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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 October 8, 2012 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 7:00 P.M. 9 10 11 1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 12 13 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 14 15 3. ROLL CALL: Flaherty, Stigney, Hull, Mueller, Gunn. 16 17 NOT PRESENT: None. 18 19 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 A. Monday, October 8, 2012, City Council Agenda. 21 22 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Approve the Monday, October 8, 2012, agenda as 23 presented. 24 25 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 26 27 5. PUBLIC INPUT 28 29 Becky Ness, 6942 Pleasant View Drive, addressed an ongoing issue at her property. She 30 commented she received a bill for using 1,000,000 gallons of water at her home. She requested 31 that the outstanding balance of $918.48 be removed from her bill. She indicated she had not 32 received information on why this usage was charged to her property and requested further 33 information from the City at this time. 34 35 Finance Director Beer stated back in 2003, the Ness’ meter reader stopped working sometime in 36 the 2nd quarter. He commented City policy is to send out a letter explaining the need to replace 37 the meter reader. This letter was sent four times to the Ness family without a response. In 2008, 38 based on Council direction the Ness family was sent a fifth letter and the City was then allowed 39 to change out a meter reader. The new meter reader provided a reading of water used and a bill 40 of $1,400 for water usage. The Ness’ came in to request a test of the meter and the test came 41 back positive, that it was working correctly. He stated this was not an isolated case, as other 42 residents have had large water bills due to leaks within the home. 43 44