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Mounds View City Council August 11, 2008 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br /> E. Resolution 7316, Appointing Election Judges to the 2008 Primary and 1 <br /> General Election 2 <br /> 3 <br />Assistant Clerk Administrator Crane reviewed Resolution 7316 and then said that the City needs 4 <br />election judges and listed the requirements for election judges. 5 <br /> 6 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7316, 7 <br />Appointing Election Judges to the 2008 Primary and General Elections. 8 <br /> 9 <br /> F. Resolution 7320, Authorizing Out of State Travel and Conference 10 <br /> Attendance 11 <br /> 12 <br />Assistant Administrator Crane explained that CTV has contacted City staff about a conference in 13 <br />Atlanta, Georgia, and Cable Coordinator VanAlstine is interested in attending. CTV has an extra 14 <br />slot and will pay for the airfare, the conference and hotel. Many of the meals are part of the 15 <br />conference and the only thing that the City is going to need to pay for would be ground 16 <br />transportation, some meals, and any incidental fees. City staff feels that this is an excellent 17 <br />resource for staff development at a low cost to the City. 18 <br /> 19 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Marty. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7320, 20 <br />Authorizing Out of State Travel and Conference Attendance. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Council Member Flaherty said he feels this is an excellent opportunity for networking at little 23 <br />expense to the City. He then asked if the backup is ready to cover any meetings while Ms. 24 <br />VanAlstine is gone. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Assistant Administrator Crane confirmed that the backup staff is ready. 27 <br /> 28 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 29 <br /> 30 <br /> G. Resolution 7313, Authorizing the Purchase and Installation of 650 Neptune 31 <br /> R900 Radio Read Devices 32 <br /> 33 <br />Finance Director Beer explained that the City had a number of telephone read devices that have 34 <br />been failing and Council had previously approved the purchase of 1200 devices to replace the 35 <br />telephone read devices as there were about 900 that were not reading at all. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Council Member Stigney asked if there would be a more updated version available next year. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Finance Director Beer indicated that the meters, once purchased, have a life expectancy of 20 40 <br />years. 41 <br /> 42 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7313, 43 <br />Authorizing the Purchase and Installation of 1300 Neptune R900 Radio Read Devices and 44 <br />Amend the Labor Costs to Match the 1300 Devices. 45