2015, agenda as revised. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />5. PUBLIC INPUT <br /> <br />Kathleen Smith introduced herself to the Council and stated she was a resident of Mounds View. <br />She discussed the importance of honey bees to the City and environment, noting the population <br />of honey bees was declining. She requested that the Council allow honey bee colonies in the <br />City of Mounds View. <br /> <br />Mayor Flaherty questioned how many bees were in a honey bee colony. Ms. Smith explained <br />that a colony could start out with somewhere between 10,000 and 12,000 bees. As the colony <br />grows there could be 40,000 to 50,000 bees. <br /> <br />Mayor Flaherty asked if bees were able to winter in Minnesota. Ms. Smith indicated she protects <br />her colony with a wax covered box and leaves a fair amount of honey in the hive to provide the <br />bees with key nutrients they need to survive the winter. She commented that the hive needed to <br />remain at 95 degrees Fahrenheit over the winter months. <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller thanked Ms. Smith for the information she provided to Council. <br />