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Mounds View Special City Council May 5, 2025 <br />Regular Meeting Page 8 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Council Member Smith commented on Friday, April 18 the Ramsey County Search and Rescue 2 <br />Water Patrol Team trained SWAT on water rescues. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Council Member Smith explained two weeks ago she helped the Roseville Police Department on 5 <br />a drug take back event. She stated 211 pounds of medications were collected at this event. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Council Member Smith reported the Ramsey County League of Local Government would be 8 <br />meeting next on Friday, May 9 where ending homelessness and housing would be discussed. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Mayor Lindstrom stated he started a non-profit a year ago that he ended up turning over to another 11 <br />individual to navigate the clemency system. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Mayor Lindstrom indicated he spoke at the Edina Rotary Club last week regarding his story. In 14 <br />addition, he had the opportunity to go to Stillwater and speak at one of the prison graduations. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Mayor Lindstrom thanked the Festival in the Park Committee and all of the volunteers that made 17 <br />the egg hunt possible. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Mayor Lindstrom wished all of the mothers in the community a Happy Mother’s Day. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Mayor Lindstrom reported he would be attending the Regional Council of Mayors and Nine Cities 22 <br />meetings on Monday, May 12. 23 <br /> 24 <br /> B. Reports of Staff. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Finance Director Bauman reported she would be receiving the final audit report tomorrow and the 27 <br />audit information would be presented to the Council on Monday, May 12. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson explained the City had 50 trees still available 30 <br />from the tree sale. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson commented he was confident the City was 33 <br />close to securing a new lease with AT&T for the water tower. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson asked if the City Council would allow Sysco 36 <br />to have a deduct meter on their chillers. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Council Member Gunn questioned what the impact would be on the City. Finance Director 39 <br />Bauman reported the City would see lost revenue if the deduct meters were allowed. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Mayor Lindstrom recommended Sysco be required to purchase meters from the City. Public 42 <br />Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson indicated this would be his recommendation. 43 <br /> 44