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Mounds View City Council June 23, 2014 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Mayor Flaherty asked how attractive this position would be given the fact it was part-time. City 2 <br />Administrator Ericson commented over 20 people applied for the previous posting. For this 3 <br />reason, he believed the City would again receive a number of qualified candidates for the 4 <br />Business Development Coordinator position. 5 <br /> 6 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 7 <br /> 8 <br />C. Resolution 8272, Approving the 2014 Festival in the Park Contract. 9 <br /> 10 <br />City Administrator Ericson reviewed the 2014 Festival in the Park Contract in detail with the 11 <br />Council and recommended approval. It was noted this year’s Festival in the Park would be held 12 <br />on August 16th. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Council Member Mueller asked how long Theresa Cermak has been the president of the Festival 15 <br />in the Park. Theresa Cermak, President of the Festival in the Park, explained she has served as 16 <br />the president for the past ten to fifteen years and has been on the committee for the past 21 years. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Council Member Mueller thanked Ms. Cermak for her service to the community. She then 19 <br />requested further information on how the Festival Committee funded the event. Ms. Cermak 20 <br />explained the committee had been fundraising and received a grant from Twin Cities Gateway to 21 <br />assist in covering the expenses for the Festival. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Council Member Mueller indicated she had a check from the Win Insurance Agency to be used 24 <br />for car show trophies in the amount of $150. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Council Member Meehlhause questioned if additional picnic tables should be planned for the 27 <br />beer garden area. Ms. Cermak commented that this was being investigated. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Council Member Gunn noted the City had budgeted $4,500 for Festival in the Park to cover staff 30 <br />time. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Mayor Flaherty requested further information on this year’s theme for Festival in the Park. Ms. 33 <br />Cermak explained the Festival would be Elvis themed as this year’s event fell on the anniversary 34 <br />of his death. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Mayor Flaherty thanked Ms. Cermak for her dedication to the Festival, along with everyone 37 <br />serving on the Festival in the Park Committee. 38 <br /> 39 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8272, 40 <br />Approving the 2014 Festival in the Park Contract. 41 <br /> 42 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 43