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Mounds View City Council May 13, 2019 Regular Meeting Page 9 Mayor Mueller provided an update on the Closed Session meeting that was held on Monday, 1 May 6th. She noted the Council conducted a yearly performance review on the City 2 Administrator. She was pleased to report the City Administrator had a good performance review. 3 4 B. Reports of Staff. 5 1.) City Hall Hours – Administrator Zikmund 6 7 City Administrator Zikmund suggested the hours at City Hall be modified. He indicated this may 8 assist the City in attracting and retaining employees. He proposed having extended hours 9 Monday through Thursday, working from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. He stated City Hall would then 10 be closed on Friday. He commented the amount of activity that occurs at City Hall on a Friday 11 afternoon was little or none. He noted several staff members would still be at City Hall on 12 Friday’s, but the building would be locked. He explained this new work schedule could be done 13 on a pilot basis. He requested feedback from the City Council on the proposed change. 14 15 Mayor Mueller questioned if it would be better to be open until noon on Friday given the number 16 of development projects that would be occurring this summer in the City. City Administrator 17 Zikmund explained Jacob and Nick could still be working on Fridays if an appointment was 18 scheduled. 19 20 Mayor Mueller stated this change may assist with employee retention and may also provide 21 energy savings at City Hall. She recalled a report was completed addressing this matter. Finance 22 Director Beer anticipated that any energy savings would be negligible because employees would 23 still be in the building on Fridays. 24 25 Council Member Gunn commented the modified hours were discussed in the past and noted the 26 extended hours Monday through Thursday would assist residents in getting to City Hall before or 27 after work. She stated she supported the proposed modified work hours. City Administrator 28 Zikmund explained the City would pilot the modified hours June through August. 29 30 Council consensus was to direct staff to proceed with the modified hours at City Hall for the 31 months of June, July and August. 32 33 2.) Automotive Repair in Residential Zoning 34 35 City Administrator Zikmund explained the City received a complaint from a resident where 36 automotive repair for profit was occurring in a residential neighborhood. He noted the resident 37 buys old cars, has a title for the vehicle and completes the required mechanical repair on the car 38 over time. He asked if the Council wanted to regulate automotive repairs for profit in the R-1 39 zoning district. Staff suggested the gentleman replace his wood burning stove with a natural gas 40 heater in the garage. 41 42 Mayor Mueller reported she was a huge car person and noted automotive repairs have occurred in 43 her driveway. She stated she did not want this to become a commercial enterprise in residential 44 neighborhoods but supported residents being able to help a friend with an automotive repair. She 45