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Mounds View City Council January 26, 2009 Regular Meeting Page 13 Clerk-Administrator Ericson updated the Council on the situation with the Community Center 1 gaming machines and advised it seems to be working well. 2 3 Clerk-Administrator Ericson advised of a heating coil break in the Police Department on January 4 15, 2009. There was no damage to the equipment, staff will research the cause of the problem, 5 and bring a report back for Council consideration. 6 7 Clerk-Administrator Ericson stated the Public Works Director position was posted on January 18 8 and will close on February 9, 2009. 9 10 Clerk-Administrator Ericson commented on the Ramsey County League meeting, as mentioned 11 by Council Member Mueller, saying it appeared most legislators were understanding and 12 appreciative of the position cities will be in and acknowledged it needed to be addressed. 13 14 Clerk-Administrator Ericson stated he attended an Airport Advisory Commission meeting last 15 Thursday and the Metropolitan Airport Commission (MAC) said they are not behind the 16 extension of runways and had no knowledge of that request. 17 18 Clerk-Administrator Ericson updated the Council on the response of the four Hillview Road 19 residents related to the no parking situation. 20 21 Clerk-Administrator Ericson stated more than 50 applications were received for the PSO Officer, 22 8 candidates were interviewed, background checks are being conducted, and staff will present a 23 recommendation for hire in February. 24 25 Clerk-Administrator Ericson stated the Charter Commission held an informal meeting on January 26 13, 2009 to talk about amending the City Charter to change the position title of “Clerk-27 Administrator” to “City Administrator” to better reflect and be more consistent with the title used 28 in the metro area. A question was raised whether making that title change would inadvertently 29 change the form of government of the City. However, the City Attorney confirmed that is not the 30 case. Should the Charter Commission move forward with that recommendation, it would require 31 a unanimous vote of the Council. 32 33 Attorney Riggs advised the title position of “Clerk-Administrator” is very unique to Mounds 34 View. This topic came up several years ago and he had recommended using “City Administrator” 35 since that is the title used by other municipalities. Doing so would not change anything in the 36 Charter or City Code or the position’s responsibilities. In addition, it may be easier to compare 37 apples-to-apples when comparing that position with other municipalities. 38 39 Council Member Stigney questioned the cost to make such a change in all the Codes. He noted 40 that when making comparisons, it does not matter if the titles are exact as long as Mounds View 41 is not comparing to a City Manager position. Clerk-Administrator Ericson stated the cost would 42 be minimal, perhaps $50-$60 to publish an ordinance and purchase new business cards. 43 44 Council Member Mueller asked if Ms. Crane’s title would be changed from “Assistant Clerk-45