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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 August 8, 2005 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 7:25 P.M. 9 10 11 1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 12 13 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 14 15 3. ROLL CALL: Marty, Gunn, Flaherty, Stigney and Thomas 16 17 NOT PRESENT: 18 19 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 21 A. Monday, August 8, 2005 City Council Agenda. 22 23 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Thomas. To Approve the Monday, August 8, 2005 agenda as 24 presented. 25 26 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 27 28 5. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 29 30 A. Senator Don Betzold and Representative Connie Bernardy 31 32 Senator Betzold provided the Council with a brief update on the recent Legislative Session 33 noting that the regular session ended on May 23, 2005 with a special session that followed 34 beginning on May 24, 2005 and ending July 13, 2005. He explained that the budget had to be set 35 for this year noting that they went into the budget cycle with a deficit that had to be addressed. 36 He stated that it was a tough special session noting that in the end they ended up with a good 37 funding agreement for education, which was one of the main issues. He explained that the main 38 concern was how they would pay for it and they ended up deciding that it would be paid for 39 through the use of a Cigarette Health Impact Fee. He provided the Council with an overview of 40 the adult health care changes noting that there was a brief government shutdown during this 41 period of time. He stated that some of the issues addressed included an increase in the minimum 42 wage, tightened sentences and stricter penalties for sex offenders noting that he was pleased that 43 they were able to pass the bonding bill for the North Star Rail and the Medtronic TIF bill. He 44 stated that overall it was a very good session. He indicated that proposals were considered that 45