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Mounds View City Council October 25, 2021 Regular Meeting Page 7 1 Mayor Mueller stated in the first week of November she would be attending the Minnesota Mayors 2 Association Executive Board meeting. 3 4 Mayor Mueller noted the Ramsey County League of Local Government met last week. She 5 explained this group would be meeting again in November via Zoom where mental health issues 6 would be discussed. 7 8 Mayor Mueller commented on November 19 the Minnesota Women in Local Government would 9 be celebrating 100 years of women's suffrage. 10 11 B. Reports of Staff. 12 • City Code Chapter 111.020-111.027, Amusement Devices and Centers 13 14 City Administrator Zikmund asked if the Council wanted to amend City Code to address 15 amusement devices. He reported the State regulates amusement devices and arcade games. He 16 noted most cities were getting out of regulating this type of business. 17 18 Mayor Mueller questioned if the City inspects these types of machines. City Administrator 19 Zikmund reported there was nothing for the City to inspect. 20 21 The consensus of Council was for the City to stop regulating these devices. 22 23 City Administrator Zikmund provided the Council with an update on a Charter amendment. He 24 noted staff received the amendment today which started a clock ticking. Staff would now schedule 25 a public hearing for the next two to five weeks for discussion and a vote. 26 27 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson provided the Council with an update on 28 Water Treatment Plant 2. 29 30 • Public Works — Parks and Recreation — Civic Plus Software 31 32 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson explained the Parks and Recreation 33 Department was looking to purchase a new software program called Civic Plus. He reported the 34 current software would not allow staff to make a schedule change and does not synch with the 35 City's website. He indicated staff would like to make it easier for families to sign up for 36 programming. He commented further on the price for the new software and noted Brian Scott had 37 a presentation for the Council. 38 39 Parks and Recreation Supervisor Andy Thomas provided background information on the current 40 software called Active Net. He explained that as the City offers more and more programming staff 41 is finding limitations within this software which led staff to reach out to Civic Plus for further 42 information. 43 44 Brian Scott (attending via Zoom), Civic Plus representative, discussed who he was and how his 45 company served local governments. He then provided the Council with a presentation on how the 46 Civic Rec software could benefit the Mounds View Parks and Recreation Department. He reported