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Mounds View City Council April 27, 2020 Regular Meeting Page 4 funds to be used by local non-profits that serve the community, such as food shelves and CSC. 1 She encouraged the community to consider supporting this organization through Minnesota Give. 2 3 Council Member Meehlhause reported on April 20th Tara Jebens-Singh began as the 4 President/CEO of NYFS. He encouraged the City Council to send an email to Jerry Hromatka 5 wishing him the very best in his retirement. 6 7 Mayor Mueller stated the NYFS Leadership Luncheon would now be held virtually on 8 Wednesday, May 6th. 9 10 Mayor Mueller reported she virtually attended an eight mayors’ meeting this afternoon. She 11 explained the group discussed concerns regarding income and expenditures, along with future 12 fears stemming from COVID-19. She commented all cities had similar concerns regarding lost 13 revenues. She indicated most cities had waived late fees for utility bills and were talking about 14 prorated fees for liquor licenses. She reported another major concern expressed was for small 15 businesses and restaurants. She provided further comment on how cities were working through 16 essential and first responder possible Covid-19 exposures while still providing essential services 17 for residents. 18 19 Mayor Mueller commented on the meetings she would be attending virtually in the coming weeks. 20 21 Mayor Mueller stated she was proud to report the Ramsey County Emergency Communication 22 Center has statistics that show there has been no drop in the level of services being provided to 23 residents in the community. She explained workers in the emergency communication center have 24 been able to social distance in the St. Paul location and all workers were remaining healthy. 25 26 Mayor Mueller indicated she was sorry for all of the events that had been lost to COVID-19. She 27 encouraged the seniors that were graduating from high school and college in 2020 to rise up and 28 be the next greatest generation. She hoped when this was all over celebrations would be able to be 29 held. 30 31 Mayor Mueller encouraged all Mounds View residents to be counted and to fill out their 2020 32 census information. 33 34 Council Member Gunn encouraged all residents to wear a mask when visiting retail establishments 35 in the community in order to keep themselves and employees of the retail establishments safe. 36 37 B. Reports of Staff. 38 1.) Personnel Manual Legal Update 39 40 City Administrator Zikmund reviewed the items the City Council would be addressing at its 41 upcoming worksession meeting. He commented staff had been working on a personnel manual 42 update. He noted there was one item within the personnel manual that required discussion which 43 was how the City categorizes non-union, non-selective bargaining employees. He stated in all 44 cases Kennedy & Graven recommends the employees be ‘at will’. 45