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Corrections made by City Council Members Hull and Mueller, Clerk -Administrator Ericson, and Assistant City Clerk -Administrator Desaree Crane <br />PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL 1 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 <br /> 4 <br />Regular Meeting 5 <br />June 8, 2009 6 <br />Mounds View City Hall 7 <br />2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 <br />7:01 P.M. 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br />1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 12 <br /> 13 <br />2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 14 <br /> 15 <br />3. ROLL CALL: Flaherty, Stigney, Hull, Mueller, Gunn. 16 <br /> 17 <br /> NOT PRESENT: None. 18 <br /> 19 <br />4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 <br /> 21 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the Monday, June 8, 2009, agenda as presented. 22 <br /> 23 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 24 <br /> 25 <br />5. PUBLIC INPUT 26 <br /> 27 <br />None. 28 <br /> 29 <br />6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 30 <br />A. Presentation by Senator Betzold and Representative Tillberry to Discuss the 31 <br />2009 State Legislative Session. 32 <br /> 33 <br />State Representative Tillberry and State Senator Betzold presented outcomes of the 2009 34 <br />Legislative Session and commented on the difficulty of dealing with the State’s $4.6 billion 35 <br />deficit crisis, creation of a two-year budget, and bills that were considered and adopted. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Council Member Mueller asked about the legislation introduced for the State to compensate 38 <br />teachers to make up for lost 401k funds. Senator Betzold explained the Pensions Commission 39 <br />dealt with major issues, and the Teachers Retirement Association is in significant fiscal trouble. 40 <br />A public pension fund has not failed in Minnesota since the 1930s. Senator Betzold reviewed the 41 <br />options considered and that starting in 2014, the State would increase its contribution if the fund 42 <br />continued to spiral downward. However, the Governor indicated he would not sign it so nothing 43 <br />happened. 44 <br /> 45