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Mounds View City Council July 24, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 2 2 E. Resolution 9774, Approving the Hire of Finance Director Gayle Bauman. 3 4 Council Member Lindstrom stated Finance Director Mark Beer has worked for the City for the 5 past 18 years and his last day with the City would be September 14, 2023. He explained the new 6 Finance Director worked for a neighboring city which meant she understood the area. He looked 7 forward to Gayle Bauman starting with the City on August 21 and wished her all the best in her 8 new position. 9 10 MOTION/SECOND: Lindstrom/Cermak. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9774, 11 Approving the Hire of Finance Director Gayle Bauman. 12 13 Ayes — 4 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 14 15 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 16 17 None. 18 19 7. PUBLIC COMMENT 20 21 Robert King, 7408 Silver Lake Road, expressed concern with what was happening to the City. He 22 stated he did not like the way the Councilmembers were going after each other. He indicated he 23 did not like the comment about "letting them see us win". He reported someone a Councilmember 24 was at work and she was being threatened. He explained he wanted to see the City come together. 25 26 Valerie Amundsen, 3048 Woodale Drive, stated he listened to the Council work session from a 27 few weeks ago and she was quite disturbed. She agreed the all members of the City should be 28 treating everyone with respect. She was bothered by the people who got out of hand privately or 29 at meetings. She indicated for the most part, she has been impressed by the number of comments 30 and people who have been making statements at public meetings. She reported these residents 31 were doing their homework and wanted to be heard. She hoped this was what the City wanted its 32 citizens to do. She hoped this would continue going forward and that the comments made at private 33 meetings would be made publicly going forward. 34 35 Andrew Oltmanns, 5373 Jackson Drive, explained he has lived in Mounds View for the past 11 36 years. He reported he has listened to the private meeting and he believed it was terrible what 37 happened. He stated he was curious how the funds would be spent that were allocated for the 38 proposed apartments. He suggested the City consider spending money on roadway safety and 39 speeding traffic. He stated he would like to see residents respecting roadway regulations and other 40 drivers because there were people in the community that still cared. 41 42 Dan Mueller, 8343 Groveland Road, reported he listened to the infamous Council audio as well. 43 He explained Acting Mayor Meehlhause mentioned being ticked off and that an officer had to be 44 sitting in Council Chambers. He did not understand who the comment was directed at, but he also 45 understand there were concerns about the safety of the Council. He indicated he was bothered by 46 the fact the residents were not being referred to as residents, constituents, or voters, but rather was