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Mounds View City Council April 23, 2018 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br />1 Representative Randy Jessup thanked the Council for their time and provided an update from the <br />2 legislature. He noted the legislative session would be four more weeks and noted the focus <br />3 would be on Minnesota tax reform. He reported the State's goal would be to bring Minnesota tax <br />4 code into conformance with the new Federal standards. He discussed the bonding projects that <br />5 were being discussed by the legislature, along with the initiatives that were being pursued to <br />6 assist with school safety and mental illness. He noted he requested an appropriation of $250,000 <br />7 for the Mounds View School District to assist with educating the teachers participating in the <br />8 Pathways program. <br />9 <br />10 Council Member Bergeron thanked Representative Jessup for the great work he was doing on <br />11 behalf of the community and the Mounds View School District. He asked if the City's <br />12 hospitality tax would be impacted by the Minnesota Tax reform. Representative Jessup stated he <br />13 would investigate this further and would report back to the City Council. <br />14 <br />15 Council Member Meehlhause commented further on the hospitality tax that was collected by the <br />16 Twin Cities Gateway Visitor's Bureau. He noted each of the cities that participated in this <br />17 organization. He reported Mounds View uses the dollars it receives to assist with expenses for <br />18 Festival in the Park. <br />19 <br />20 Mayor Mueller discussed the importance of educating students in the trades and stated she was <br />21 pleased by all of the great education that was taking place at Mounds View High School. She <br />22 commented on the importance of LGA to the City of Mounds View. <br />23 <br />24 B. Building Safety Month Proclamation. <br />25 <br />26 City Administrator Zikmund read a proclamation in full for the record declaring May to be <br />27 building safety month in the City of Mounds View. <br />28 <br />29 C. Review the 2017 Annual Audit by Aaron Nielsen, CPA and Principal of <br />30 MMKR. <br />31 <br />32 Aaron Nielsen, MMKR, reviewed the City's 2017 annual audit in detail with the Council. He <br />33 stated he was pleased to report that Mounds View had received an unmodified or clean opinion <br />34 for the year ended December 31, 2017. He shared the findings within the audit noting the City's <br />35 estimated market value was on the rise. He commented on the balance of the City's <br />36 governmental and enterprise funds. He thanked the Council for their time and commended the <br />37 City on their fine financial work. <br />38 <br />39 Mayor Mueller thanked Mr. Nielsen for his thorough financial report and commended Finance <br />4o Director Beer for his great work on behalf of the City. <br />41 <br />42 8. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br />43 A. Resolution 8941, Appointing MMKR to Provide Auditing Services for the <br />44 Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020. <br />45 <br />