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Mounds View City Council August 27, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 17 <br /> <br />Community Development Director Ericson indicated that would normally have been paid earlier 1 <br />in the year and is the City’s contribution to that program. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Mayor Marty asked about the costs for vibratory plowing. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Finance Director Beer explained that vibratory plowing is used to cut roots to treat oak wilt. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Mayor Marty asked about marker flags. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Public Works Director Lee explained that this is for locates. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Mayor Marty asked about screen printing t-shirts for $420.00. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Finance Director Beer indicated that it was for Staff t-shirts for workers at the Festival. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Council Member Mueller indicated of the red Festival t-shirts for sale, 30 shirts were sold and 16 <br />30 shirts were used in promotions and 10 to raffle off as prizes and 5 or 10 to Bingo to use as 17 <br />Bingo prizes and the remaining shirts are being sent to the Red Cross to be given to flood 18 <br />victims. The red Festival shirts and their proceeds were all donated to the Festival 19 <br /> 20 <br />Mayor Marty suggested having a generic shirt for staff without a date or year so that they can use 21 <br />the festival shirts for more than one year. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Council Member Flaherty said that this year was not a good year to use as a measurement of 24 <br />success, because only about a fourth of the people that would have attended did, due to the 25 <br />weather. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Mayor Marty asked about the gas purchases at The Station. He thought the City had a contract 28 <br />with Holiday and this is to the Station. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Finance Director Beer indicated that he believed the City Staff had contracts with all local 31 <br />stations and changed stations, as the pricing was more competitive. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Mayor Marty asked about cartridges for target practice and why that is under uniforms. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Finance Director Beer indicated that the invoice was from Uniforms Unlimited and that is where 36 <br />the cartridges are purchased. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Council Member Stigney asked whether the City has approached other stations in town for a 39 <br />price quote. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Council Member Stigney asked what the item switch, cleaner was. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Public Works Director Lee indicated that he would look into it. 44 <br /> 45