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Mounds View City Council October 8, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 15 <br />Council Member Quick asked if any of the other Council Members had looked at the property. <br />He then commented that he does not feel the building is salvageable and said the City has <br />condemned buildings in better shape. <br />Mayor Sonterre asked if Mr. Anderson's recommendation remained the same hearing the <br />comments of Mr. Wolfgram. <br />Jeremiah Anderson indicated that his recommendation remains the same. <br />Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 Motion carried. <br />D. Management of the Mounds View Banquet and Conference Center <br />1. Resolution 5611 Approving Payment to Elegant Thymes Management <br />Company for Management of the Mounds View Banquet and <br />Conference Center. <br />2. Resolution 5612 Naming Elegant Thymes Management Company as <br />Interim Manager of the Mounds View Banquet and Conference <br />Center. <br />Assistant to the Administrator Reed indicated this matter had been discussed at the work session <br />and Staff had reported that Elegant Thymes had been managing the Banquet Center since March <br />27, 2001 and had not received payment. She noted that Council had directed Staff to pay Elegant <br />Thymes based on the current contract with Innovative Images and had further directed Staff to <br />pay Elegant Thymes 50% of the amount being paid to Innovative Images. She then indicated that <br />the City Attorney had recommended that Council consider paying Elegant Thymes per the <br />contract rather than cutting that amount in half. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Sonterre. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 5611, a <br />Resolution Approving Payment to Elegant Thymes Management Company for Management of <br />the Mounds View Banquet and Conference Center. <br />Council Member Quick asked how long Elegant Thymes had been working without receiving <br />payment. <br />Assistant the Administrator Reed indicated Elegant Thymes had been working since March 27, <br />2001 without payment. <br />Council Member Quick commented it was time to act. <br />Council Member Marty commented that he feels whomever booked and solicited the events <br />should be paid for those events. He then questioned whether Elegant Thymes had been working <br />to market the banquet center in an effort to book more events because when looking at the <br />bookings for the month of July there were only three events the entire month. He further <br />commented that May, June and July are typical wedding months and he would have thought there <br />would be more bookings. <br />