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Mounds View City Council August 12, 2002 <br />Regular Meeting Page 25 <br /> <br />Ayes – 3 Nays – 2(Stigney/Marty). Motion carried. <br /> <br />9. REPORTS <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Reed asked Council to accept Jerry Skelly’s letter of resignation <br />from the Cable Commission. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Stigney. To Accept the Resignation of Jerry Skelly from the Cable <br />Commission. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre thanked Mr. Skelly for 20 years of participation. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty thanked Mr. Skelly for the thousands of hours that he put into the Cable <br />Commission. <br /> <br />Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty pointed out that Mr. Skelly had recommended Barbara Haake as the next <br />Commissioner from Mounds View. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre said he disagreed with the recommendation with no disrespect to Ms. Haake but <br />he feels that, because the Commissioners have the opportunity to cast votes that spend taxpayer <br />dollars, the representative to the Commission should be an elected official of the City. <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney said he holds nothing sacred about Council Members because one may <br />agree to something that others would not. He then said that Ms. Haake has a lot of experience <br />with these matters. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre commented that the most recent example is the vote to approve or not approve a <br />merger that may have left the cities holding a rather large legal bill. He then said that Council <br />Member appointees go back and discuss the matter with their respective Council but that did not <br />happen in the case of Mounds View’s representative. <br /> <br />Council Member Stigney indicated that Council could require that the person appointed to the <br />position bring information back to Council. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre asked that the matter be added to the work session for discussion. <br /> <br />Council Member Thomas reported that significant progress is being made on the Pinewood <br />situation and a certificate of occupancy is expected hopefully before the school year begins. She <br />then said that they have isolated a lot of problems and corrected then but did find significant <br />amounts of toxic mold. She further encouraged parents with questions to contact the school <br />district with questions. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty asked for an update on posting the police chief position.