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Mounds View City Council June 13, 2016 <br />Regular Meeting Page 11 <br /> <br />Council Member Mueller stated the next Festival in the Park Committee meeting would be held 1 <br />on Tuesday, June 21st at City Hall. The meeting would be held at 7:00 p.m. She encouraged 2 <br />those interested and willing to assist with this wonderful event to attend this meeting. She then 3 <br />reviewed the list of scheduled events for this year’s Festival in the Park. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Council Member Mueller indicated the League of Minnesota Cities conference would be held 6 <br />June 14th through June 17th. She stated she would be interviewing LMC board candidates again 7 <br />this year. This was a special privilege for her as this was her last year serving on the LMC board. 8 <br />She congratulated the City of Mounds View for their efforts on becoming a GreenStep City. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Council Member Meehlhause thanked City Administrator Ericson, Mayor Flaherty and Council 11 <br />Member Gunn for participating in the Northeast Youth and Family Services Mayor’s Cup golf 12 <br />event. He stated there were 24 teams signed up for this event. He indicated he would be 13 <br />attending an NYFS meeting on Thursday along with the League of Minnesota Cities Conference 14 <br />this week. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Council Member Mueller asked if the Council could approve motion of support for Council 17 <br />Member Meehlhause becoming the NYFS Chair. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Council Member Meehlhause did not believe this was necessary. 20 <br /> 21 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. The Council Expresses its Support for Council Member 22 <br />Meehlhause Becoming the Northeast Youth and Family Services Chairman of the Board. 23 <br /> 24 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Abstain – 1 (Meehlhause) Motion carried. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Mayor Flaherty stated he had a great time at the Mayor’s Cup golf event. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Mayor Flaherty reminded the Council of the tri-city meeting with Blaine and Spring Lake Park, 29 <br />which would be held on Tuesday, June 14th. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Mayor Flaherty indicated he would be attending a Cable Commission meeting on Wednesday. 32 <br /> 33 <br /> B. Reports of Staff. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Finance Director Beer reported he and Administrator Ericson met with Fire Chief Smith where 36 <br />the 2017 preliminary budget was discussed. He provided a summary of the budget and stated 37 <br />these were early numbers that would be revised over the coming months. At this time, the 38 <br />preliminary budget impact was showing a net decrease of $11,000 for 2017. 39 <br /> 40 <br />City Administrator Ericson stated compensation for the City Council was recently discussed at a 41 <br />worksession meeting. He indicated it had been 13 years since the Council has had a pay increase. 42 <br />He explained an Ordinance would have to be adopted in order to amend the Council pay. He 43 <br />provided the Council with some research he had conducted regarding Council pay. It was noted 44 <br />Council and Mayor pay was higher in surrounding communities. He commented if the Council 45