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Mounds View City Council September 22, 2025 <br /> Regular Meeting Page 2 <br /> t <br /> 2 Council Member Gunn thanked the Minnesota Firefighters Pipes and Drums for their wonderful <br /> 3 performance at the end of the dedication ceremony. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Ayes—4 Nays 0 Motion carried. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 7. PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Acting Mayor Meehlhause encouraged the public to speak with kindness and respect when <br /> 10 addressing the City Council during Public Comment. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Vince Meyer, 8380 Spring Lake Road, asked if there was a GoFundMe for the mermaid. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Acting Mayor Meehlhause reported the City was not able to create a GoFundMe for any project. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Mr. Meyer questioned how much the City spent on refurbishing and reinstalling the mermaid. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Acting Mayor Meehlhause asked that City Administrator Zikmund speak with Mr. Meyer <br /> 19 regarding this matter. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Mr. Meyer reported he walked the memorial park and explained the workmanship was terrible. He <br /> 22 noted there was concrete on the light poles and some of the concrete was already cracking. He <br /> 23 encouraged the City Council to look into this. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Sharon Kirscher, 8406 Red Oak Drive,recommended a proclamation be brought forward to honor <br /> 26 public works for all of the work they did at Festival in the Park, the Tribute Park and for the <br /> 27 reinstallation of the mermaid. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Luke Edmond, 8407 Spring Lake Road, thanked the City for all of their efforts on Festival in the <br /> 30 Park. He commented his main concern was with the driveway work that would be done on Spring <br /> 31 Lake Road. He indicated letters were sent out and he never received a letter for his property. He <br /> 32 inquired if there were still outstanding issues that were being addressed and asked that staff reach <br /> 33 out to him regarding this matter. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 8. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br /> 36 A. PUBLIC HEARING: Second Reading of Ordinance 1048, Amending the <br /> 37 Municipal Code relating to Hauling of Solid Waste and Pricing(License Rates <br /> 38 Transparency) ROLL CALL VOTE. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council adopt an Ordinance that would amend the <br /> 41 Municipal Code relating to hauling of solid waste and pricing in order to provide price rate <br /> 42 transparency. He reported the City had not received any resident comments in the last two weeks, <br /> 43 but has received comments from solid waste haulers. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 City Attorney Riggs explained that the City received correspondence from an attorney representing <br /> 46 a national hauler regarding this matter. He stated he reviewed the letter and disagreed with the vast <br />