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Mounds View City Council October 26, 2009 Regular Meeting Page 15 1 Council Member Mueller announced the October 30, 2009, Marching Knights spaghetti dinner to 2 be held at Irondale School as a fundraiser and opportunity to make food shelf donations. She 3 congratulated the five new in Cub Scout Pack 367 Bobcats and Eagle in Boy Scout Troop 167 4 who were presented with their award badges. Council Member Mueller informed the Council 5 that the League of Minnesota Cities Board unanimously adopted the recommendation of the 6 Ethics Advisory Panel. 7 8 B. Reports of Staff. 9 1. Finance Quarterly Report. 10 11 Finance Director Beer presented the financial report for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. 12 13 2. Community Development Quarterly Report. 14 15 Community Development Director Roberts presented a summary of community development 16 activities and code enforcement from January through September of 2009, noting activity is 17 within budget. He gave credit to his department staff for their contributions to the quarterly 18 report. 19 20 3. Electronic Message Board Designs. 21 22 Community Development Director Roberts presented the council with designs for the City’s 23 electronic message sign and recommended the Council approve design #6. If approved, JDI 24 Signs & Graphics will update the sign this fall if there are enough 50-degree days to complete the 25 work. If not, JDI will update the sign in the spring of 2010. 26 27 The Council discussed the color scheme of the sign. Council Member Stigney expressed concern 28 that the white color scheme will require more frequent maintenance. Following discussion, 29 majority Council consensus was reached to move forward with design #6. 30 31 4. Public Works Project Updates. 32 33 Public Works Director DeBar presented the public works report, commented on work taking 34 place this week, and advised of areas of vandalism that occurred over the weekend. 35 36 5. Report from the Administrator. 37 38 Clerk-Administrator Ericson referenced his written report and announced the vacancies on City 39 commissions and committees with an application deadline of October 30, 2009. 40 41 Following discussion of the November work session agenda items, Council consensus was 42 reached to remove Item 1, Charitable Gambling License Code Amendment; and Item 5, Review 43 and Discuss Possibility of Organized Garbage Collection from the November agenda. The 44 Council asked to add the Charitable Gambling discussion added to the December Work Session 45