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Mounds View City Council March 22, 2004 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br />• Mr. Jahnke asked if anyone has looked into getting the City out of the golf course. He then said <br />that this has been going on for years and no other business that he has ever heard of continues to <br />lose this much money year after year. He further commented that the City of Mounds View got <br />into the golf business and it continues to cost residents more and more each year. <br />Mayor Linke indicated that Council has not looked into it or discussed it. He then said that the <br />billboards are still in process and that should help. <br />Mr. Jahnke commented that the City Administrator has said that even with the billboards it may <br />not be possible to make money. <br />Mayor Linke commented that the City needed to look into it. He then said that the current golf <br />course manager is doing a good job of watching expenses and managing the course. <br />Mr. Jahnke said that he is concerned that the City continues to throw money at the course without <br />so much as a plan to get the course out of debt. He further commented that even when a business <br />files for bankruptcy there is a plan for getting out of debt. <br />Mr. Jahnke asked if it was true that the City is going to help build a fire station. <br />Mayor Linke explained that it was a proposal at this time. <br />• Mr. Jahnke asked Council to look into the debt at the golf course and a plan to get out of debt, if <br />it is possible. He then said there is going to bean 18-hole course in the backyard and he does not <br />think the citizens of Mounds View should be paying to run a golf course. <br />Council Member Stigney asked consent to give direction to the City Administrator to look into <br />the situation at the golf course and see what type of alternate plans there could be for the golf <br />course. <br />There was Council consent to do so. <br />Dan Mueller of 8343 Groveland Road thanked Council and the Chief for the work on the traffic <br />issues on Groveland. He further commented that it made a big difference and the neighborhood <br />is appreciative. <br />Fire Chief Zikmund appeared before Council and read a press release released by the Fire <br />Department concerning a duplex fire where two firefighters had to enter the structure with the <br />thermal imaging camera to locate a juvenile boy. The boy was located and resuscitated on site <br />and is expected to make a full recovery. <br />Fire Chief Zikmund indicated that without that camera the boy would not have made it and <br />• thanked Council for its contribution toward the purchase of the camera. He then noted that over <br />