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Mounds View City Council June 27, 2011 Regular Meeting Page 8 Council Member Hull asked if the congregation could receive grants for this initiative. Reverend 1 Collins stated funding was available for the New Horizons Resource Group as it was non-faith 2 based group. This would provide new job opportunities to the community. 3 4 Mayor Flaherty questioned the “feel” of a Redeemed Life Church service. Reverend Collins 5 reviewed the flow of his Sunday morning services stating the Vice President of Liberia recently 6 visited. He noted his focus was preaching the Word of God to his multi-cultural congregation. 7 8 Mayor Flaherty stated the Council would have to consider if this use fits with the public’s 9 purpose at the Community Center. The idea of separation of church and state was a concern for 10 him as this was a government building. He noted he would investigate this further before making 11 a decision. 12 13 Reverend Collins indicated his congregation would impact the community through its service to 14 the residents in Mounds View. He added that Horizon Church was currently using this space. 15 16 Mayor Flaherty thanked Reverend Collins for being present this evening to address questions 17 from the Council. He suggested the Council discuss this item further at the July 5th work session. 18 19 F. Resolution 7805, Approving Revisions to Section 4 the City’s Personnel 20 Manual Pertaining to “Separations.” 21 22 City Administrator Ericson reviewed revisions to Section 4 of the City’s Personnel Manual with 23 regard to Separations. The City Attorney’s office, Kennedy and Graven, provided feedback and 24 recommended revisions to the manual. The revised document was before the Council for 25 comment this evening. Staff provided a summary of the revisions. 26 27 Council Member Stigney questioned if the City’s personnel manual had been reviewed with the 28 League of Minnesota Cities model policy. City Administrator Ericson stated he was not certain 29 but stated the language was modeled after the policy. Assistant City Attorney Sonsalla was 30 aware of the League’s policy and stated this information would have been taken into 31 consideration with the revisions. 32 33 Mayor Flaherty asked if the City had to make payment to discharged employees within 24 hours 34 of termination and if it was wise to set such a policy. Finance Director Beer stated this was 35 required by law. 36 37 Council Member Stigney requested further information on the sentence discussing “from the 38 armed services.” Council Member Gunn stated this was a Federal mandate explaining the City 39 had to have very good reasoning to lay off a staff member in the armed services. Mayor Flaherty 40 felt this language was confusing. City Administrator Ericson clarified that a job change was not 41 to be construed as a layoff. He noted he would request further clarification on this language from 42 the City Attorney. 43 44 Mayor Flaherty reviewed the order of layoffs with regard to staff. He felt the manual read like a 45