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Mounds View City Council October 11, 2004 <br />Regular Meeting Page 9 <br />• 12. REPORTS <br />A. Reports of Mayor and Council. <br />Council Member Quick stated he would like to have a professional phone survey regarding <br />selling the golf course since the option of having a city ballot at the election is not possible. He <br />stated another item he would like to have on the survey is whether or not they should hire apart- <br />time Code Enforcement Officer. He stated the inspections are not getting done because the <br />department is stretched too thin. He stated that sore spots are popping up everywhere in the City, <br />and you see illegally parked vehicles and trash. He stated he thought these two areas were <br />critical. <br />Council Member Gunn stated she agreed with Council Member Quick, but that she thought a <br />broader expanse of households should be included than what normally gets done in phone <br />surveys. She stated that there are normally 400 households called, but she would like to see that <br />every household gets called. <br />Council Member Quick suggested calling 600 households, and Council Member Gunn agreed <br />with that number. <br />Council Member Marty stated he thought they should get a cost analysis for this. <br />Council Member Gunn stated that they had agreed on spending other money regarding the <br />• possible sale of the golf course, and this is another option, and she felt it would be money well <br />spent. <br />Mayor Linke stated that they had already budgeted fora $10,000 survey. He felt that the first <br />question should be whether or not the golf course was an asset to the City, and then break the <br />question down from there. <br />Council Member Quick stated that professional surveyors can come up with the questions, and <br />that it would probably end up being a ten question survey, and that that comes automatically. <br />MOTION/SECOND. Quick/Gunn. That staff be directed to contact the necessary companies to <br />find out the cost of conducting a survey regarding the golf course and the part-time Code <br />Enforcement Officer of 600 people, 150 people in each precinct, and present it to the Council. <br />Ayes-4 Nays-0 Motion carried. <br />Council Member Marty asked whether the water meters were now paid off and whether the fee <br />on the bill is no longer applicable. <br />Mayor Linke stated it would be good to get a report on that from staff. <br />• <br />