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Mounds View City Council April 27, 2020 Regular Meeting Page 4 Council Member Meehlhause reported on April 201h Tara Jebens-Singh began as the President/CEO of NYFS. He encouraged the City Council to send an email to Jerry Hromatka wishing him the very best in his retirement. Mayor Mueller stated the NYFS Leadership Luncheon would now be held virtually on Wednesday, May 6th Mayor Mueller reported she virtually attended an eight mayors' meeting this afternoon. She explained the group discussed concerns regarding income and expenditures, along with future fears stemming from COVID-19. She commented all cities had similar concerns regarding lost revenues. She indicated most cities had waived late fees for utility bills and were talking about prorated fees for liquor licenses. She reported another major concern expressed was for small businesses and restaurants. She provided further comment on how cities were working through essential and first responder possible Covid-19 exposures while still providing essential services for residents. Mayor Mueller commented on the meetings she would be attending virtually in the coming weeks. Mayor Mueller stated she was proud to report the Ramsey County Emergency Communication Center has statistics that show there has been no drop in the level of services being provided to residents in the community. She explained workers in the emergency communication center have been able to social distance in the St. Paul location and all workers were remaining healthy. Mayor Mueller indicated she was sorry for all of the events that had been lost to COVID-19. She encouraged the seniors that were graduating from high school and college in 2020 to rise up and be the next greatest generation. She hoped when this was all over celebrations would be able to be held. Mayor Mueller encouraged all Mounds View residents to be counted and to fill out their 2020 census information. Council Member Gunn encouraged all residents to wear a mask when visiting retail establishments in the community in order to keep themselves and employees of the retail establishments safe. B. Reports of Staff. 1.) Personnel Manual Legal Update City Administrator Zikmund reviewed the items the City Council would be addressing at its upcoming worksession meeting. He commented staff had been working on a personnel manual update. He noted there was one item within the personnel manual that required discussion which was how the City categorizes non-union, non-selective bargaining employees. He stated in all cases Kennedy & Graven recommends the employees be `at will'.