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MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1999 7:00 PM uNAppRovED 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER Mayor Coughlin calls meeting to order. 2. ROLL CALL Mr. Whiting does roll call. Mayor Coughlin, Council members Quick, Marty, Stigney, Thomason, present. 3.APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Certificate of appreciation for Senior Station Captain Scott D. Drewitz, retired January 7, 1999, upon completion of 22 years of service with our department. He joined the department on April 3, 1976, while a senior at Centennial High School. The principal had given special permission for Seniors to become volunteer fire fighters and respond during school hours to station four. In 1978 Scott moved to station one area where he served the rest of his tenure with the department. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in November 1980 and served as Senior Station One Captain from 1992 to 1994 and again 1996 until his retirement. He also served as Station One Engineer, Fire Inspector, Deputy Fire Marshal, and Auxiliary Instructor in the areas of medical and aircraft training. Scott attended many special training classes on various areas of fire fighting including fire inspection and prevention, arson detection, radiological monitoring, fire command, leadership, hazardous materials emergencies. He was certified as an EMT, paramedic and at the fire fighter one, two and three levels. During his 22 years of service, Scott responded to more than 3150 fire calls, and attended over 1000 weekly drills. In addition to his fire fighting duties, he willingly assisted with the fire prevention and public fire education presentations and events and participated in our annual open house and tours. Scott received several awards over the years and that included an award of merit for outstanding service in District One in 1981, and award of valor for rescuing a resident at a house fire in 1982, a distinguished service award for exemplary performance in contributions to the fire department and community in 1984, award of merit for attending the most drills at station one in 1985 and 1986, and the fire chief's honorable mention for duties beyond expectations in 1986. The city of Mounds View would like to give a certificate of appreciation. The City of Mounds View recognizes Scott D. Drewitz Senior Station Captain of Spring Lake Park, Mounds View fire department. Mayor Coughlin requests reports. Mr. Marty attended the Planning Commission meeting, the first meeting is to go through bylaws. The Planning Commission did so and made some minor changes and tried to clarify things. The second thing discussed outdoor produce sale the City has in Mounds View, some that come every year that have to reapply for a conditional use permit. They raised some questions as to how it might be more easily handled with staff, rather than coming back to the Planning Commission all the time. Mayor Coughlin stated a public thank you to Poncho Henderson down at the Metropolitan Council. He gave a tour of all the facilities including the under belly of the sewage treatment plant for St. Paul. Gave a tour, updates on Y2K for their computer system, with assurance they are Y2K compliant.