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Mounds View City Council April 14, 2008 <br />Regular Meeting Page 16 <br />• 5. Reminder--Town Hall Meeting, Saturday, Apri119, 2008, 9:00 am - <br />Noon <br />Clerk-Administrator Ericson read the Press Release regarding the Mounds View Police <br />Department's Outstanding Award from MADD for increasing by over 200% their drunk driving <br />arrests. <br />Finance Director Beer indicated that new radio read meters are being installed. He then said that <br />the vendor has decided to start charging and the City is going to partner with the City of <br />Columbia Heights for use of the readers/to borrow their equipment. <br />Finance Director Beer indicated that last summer there was a water service that failed where the <br />pipe pulled away from the meter, and flooded a basement and there was another one just recently. <br />He then said that there is a tool to fuse couplings to prevent this from happening again, so a1127 <br />residents are being notified of the need to use this tool to fuse the coupling to prevent this <br />situation in the future. <br />Council Member Mueller indicated she is concerned with not having agreements in place for <br />loaning and borrowing equipment. <br />Staff and Council explained that "gentlemen agreements" is how the city has operated on other <br />loaning or borrowing equipment with other cities and Ramsey County. Finance Director Beer <br />explained that the equipment from Columbia Heights would be insured and the City, if it were to <br />break while being used here, would only need to pay the deductible amount of $500. <br />Finance Director Beer indicated that Staff is working on reimbursement for costs for use of the <br />fiber optic for Internet use for the library. The Community Center would have computers as an <br />extension of the library to be used by residents. <br />C. Reports of City Attorney <br />None. <br />12. Next Council Work Session: <br />Next Council Meeting: <br />Monday, May 5, 2008, at 6 p.m. <br />Monday, Apri128, 2008, at 7 p.m. <br />13. ADJOURNMENT <br />The meeting was adjourned at 9:44 p.m. <br />Transcribed by: <br />Joan Lenzmeier <br />• Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. <br />