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Page 11 August 12, 1996 Mounds View City Council MOTION/SECOND: Hankner/Trude to approve Resolution No. 4991, Approving the Hire of Steven Menard for the Position of Police Officer, starting on or about August 26, 1996, with the starting salary and benefits per union contract, VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Ms. Trude asked that the Council members be provided with a copy of the candidates resume as has been the policy in the past. J. Resolution Adding State Bank and Trust Company of New Ulm as a Secondary Depository of City Funds. Mr. Kesel explained that on December 15, 1995, the Council passed a Resolution (no. 4874) which named the secondary depositories of City funds for 1996. Based upon past work that he did with the State Bank & Trust Company of New Ulm, they have several options that may be advantageous to the city of Mounds View and he would like to have them added onto the list. Prior to investing any funds, Mr. Kessel stated he would make sure that it is the best use for city funds. Ms. Hankner stated she has always believed in doing business locally and wondered if we should practice this when investing city funds as well. Mr. Kessel stated the city's main depository is Western Bank in Mounds View. Most of the secondary depositories would be Prudential, Smith-Barney, Dain Bosworth, etc. He stated he did talk with Western Bank however, they stated they could not match the type of arrangement that State Bank & Trust Co in New Ulm has. Secondary depositories historically have not been within the city, so the city is not changing that, it would merely be included as an official depository for 1996. MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Hankner to approve Resolution No. 4996, Resolution Naming State Bank and Trust Company of New Ulm as an Official Depository for 1996. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried K. Discussion regarding the Status of Tree Damage from the August 6th Storm. Mr. Whiting explained that a section of the city received extensive tree damage in the wind storm on August 6, 1996. City Forester, Rick Wriskey, gave him an evaluation of the damage, noting that most of the damage was bordered by Pleasant View Drive on the west, County Road J on the North, Eastwood Road on the East and roughly Highway 10/Ardan Avenue on the South. Mr. Whiting explained that there really is no clear policy on how to respond to situations such as this, but he was able to obtain a copy of New Brighton's policy, which lays out some options that may allow staff to respond more quickly in the future if the council is interested in having staff assist in removing trees from private property. Three options he felt the council may want to consider are: l) total assistance ranging from clearing yards to disposing; 2) removing debris the property owner brings to the boulevard; or 3) arranging for debris to be removed at the property owner's expense. He stated it appears that most of the residents have gotten their debris to the boulevard. What needs to be determined is to what extent the city wants to participate in • assisting in cleaning up this debris. He noted other cities have been assisting by collecting debris brought to the boulevard, however he is not aware that they are going into yards to clear private property.