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Mounds View City Council January 24, 2011 Regular Meeting Page 4 Finance Director Beer indicated Mary Tarek has served the City for 30+ years and will be retiring 1 on April 22nd. Ms. Tarek will be dearly missed by all. He requested that the Council allow staff 2 to fill her position in advance to utilize Ms. Tarek’s skills and abilities to train the new employee. 3 Staff recommended Council approve Resolution 7725. 4 5 Council Member Mueller questioned the timing on this issue. Finance Director Beer explained 6 applications would be taken for three weeks and then reviewed by staff to find the most qualified 7 candidates. Interviews would take approximately one week and Staff hoped to have an employee 8 onboard by mid-March. This would allow the new employee to be trained in for a month before 9 Ms. Tarek’s retirement. 10 11 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7725, 12 Approval to Initiate the Process to Fill the Pending Vacant Accountant Position. 13 14 Council Member Stigney requested that the job description require a four year accounting degree. 15 16 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 17 18 E. Resolution 7727, Approving the 2011 Seasonal Public Works Positions. 19 20 Assistant City Administrator Crane indicated in the past the City has required ten seasonal 21 summer positions. Due to the budget constraints, the public works department was requesting 22 eight seasonal summer positions for 2011. Staff recommends approval of the Resolution with no 23 wage increases. 24 25 Mayor Flaherty thanked staff for bringing this to Council in a timely manner. He was pleased 26 there was no proposed wage increase. 27 28 Council Member Mueller thanked the public works department for being conservative with their 29 seasonal help as this assisted with the budget. 30 31 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7727, 32 Approving the 2011 Seasonal Public Works Positions. 33 34 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 35 36 F. Resolution 7724, Accepting Miscellaneous Cash Donations for 2010. 37 38 Finance Director Beer indicated the State requires that donations be accepted by Resolution. 39 Donations made in 2010 totaled $465. Staff presented the Resolution to Council and 40 recommended approval, thanking the anonymous donors. 41 42 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7724, 43 Accepting Miscellaneous Cash Donations for 2010. 44 45