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Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting 2 A roll call vote was taken. 3 4 Ayes — 5 5 January 25, 2024 Page 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 6 9. REPORTS 7 A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 8 9 Council Member Meehlhause stated he would be attending an NYFS Board meeting on 10 Thursday, January 28, 2021. 11 12 Mayor Mueller reported the Festival in the Park Committee met last week and discussed the 2021 13 event. She explained this event would be moving forward with the understanding things may 14 have to be adjusted due to the virus. She encouraged those interested in volunteering to consider 15 attending a future Festival in the Park Committee meeting. She noted Festival in the Park would 16 be held on Friday, August 20 and Saturday, August 21, 2021. 17 18 Mayor Mueller discussed the training she would be attending in the coming weeks. 19 20 B. Reports of Staff. 21 22 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson discussed the water treatment 23 rehabilitation project with the Council. He commented on the disagreement between the 24 contractor and the City, noting the City Attorney was now involved and a tolling agreement has 25 been drafted. He explained this agreement would be reviewed and approved by the City Council. 26 27 City Attorney Riggs described the tolling agreement in further detail with the Council. He 28 explained this agreement would postpone further discussions on the dispute until the project is 29 complete. He stated this was not an unusual way to approach disputes. He explained the idea 30 was to move forward with the project. 31 32 City Administrator Zikmund reported there were no disputes about the quality of the work being 33 completed by the contractor. He indicated the main concern was completing the project in a 34 timely fashion in order to move onto Phase II so the bond proceeds can be spent. He discussed 35 the condensed project timeline and noted staff was concerned. 36 37 Council Member Meehlhause asked if Phase II was for work on Water Treatment Plant No. 1. 38 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported this was the case. Further 39 discussion ensued regarding the progress the contractor had made on Phase I of the project. 40 41 Mayor Mueller questioned if the City specified the timing for this project when it was originally 42 bid. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated AE2S looked at this project and 43 put the plans and specs together. He noted an 18 month timeframe was created from AE2S, a bid 44 was submitted and the contractor agreed to these terms. He commented a little bit of a COVID