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Mounds View City Council March 28, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 6 2 9. REPORTS 3 A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 4 5 Council Member Bergeron thanked the scouts for attending this meeting. 6 7 Council Member Meehlhause reported the NYFS Executive Director Selection Committee has 8 held two rounds of candidate interviews and noted three candidates were brought back for a final 9 round of interviews. He explained a candidate has been recommended for the position and 10 negotiations were now underway for compensation and benefits. He commented further on the 11 services provided by NYFS to the community. 12 13 Council Member Meehlhause asked if any of the Council Members would be attending the League 14 of Minnesota Cities Conference in June. 15 16 Mayor Mueller and Council Member Hull indicated they would be attending this event. 17 18 Council Member Meehlhause reported Amy Hodges passed away last week at the age of 94. He 19 noted her funeral service was held last Saturday and was very well attended by the community. He 20 sent his condolences to the Hodges family. 21 22 Council Member Cermak stated CPY would be holding their Annual Luncheon fundraiser on 23 Tuesday, April 5 at 12:00 p.m. at the New Brighton Community Center. 24 25 Council Member Cermak commented the Mounds View Police Foundation would be meeting next 26 on Tuesday, April 12 at 4:30 p.m. at Random Park. 27 28 Mayor Mueller reported the Minnesota Women in City Government group would be making a 29 presentation at the League of Minnesota Cities offices on Friday, April 22. She noted the speaker 30 would be Professor Deb White and the speech would be on work/life balance. 31 32 Mayor Mueller explained the City's first K9 (Niko) retired in December. She noted the City had 33 purchased another K9 his name was Ace. 34 35 Mayor Mueller invited the scouts in attendance to consider attending Festival in the Park, which 36 would be held on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20. She discussed the events that 37 occurred during the festival. 38 39 B. Reports of Staff. 40 41 Finance Director Beer reported his department was transitioning from the audit to the budgeting 42 process for 2023. He anticipated Aaron Nielson would be attending the April 25 City Council 43 meeting to provide a presentation on the 2021 audit. 44 45 City Administrator Zikmund reported SBM Firefighter Rebecca Booker received a national award 46 and explained she was only the third local recipient to receive this prestigious award. He