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Item No: 11B(2) Meeting Date: Jan 25, 2010 Type of Business: Admin Reports City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Clerk - Administrator Item Title/Subject: Administrator Reports 1. North Suburban Cable Commission (NSCC) TAC Meeting – Jan 19 Last Tuesday, Mark Beer and I attended the NSCC Technical Advisory Committee meeting at CTV offices in Roseville. Issues discussed included an update on the search for new space, the potential for a change in how costs are allocated between the NSCC and the NSAC, the timeline for Franchise renewal with Comcast, the future of the I-net infrastructure, Ramsey County’s fiber grant application and recent proposed FCC rule changes regarding the siting of telecommunication towers. 2. Fire Department Quarterly Meeting – Jan 20 Fire Chief Nyle Zikmund, Blaine Manager Clark Arneson, Spring Lake Park Administrator Barb Nelson and I met in Mounds View to review the year-end 2009 fire department budget and financials. Even after the Fire Department agreed to reduce its budget by 3% early last year at the request of the three cities, there remained a surplus at the end of the year. Much of the surplus funds will be used to purchase deferred life-safety equipment. Chief Zikmund pointed out that because of the Departments’ emphasis on fire prevention, calls for service have decreased from levels ten years ago despite the explosive population growth occurring in Blaine and development district-wide. On a per capita basis, the city enjoys nearly the lowest cost fire protection service in the metro area and state. 3. Meeting with Ramsey County Managers – Jan 25 I will be joining other Ramsey County city managers and administrators along with County manager Julie Kleinschmidt in Maplewood for a meeting to discuss matters of county wide significance. The agenda has no yet been circulated, but I will be able to provide an update at the City Council meeting later that evening. 4. General Mills Leadership Conference – Jan 29 Last December I enrolled in a free leadership forum sponsored by General Mills. The first seminar is scheduled for January 29th and will feature John G. Drozdal speaking on the topic of “Leadership, Conflict, Authority and Teams.” Mr. Drozdal heads an organization development and training firm that specializes in generational issues in the workplace, manager/leader development, team building, executive coaching, and conflict transformation. Future forums will focus on issues such as “Influential Conversations”, “Showing Executive Presence in Times of Rapid Change” and “Thirteen Roles of a High Performance Leader.”