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Mounds View City Council July 9, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 5 • Mr. Berg commented that he agreed that the meetings should always be held at the City Hall and also agreed that Council Member Thomas' comments as mentioned earlier were inappropriate. David Jahnke of 8428 Eastwood Road commented that TIF funding is the subject of an article in that day's USA Today. He offered to copy the article and distribute it to the Council Members. Mr. Jahnke stated he is present at each meeting and is noticing a larger crowd. He also attended the meeting in Roseville and observed an attorney from the League of Minnesota Cities was present and informed people how to get information on the City. Mr. Jahnke remarked that his pet peeve is on the golf course. He was told residents wouldn't have to pay to play golf. When he went to play golf, he was told to pay. He also mentioned that there seems to be a group of residents that are interested in how Mr. Hammerschmidt was let go. Mr. Jahnke also stated he felt the past administrators never held each department accountable for their departments. When new people came on board, the departments were held accountable, but he said that strange things happened. Sheri Gunn, 8120 Red Oak Court wished to thank people on behalf of the Festival committee. She named the Public Works department, Mounds View Police, Police Reserves from other cities, Fire Departments from Blaine and Spring Lake Park, parade emcees, Patrick and crew for televising the event, Wendy and Rob Marty for making the golf tournament a success, Post 761 for handling emergencies, Pete Severson and the Chevy Car Club, the Lions, school groups and outside craft vendors. She noted that the committees for next year's Festival will start forming next month, and if anyone wishes to join a committee, they should call her. Council Member Marty echoed her message of thank yous. Steve Bakke, 8261 Sunnyside Road, raised his concerns on one issue. He said the department heads are relied upon to carry out the mission and are accountable to the Council. He stated that that when department heads lose their jobs, some trust is lost among the residents. He felt that those that lost their jobs brought up reasonable assertions. Mr. Bakke added that when the possibility of having a third party investigation was voted down, he thought residents were disappointed and would have been willing to spend the money for it. He said that if Council Member Marty had his computer confiscated, all other computers should have been confiscated to show unity. He felt that Council Member Marty was singled out because his computer was confiscated. Mayor Sonterre replied that no Council member used cost as a justification for voting down a third party investigation. Council Member Stigney explained the issue of not using a third party adequately before noting that it was an internal issue. Council Member Quick asked if the Council has complied with the Code, Charter and State Law • in this issue, and with data practices and the termination of employees. Both City Attorney Riggs and City Administrator Miller confirmed they did comply with all the above.