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City Hall Open House Reminder that the Open House is scheduled for May 9th from 5-7 p.m. Cruikshank's absence Tim has been on vacation since Tuesday. He and Julie are brand new homeowners and are using this time to make the move from the apartment to the new home in St. Paul. Since his absence, the network crashed, the copier broke down just before the agendas were to be run, the postage machine is on the fritz, there is a seam tearing in the new carpet, the refrigerator was put in the wrong area and Paul and I had to move it into the right room, Cathy's computer is torn apart and the heating system is. making "funny noises". And, to top that off Carla's been out sick, Barb has been out sick and Dennis called in sick. Who said people aren't indispensable? Prosecutor Interviews On Tuesday, Tim Ramacher, Tim Brennan and I interviewed three candidates for the position of City Prosecutor; Tom Hughes of Hughes and Costello, Paul Ostrow of Sweeney, Borer and Ostrow and Steve Tallen. The interview team will be recommending that the Council appoint Tom Hughes as the City Prosecutor at the April 11, 1994 Council meeting. Tom is currently the New Brighton prosecutor and has handled Mounds View prosecutions in the past. Because Mark Karney's service with the City terminates on March 31, 1994, I have asked Tom to assume our case load beginning April 1st. His appointment as City Prosecutor is contingent upon Council approval of his appointment. The Committee is also recommending that we bring Tom on board under a $3,000/month retainer. The flat fee arrangement will very likely result in a significant cost savings for the City, especially when we accelerate our code enforcement activities. PARKS: Monday Steve attended traffic workshop which dealt with the importance of record keeping and documentation, something that he could easily transfer to parks work. Jeff put up the volleyball and tennis nets at various parks, ready for the week that the children have off of school. Tuesday Jeff and Steve completed the repair job at Lakeside Park, straightening the retaining wall which had bowed with the rain runoff. The intention was to level each of the ballfields, starting with Edgewood #1. However, the ground was still too frozen and the weather during the early week days was too cold. Hopefully Thursday will be warm enough to get some of this work completed.